A wintry crossing of the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains sees Union Pacific SD70M No.4911, accompanied by Southern Pacific AC4400CW No.201 and Chicago & Northwestern C44-9W No. 8601, ease west at dawn at Cisco, California, on the west side of Donner Pass.  Today's Union Pacific is a railroad built through a series of mergers and acquisitions.  This painting portrays some of the fallen flags that make up the "Overland Empire."

Marc Desobeau – Copyright 2005