UP Big Boy #4014 (2-8-8-2) runs west of Byers, Colorado towards Denver. Interesting that the signal showed green seemingly for an eastbound, however it changed to red as the Big Boy passed.

Pulling an eastbound passenger special, Union Pacific No. 844 sails across the bridge over West Bijou Creek at Byers, Colorado, on a blustery April 28, 2006. This train is traveling over UP’s Li... (more)

The long and graceful look of Big Boy UP 4014 belies the massive size when viewed up close. Here the mechanical marvel runs at top speed through Byers, Colorado.

Union Pacific "Big Boy" #4014 rolls across a small bridge just west of Byers, CO on a cold November 25th, 2019.

A good profile shot of a veteran SW7 owned by Incoal Company.

The veteran SW7 was spotted in Byers, Colorado early in the morning on Memorial Day as we headed east from Denver to chase tornadoes. It is apparently owned by the Incoal Company (INLX). I could... (more)

Rock Island likes General Electric’s U25B. The road bought its first in spring, 1963 and by November 1964 has acquired 39 of the 2500-hp locomotives, including the 207, seen here eastbound with ... (more)

Catastrophic floods across the High Plains have shredded Union Pacific’s Kansas Pacific line, sweeping away miles of track and leaving not a single bridge intact between Denver and Limon. And so... (more)

Union Pacific No. 844 leads an eastbound passenger special across the bridge over West Bijou Creek at Byers, Colorado, on a blustery April 28, 2006. This train is traveling over UP’s Limon Subdi... (more)

A short train rolls eastward toward Limon along the old KP route across the plains of Colorado.

Just west of Byers, CO, UP's Limon Sub (commonly knows as the "KP") crosses over the West Bijou Creek on a 47 year old truss bridge. The all-EMD power leads an exceptionally long local (52 cars) e... (more)

Sunrise started New Year's Day off right. UP had tied down an eastbound empty auto rack train account snow drifted into cuts ahead during the Dec. 29-30 blizzard closing the Limon Subd. UP rotary ... (more)