The rain and lighting give way to a spot of sun as UP 'Big Boy' locomotive #4014 runs through the fabled Sherman Hill zone between Hermosa and Harriman, Wyoming.

Ominous clouds and heavy rain covered the area of Dale Junction, Wyoming, however as the Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotive rounded the corner, the clouds parted and bathed the area in light.

Class 1 Steam On Wednesday May 22, 2024 “Big Boy” Union Pacific #4014 ran for the first time by itself on the main line west from Cheyenne after the installation of (PTC) Positive ... (more)

Granite A westbound manifest runs over the high fill east of Sherman Hill.

A Train Runs Through It A train runs through it, defying gravity deep in the Harriman Cutoff. Reds and Sherman Geology in full view, an incredible performance. Union Pacific 7815 with ... (more)

Clawing under storm’s edge
We were on Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 22, 2023, when the nice weather began to change as thunderstorms moved in from t... (more)

Riding an eastbound that is following blocks of trains ahead, this westbound soda ash empty for Green River, WY is among a fleet of westbounds, seen at MP 635 between Como and Hanna, WY.

UP 1943 leads a high-wide special movement over Sherman Hill on UP's Laramie Subdivision as it approaches the Hermosa Tunnels. The high-wide movement is a NASA rocket booster for the Artemis II ro... (more)

Two grain trains pass each other at Dale Junction as the sun sets. This is the highest point on the original Union Pacific RR. This is a neat place to watch trains as they struggle between Cheyenn... (more)

Splitting the signals as it speeds eastbound across the original transcontinental railroad is a Union Pacific freight with a pair of the railroad's unique "Fast Forties" on the headend: ... (more)

Seeing some rare mileage on its "Home Run Express Tour", UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 makes its way over the lonely Yoder Subdivision as it approaches the Albin Tunnel.

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 heads east of Cheyenne, Wy for Gering, NE on the first leg of it's "Home Run Express Tour" to Omaha for NCAA College Baseball World Series. Here, 4014... (more)

In the clouds, eastbound stacks crest the highest point on the Transcontinental Railroad.

Dale WY Oct. 19 1977 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3286 leads a mixed freight westbound having just traversed the Dale Creek fill. Another freight is waiting on track three at the junction (far backgro... (more)

Storm clouds are building over Cheyenne, Wyoming as the day's last minutes of sun catches UP 8456 (SD70ACe) heading west on track 1.