Steam makes a pretty good smoke screen in the winter time making for poor visibility. 4020 is almost completely engulfed in steam as smoke exhaust rises very high.
A Big Boy hauls a string of reefers over Sherman Hill.
Union Pacific #4020 leads the MYCAS through rural Sullican Illinois.
MNPFR 03 is westbound from North Platte as it approaches the Nebraska/Wyoming state line.
UP 4020 leads a short southbound manifest train as it snakes its way around one of the many steep reverse curves at Caliente on a beautiful Spring evening.
This crew rushes to get their train put together under the increasingly threatening sky. They would finish their work just as the severe weather came through.
Taken by Mark Bates (age 9)