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Union Pacific Nebraska Corridor




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Southern Pacific 106 At North Platte, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200 f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • A set of light power heads for the diesel facility at Baily Yard in North Platte.
Union Pacific 5026 At Maxwell, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • A UP SD40-2 leads a coloful consist under the highway bridge just west of Maxwell.
Union Pacific 8164 At Maxwell, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • A fast doublestack train heads west toward North Platte.
Union Pacific 3700 At Lexington, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • Well worn SD40-2 3700 leads a eastbound freight along the triple track mainline in Lexington, NE.
Union Pacific 6819 At Cozad, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • UP AC4400 6819 moves a hopper train through Cozad, on it's way back to the coalfields of Wyoming.
Union Pacific 7037 At Cozad, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 35-105mm f3.5, Fuji Provia
  • Another empty coal train makes it way past one of the "Nebraska Mountains" in Cozad.
Union Pacific 8099 At Cozad, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 35-105mm f3.5, Fuji Provia
  • A general freight lead by SD90MAC 8099 rolls past the big elevator at Cozad.
Union Pacific 6338 At Cozad, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • A UP local, including a "leper" SD60M, switches the elevator at Cozad.
Union Pacific 6316 At Cozad, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 135mm f2, Fuji Provia
  • It's a icy cold morning, the wind is blowing, and I'm freezing my butt off as SD60M 6316 moves this freight though Cozad.
CNW 8634 West Of Kearney, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • A CNW C44 hustles a eastbound doublestack train by a westbound general freight.
Union Pacific 6800 At Gibbon Junction, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • UP 6800 leads a coal empty westbound off the Omaha mainline at Gibbon Junction.
Union Pacific 7505 At Gibbon Junction, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • UP 7505 leads a westbound autorack train off the Omaha mainline at Gibbon Junction.
Union Pacific 8936 At Ofallons, Nebraska - 3/99

  • Canon F1N, 80-200mm f4 L, Fuji Provia
  • The clouds are moving in and it's getting dark as 8936 leads it train off of the Cheyenne main at Ofallons.




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