Train #6 lead by Amtrak 174 passes through the signals at Hermosa, Wyoming. The train was rerouted from Salt Lake City through Wyoming and down to Denver when wildfires made the Moffat Line in th... (more)

Union Pacific engine 2584 (ET44AC) runs solo as it leads a stack train out of the Hermosa Tunnels in Wyoming.

The large open spaces in Wyoming provide a great setting for the mega trains that run from Cheyenne to Laramie. Here UP 9093 (SD70AH) leads 4 mates and a long freight through Hermosa, Wyoming.

Amtrak 174 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through the signals at Hermosa, Wyoming

Heavy muscle is needed to move a long freight from Cheyenne to Laramie, Wyoming.

UP 7741 (AC45CCTE) shoves a long string of hoppers through the signals and towards the tunnels at Hermosa, Wyoming.

Empty auto racks are handled by UP 3039 (SD70AH) as it runs through Hermosa, Wyoming.

The smoke from the Colorado and Utah wildfires drifts into Wyoming, providing a glowing background for a sunset photo of UP 2574 (ET44AH) rounding the cantilevered signals at Hermosa, Wyoming.

UP 7640 (AC45CCTE) heads into the last minutes of sun and leans into the curve as it rounds the signals at Hermosa, Wyoming.

In the Cut at Hermosa

In another study of the engineering of Hermosa Tunnel looking west from the portal the delicate high altitude botanicals cling to the soft red loose soil.... (more)

One of the many trains that pass over the Laramie Subdivision works through the cut before west portal.

New Combines at Dale Creek

Westbound in a hurry a vibrant load of new New Holland combines pass through the Dale Creek area of the Overland Route with SD70M #4522 on the point.

West Portal Sunset

Heavy manifest MNPWC-15 blasts out of Hermosa East Portal Main 1 into the long shadows and warm light of a Wyoming Overland Route sunset.

UP 5716 AC44CWCTE emerges from the Hermosa Tunnels in Wyoming belching smoke from the uphill climb. I can only imagine what it must have looked like when a Big Boy locomotive emerged.

For the California Zephyr trains that have been diverting from Colorado to Wyoming due to massive wildfires, the engine configuration has been back-to-back, giving a good visual of the design of t... (more)