Light helpers prepare to cut into a heavy westbound grain train. Date of photo approximate.
Eastbound ballast train at Durkee. UP 3259 was modified for high speed service (SD40-2H) and numbered UP 8019 from 6/76 to 4/81. Date of photo approximate.
Eastbound manifest at Durkee, OR.
UP 3694
UP 3371
UP 6158 lead an early afternoon westbound up through the loop
The train was parked and waiting for a meet, and the crew invited us onboard to have a look.
Under strict supervision, four-year-old me sits at the controls of UP 8027.
shot along I-84/US30...
3rd loco on a Global 1 train...
With the Horseshoe Curve behind it UP-5607 West climbs the grade out of the valley from Durkee, Oregon.
Now running on more level trackage, UP-5607 west rounds the curve at the top of the grade above Durkee, Oregon
Now climbing again, UP-5607 West makes its way up to Pritchard Creek, Oregon
A close-in shot of UP-5607 at Hill Road near Pritchard Creek, Oregon
Still climbing the grade, UP-5607 is about half way to the top of the hill with Pritchard Creek just ahead.
With UP-5607 in the lead, the power has reached the top of the grade to Pritchard Creek, Oregon
#MROHK06 climbs west...
#MROHK climbing thru the hills...
#MROHK on the HuntingtonSub...
Hinkle-bound freight on the Huntington Sub....
Cement plant is several miles south of Durkee at Plano. UP Huntington Sub.
UP Huntington Sbub.
Caught in a derailment on the UP while in transit from WURR Eagle Cap to the INPR Thunder Mountian line
Most like the cuprit of the derailment (qeportedly couplet to a tank car). Note the lack of coupler and some body damage.
manifest is crawling upgrade at 3mph...
westbound
the three ex-WURR RDCs still wait to be delivered to the INPR....
Union Pacific westbound freight 7970 with DPU 7678 at Durkee, Oregon
Union Pacific westbound freight at Durkee, Oregon
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