Union Pacific Departs Eugene

Union Pacific Departs Eugene

by Gianni Pulone/photos as noted It was another dark, damp night off a West Eugene industrial spur. Lurking on a trackside access road, I watched and shot long exposures of Union Pacific’s Old Yard Job collecting several boxcars that had been on spot at a warehouse. With the string of boxcars together and aired up, the conductor and brakeman ambled past me, brake sticks and lanterns in hand, on their way back to the head end. “Pretty soon, someo…