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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1974 - 12/31/2007
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Detector Car DC-3
Title:  Detector Car DC-3
Description:  UP acquired a former Detroit & Mackinac #201 motor car and used it as a rail defect detector. DC-3 is shown here headed west over the UP main at Cozad NE
Photo Date:  8/17/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 9:13:38 AM
Location:  Cozad, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP DC-3(Doodlebug)
Views:  2470   Comments: 0
MP GP7 1666
Title:  MP GP7 1666
Description:  MoPac GP7 1666 idles at Lincoln NE in 1977. It was retired in 1979. The road's Lincoln branch came up in 1986.
Photo Date:  4/16/1977  Upload Date: 10/4/2008 7:20:38 AM
Location:  Lincoln, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  MP 1666(GP7)
Views:  634   Comments: 1
Sunset
Title:  Sunset
Description:  Nice location- just add train
Photo Date:  8/29/1994  Upload Date: 2/8/2008 9:15:14 PM
Location:  Sidney, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  182   Comments: 1
BN Coal MTs
Title:  BN Coal MTs
Description:  An empty coal train heads towards Sydney Nebraska behind a Helm GE and Oakway EMD
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 1/22/2008 9:33:02 PM
Location:  Lorenzo, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 5507(C30-7)
Views:  573   Comments: 1
Welcome to Sidney
Title:  Welcome to Sidney
Description:  It's 6:30 in the morning as a southbound BN coal train heads through Sidney Nebraska on what will be a beautiful August day. Sidney is home to Cabela's, the huge hunting and fishing store; it also sees a tremendous amount of rail action on the BNSF and UP.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 3/7/2008 11:19:18 PM
Location:  Sidney, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BN 7153(SD40-2)
Views:  490   Comments: 2
Running Through Falls City
Title:  Running Through Falls City
Description:  1PM at Falls City Ndbraska and an Omaha-bound UP freight is about to hit the BN diamonds. 6215 is trailed by SD40-2s 3177, 4269 and C30-7 2454.
Photo Date:  9/28/1994  Upload Date: 11/26/2014 10:24:43 PM
Location:  Falls City, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6215(SD60M)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
UP Local Power at Falls City: 1994
Title:  UP Local Power at Falls City: 1994
Description:  A pair of four-axle units await their next local assignment in 1994. 216 is a former MP B30-7A that would be retired in 2001; 870 is a HELM-leased unit returned in 1998.
Photo Date:  10/1/1994  Upload Date: 12/22/2008 11:07:57 PM
Location:  Falls City, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  UP 216(B30-7A) UP 870(GP40)
Views:  653   Comments: 2
Off the bridge at Rulo
Title:  Off the bridge at Rulo
Description:  A westbound BN freight comes off the Missouri River Bridge at Rulo NE behind an LMX B39-8E, SD9 (6164) and B30-7AB (4002).
Photo Date:  12/19/1994  Upload Date: 8/7/2011 10:12:26 AM
Location:  Rulo, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LMX 8521(B39-8E)
Views:  336   Comments: 4
Off the Missouri River bridge
Title:  Off the Missouri River bridge
Description:  LMX 8521 leads two other units (an SD9 and B30-7AB) and a manifest off the BN's Missouri River bridge at Rulo NE. The US159 bridge is seen to the right.
Photo Date:  12/19/1994  Upload Date: 1/26/2008 11:21:06 PM
Location:  Rulo, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  LMX 8521(B39-8E)
Views:  418   Comments: 2
UP Local Power at Fairbury
Title:  UP Local Power at Fairbury
Description:  UP 832 and 502 idle on old Rock Island trackage at Fairbury NE in the autumn of 2006
Photo Date:  9/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/15/2012 1:25:15 PM
Location:  Fairbury, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 832(GP38-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Abandoned rails: Krider Nebraska
Title:  Abandoned rails: Krider Nebraska
Description:  This is the former right-of-way of the BNSF (ex BN, CB&Q) line through Krider Nebraska. This point was on a line that ran along the state's southern border (and nicked Kansas in a few places); it was pulled up in pieces between 2002 and 2004.
Photo Date:  9/16/2006  Upload Date: 12/28/2008 6:19:10 PM
Location:  Krider, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  199   Comments: 0
"UP Detector, Milepost Three-Five-Four...."
Title:  "UP Detector, Milepost Three-Five-Four...."
Description:  We're on the former CNW in Nebraska as two SD70Ms bring a pig train westward and by the detector at MP354.
Photo Date:  12/31/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 11:55:55 PM
Location:  Arlington, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  UP 4737(SD70M)
Views:  348   Comments: 1
BNSF local at Fremont
Title:  BNSF local at Fremont
Description:  Curiously marked BNSF 2911 sits with its local at the end of the work day in Fremont NE. GP38-2 2240 trails.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 12:20:55 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2911(GP39E)
Views:  469   Comments: 2
EMD Frame Number
Title:  EMD Frame Number
Description:  The frame number EMD stamped in the front right/left rear corners of most new locomotives they built. Frequently covered by tape or paint, they are not always easy to see; in this case another railfan appears to have cleaned it off on an earlier visit. This one marks 5359-12, Frontier Grain GP10 471, the ex CC 1759, ICG 8059, IC 9059, now an elevator locomotive in Mead NE.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 6/1/2008 12:51:17 AM
Location:  Mead, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DDDX 471(GP10)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
By the depot
Title:  By the depot
Description:  Two AC45CCTEs bring yet another coal train past the stone depot at Columbus NE.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 11:56:15 PM
Location:  Columbus, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5542(AC45CCTE)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
River of Coal
Title:  River of Coal
Description:  Traffic on UP's Overland Route across Nebraska is dominated by coal. 7178 brings eastbound loads through Schuyler NE while an empty westbound passes by on the adjacent track.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 11:56:28 PM
Location:  Schuyler, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7178(AC44CW)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Two for the elevator
Title:  Two for the elevator
Description:  It's late on a Friday afternoon as UP 825 and UPY 656 approach a grain elevator in North Omaha on former CMO trackage. Both of these units were built for MP; 825 being the ex UP 2325, MP 2325, delivered in 1981.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 11:56:06 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  UP 825(GP38-2)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Elevator work
Title:  Elevator work
Description:  Two UP units work an older elevator complex off Locust St in Omaha on former CNW/CMO trackage.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/31/2008 12:11:47 AM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  UPY 656(GP15-1)
Views:  325   Comments: 1
Coal empties on the prairie
Title:  Coal empties on the prairie
Description:  It's late in May and the corn is just beginning to come up as two big UP EMDs emerge with their train from a fold in the prairie in Washington County NE; this is former CNW country.
Photo Date:  5/30/2008  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 11:55:39 PM
Location:  Kennard, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8075(SD9043MAC)
Views:  313   Comments: 1
UP Local Power, Falls City
Title:  UP Local Power, Falls City
Description:  A pair of UP units idle at the small UP yard at Falls City NE on Thanksgiving Day, 2008. GP38-3 596 is, obviously, of SP heritage. The trailing unit is a former MKT GP39-2.
Photo Date:  11/27/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:09:54 PM
Location:  Falls City, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  UP 596(GP38-2)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Storm Clouds
Title:  Storm Clouds
Description:  An empty BNSF coal train awaits a signal at Ashland while cumulonimbus build to the north.
Photo Date:  9/19/2013  Upload Date: 9/19/2013 7:52:23 PM
Location:  Ashland, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5791(ES44AC)
Views:  240   Comments: 2
Westbound Coal Empty at Ashland
Title:  Westbound Coal Empty at Ashland
Description:  A pair of units sit with an empty coal train at Ashland NE in September 2013
Photo Date:  9/19/2013  Upload Date: 9/19/2013 7:52:40 PM
Location:  Ashland, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6064(ES44AC)
Views:  201   Comments: 1
Westbound freight at Preston NE
Title:  Westbound freight at Preston NE
Description:  Four units run a westbound BNSF train through Preston NE on a cloudy December day; the CN unit in third position was a nice change from all of the GEs you usually see.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 12/28/2014 8:25:15 PM
Location:  Preston, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4098(C44-9W)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Trains Pass at Preston
Title:  Trains Pass at Preston
Description:  Preston is the first siding east of Falls City Nebraska; here CREX 1201 leads a grain train eastbound towards KC while another train runs by on the siding.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 12/28/2014 8:25:35 PM
Location:  Preston, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CREX 1201(ES44AC)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
Southwest Nebraska BNSF freight.
Title:  Southwest Nebraska BNSF freight.
Description:  Westbound BNSF freight in southwestern Nebraska. Power is two GEs and a pair of SD40-2s.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/4/2022 8:29:10 AM
Location:  Lee, NH
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7247(ES44DC)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
BNSF ES44C4 8021
Title:  BNSF ES44C4 8021
Description:  BNSF 8021 sitting in Holdreze, Nebraska
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/4/2022 8:29:39 AM
Location:  Holdrege, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8021(ES44C4)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
BNSF 3030 Working near Hastings
Title:  BNSF 3030 Working near Hastings
Description:  BNSF 3030 a GP40X ()GP25X") working the former Naval Ammo Depot at Hastings, Nebraska on a Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/4/2022 8:30:29 AM
Location:  Hastings, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 3030(GP40X)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
BNSF Local entering Hastings
Title:  BNSF Local entering Hastings
Description:  BNSF 3030 and 1532 have completed their work at the former Naval Ammunition Depot located southeast of town and are now on the maiinline and headed for the yard in Hastings.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/4/2022 8:30:39 AM
Location:  Hastings, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 3030(GP40X)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Crossing the Missouri at Rulo
Title:  Crossing the Missouri at Rulo
Description:  An eastbound BNSF grain train crosses the Missouri River at Rulo, Nebraska on a Friday afternoon. The forward part of the train is already in Missouri but the closest town, Fortescue, is still several miles away.
Photo Date:  4/7/2023  Upload Date: 4/7/2023 4:59:27 PM
Location:  Rulo, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5185(C44-9W)
Views:  84   Comments: 1
UP Local with SD40Ns at Falls City
Title:  UP Local with SD40Ns at Falls City
Description:  A pair of UP SD40Ns sit with a local at Falls City, Nebraska.
Photo Date:  4/7/2023  Upload Date: 4/7/2023 5:00:50 PM
Location:  Falls City, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  UP 1761(SD40N)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Manning Rail at Fairmont
Title:  Manning Rail at Fairmont
Description:  Manning Rail operates seven miles of former BN track out of Fairmont Nebraska while advertising as a car storage specialist. 4605 is a former GTW unit. That's a UP SD60M behind it.
Photo Date:  6/12/2023  Upload Date: 6/16/2023 2:51:26 PM
Location:  Fairmont, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Farmers Cooperative GP38-2
Title:  Farmers Cooperative GP38-2
Description:  Farmer's Co-Op GP38-2 2329 at Dorchester, NE. It's a former BNSF/BN/SLSF unit.
Photo Date:  6/13/2023  Upload Date: 6/15/2023 1:20:39 PM
Location:  Dorchester, NE
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  FARMERS 2329(GP38-2)
Views:  132   Comments: 3


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