Milepost 154: A Train Blog

Dedicated to all the hard-working railroaders who have ever hogged an engine, thrown a switch, walked a train, welded a rail, pulled a tie, fixed a circuit, replaced a knuckle, poured fuel or sand, repaired, hostled, cleaned or cursed at a locomotive or a car in the dead of night, in the rain, in the snow, in the glazing heat. You keep America moving, now more than ever.

Monday, February 17, 2014

Revisiting the Roseville Yard -- and UP's renumbering of the venerable SD9043AC:

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Mid-February, I chanced to re-visit the Roseville Yard on my way to Nevada in order to take a high-elevation vacation in the snow with my ...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Amtrak's #6 California Zephyr east, before the snow

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It's no secret that Fornicalia isn't getting a lot of rain whilst -- simultaneously -- the rest of the nation is getting sopped, ...
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

There and Back Again

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My most sincere apologies for not having posted in a brutally long time. I have had an insane time with Google not being kind, and/or myse...
Monday, September 2, 2013

A brief visit to UP's Roseville Yard

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Below, an overview of UP's Roseville classification yard (taken by me from Star 6, a LE helo): And then, on another day, I ch...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

General Electric locomotive manufacturing leaves Erie, PA for Ft Worth, Texas

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And it's all because of unions, wages and profitability. Let there be no mistake: for whatever reason I have somehow favored EMD loc...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

UP to resurrect an actual Big Boy steam locomotive?

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In a word: yes. From the actual Union Pacific website itself : Union Pacific Railroad Acquires Big Boy Locomotive No. 4014 Railroad P...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

MP154: three trains in a half hour

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And there I was, thinking I could possibly pull off another train meet on video.  As immured here: I knew that UP 4878 had already pas...
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Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, United States
I am a political junkie who works in the capital of California, and cannot wait to leave the daily bedlam of the valley for my rustic cabin at the 4,000-foot elevation in the Sierra Nevada mountains. My interest in railroads has led to a rekindled interest in photography, video and history. Few things are as impressive as having 15,000+ horsepower pass by my home in Run 8, hence my interest in the Central, Southern and Union Pacific Railroads. One of the purposes of this blog is to display my photographic documentation of the Roseville Sub, specifically the Donner Pass area, as it exists now and in the past. My current challenge is to provide you with views, photos and videos that few people would dare to proffer, placing me in frequent danger. On the other hand, after 6 decades, I'm ready for each and every challenge. Unless otherwise credited, all photographs are copyright (c) 2014 by the blog author.
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