Union Pacific F3A 1445 and mates lead a westbound freight near Dale Wyoming in 1954. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Early spring weather rolls eastward from the Medicine Bow Mountain Range and streams over Wyoming’s Sherman Hill with gray clouds on March 25, 2008. A momentary and serendipitous break in the cl... (more)

DALE WY Oct 17 1977 — Union Pacific DDA40X 6920 has just crossed the Dale Creek Fill on its westbound journey to Laramie and offers this angle as it passes below. EMD built the unit (b/n 3546) i... (more)

DALE WY Oct 19 1977 — Union Pacific GP9 321 leads three Chicago and Northwestern units on a covered hopper train westbound on the number three track (the alternate main line) from Cheyenne. The ... (more)

An Eastbound manifest freight is seen on Main 2 at Dale Junction. The line to the left, which is track 3 is known as the Harriman Line This route is typically used for heavy Westbounds as it is a ... (more)

An Eastbound manifest freight train is seen climbing up Sherman Hill just past Dale Junction, running through Wyoming ranchlands. The rock formations in the background have been a popular spot to ... (more)

MGRNP-24, a soda ash train out of Green River, WY, pours on the power as the heavy outfit ascends the grade toward Sherman.

A UP snow fighting train with UP rotary 900082 heades west at Dale, WY, to assist with reopening of the UP double track mainline in Wyoming, closed by snow.

A UP snow fighting train with UP rotary 900082 heades west at Dale, WY, to assist with reopening of the UP double track mainline in Wyoming, closed by snow.

Dale WY Oct. 19 1977 — A fellow railfan lines up his shot as Union Pacific SD40-2 3356 leads a hopper train across the Dale Creek fill on track two. The train has come west on track three which ... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific stack train rolls toward Dale while working over Wyoming’s Sherman Hill on September 17, 2008.

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)

Dale WY Oct. 19 1977 — Union Pacific DDA40X 6901 hauls a TOFC-COFC train west on track two over Dale Creek fill. UP donated the 6901 to the city of Pocatello ID in 1985. It was delivered on Nov ... (more)

DALE WY Oct 19 1977 — Union Pacific GP9 321 is westbound on the number two track after leaving the number three track (the alternate main line) on the way to Laramie. The alternate main line was... (more)

DALE WY Oct 19 1977 — Union Pacific GP9 321 and three Chicago and Northwestern units lead a westbound mixed freight. The train is on the number three track. This alternate main line was opened o... (more)