Eastbound West Colton - North Platte Manifest rolls across Carbon County just after winter storm Troy swept across the state.
Just before sunrise, a westbound intermodal grinds its way up to the top of the grade just outside the former coal mining town of Hanna, Wyoming.
UP 7605 leads an under-powered westbound manifest into the yard at Hanna, WY. The crew was running out of hours due to their slow climb up Sherman Hill (sometimes they were moving at single digit ... (more)
A UP freight speeds east through a desolate part of Wyoming. Just antelope, me and the UP.
A UP stack train races west towards Rawlins where it will make a fuel stop, then continue west.
Nice shot of a grizzled veteran of the coal fields waiting for the next assignment somewhere on BN, right? No, we're at Hanna, Wyoming on the UP, stumbling across this nice treat just sitting chu... (more)
UP mixed freight races east towards Cheyenne.