All of a sudden heavy clouds start rolling in and then the sun pokes through the clouds only to light up the train. Lasted about ten seconds. A trio of GE power heads a loaded coal train west thro... (more)

844 and 3985 head a Cheyenne to Roseville CA steam special.

Westbound on the Harriman Cutoff, near Dale Junction. Trailing units are SP SD40T-2 8246 and UP SD40-2 3677.

UP C-NRPW at Bill

BNSF C-CNAM rounding a reverse s-curve near Black Thunder

BNSF E-MOLBTM at Black Thunder Mine

Coal empties bound for the Powder River Basin.

BNSF’s HLAUDEN priority freight rolls through Wyoming’s scenic Wind River Canyon between the sidings of Minnesela and Dornick on June 25, 2023.

#4014 and the #844 are returning to Cheyenne after a highly publicized trip to Salt Lake City, heralding the Big Boy's return.

Clawing under storm’s edge
We were on Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 22, 2023, when the nice weather began to change as thunderstorms moved in from t... (more)

A Burlington Northern coal empty departs Guernsey, Wyoming, and crosses a bridge spanning the North Platte River leaving town on July 6, 1996. A pair of GE C30-7s mixed with an EMD SD60M and Oakwa... (more)

The engineer of an eastbound coal load provides a friendly wave as his train prepares to duck under US20 west of Van Tassel in far eastern Wyoming. Predecessor Chicago & North Western's western ar... (more)

Following a successful return to the high iron, #4014's team poses with #844 before putting them back in the barn.

Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 (4-8-8-4) runs east out of the UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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)