After unloading at the Deseret Power Bonanza power plant in the background, the string of empties streaks across the Utah desert on its way back to the Colorado mine.

Westbound coal for Bonanza snakes through Mormon Gap under wire.

After a successful second day of break-in running on the way to Ogden, Big Boy 4014 cools its heels in Rock Springs as an eastbound stack train passes on the main.

From the bluff high above the Overland Route, the westbound Big Boy struts across the Wyoming plains for the first time in over half a century.

Through the S-curve at Rock River with 4014 in the lead, the special train to Ogden continues west across Wyoming.

Against the backdrop of a westbound intermodal, 4014 clears Dale Junction, Wyoming.

Making its first big show, the special to Ogden passes through the cut at Speer.

Big Boy, Big Light- There's something about a live steam locomotive that just makes them seem larger when they're sitting in front of you. The impressive size of Big Boy 4014 stretches off... (more)

What Year Is It Again? For the first time in 60 years, a Big Boy cools its heels in Rawlins Yard. (Taken with permission and an escort.)

Stranger in a Strange Land- Led by a KCS SD70ACe, a westbound tank train rounds one of the many bends along South Boulder Creek.

Dwarfed by the Rockies overhead, the eastbound California Zephyr exits the lengthy darkness of Moffat Tunnel.

Moffat and Rollins- With eastbound coal snaking out of the 6.2 mile long Moffat Tunnel, one can't help but marvel at the sheer size of the mountains here. With the former grade of the lin... (more)

Climbing Raton Pass, the eastbound Southwest Chief passes beneath a pair of Santa Fe searchlight cantilever bridges on its way to the summit.

Santa Fe Sentinels- If not for the modern Amtrak train and the pandrol clips securing the main, this scene might as well be straight out of the days when A-B-B-A sets of Warbonnet F7's and ... (more)