Western Railroad Discussion > An Olympian in Kansas

Recently, I've had the luck of UP's Salt Lake City Olympics SD70M #2002 having taken up residence in my neighborhood.

Photo 1: Although I had to miss out on when the train pulled into Topeka on Saturday evening, I was later able to photograph it after it had been tied down for the night. The UP 2002 "Olympic" unit had come into town on the ANGTP-17, before being assigned to Sunday's MTPTP, which runs out to Junction City and back.

Photo 2: No train? No problem!

This afternoon, I shot the UP 2002 pulling back into Topeka on the head end of MTPNS. However, this train routinely runs back west to Topeka as light power, so the best option I had to shoot it was to go head on at Porubsky's Curve in Topeka.

Thanks a lot for looking!
- Jeff Carlson

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Nice shots, Jeff!

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX

NIICE..!!