Union Pacific train number 9, the City of St Louis, is seen near Buford Wyoming in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An Eastbound manifest freight is seen at Buford. Remnants of an old steam-era signal bridge can be seen on the left.

Deadman Creek
Westbound manifest up track 3 on the Harriman Cutoff.

Sherman Hill

Classic heavy tonnage moves east up the west slope of the summit in the Sherman Highlands near Buford, WYO.

As an eastbound manifest descends Sherman Hill on main track one a hot westbound Z train hustles 'over the top' on main two just west of Buford.

Blowing downhill

Union Pacific's 4-6-6-4 3985 puts on a spectacular show at Buford, Wyoming.

One of the Union Pacific custom-built EMD DD40X units leads two other UP and an SP unit on a westbound freight up Sherman Hill. Grey skies foretell a snowstorm that will occur after dark.

Try to imagine a Big Boy double header blasting around this curve as it is about to achieve the summit.

oth the head end and DPU can be seen at once as a westbound stack train assaults Sherman Hill near the smallest town in the United States, Buford, Wyoming... Population: 1, on November 19, ... (more)

In evening light, UP 7801 provides rear support for an eastbound stack.

An eastbound manifest led by Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8942 eases down the grade on Main 1 between Buford and Sherman Summit, Wyoming on November 28, 2015.

An awesome sight seeing one of these work Sherman Hill ...

As seen across the landscape from Sherman summit, a container freight has false-summited at Buford, and will only need to gain a few more feet to gain the summit at Sherman, right behind the photo... (more)