BN 8116 leads an empty coal train across the North Platte River in Guernsey, WY in May of 1991.

Union Pacific train number 22, the Pacific Coast Limited, is seen near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1934. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BNSF’s Laurel to Denver freight rumbles along the craggy rock formations of Wyoming’s scenic Wind River Canyon and is passing Dornick siding on the morning of June 25, 2023.

Approaching Himes through the red rocks
BNSF’s Cowley turn out of Greybull, Wyoming, scrurries through some remarkable scenery between Spence and Himes on the morning of June 26, 2023... (more)

BNSF GE C44-9W No. 4438 leads the railroad’s Laurel to Denver priority freight (HLAUDEN) out of 177-foot Tunnel 4 between the sidings of Dornick and Piper while passing through Wyoming’s sceni... (more)

BNSF’s Denver to Laurel freight, the HDENLAU, crosses the Wind River at Boysen, Wyoming, between the sidings of Piper and Dornick at the entrance to Wind River Canyon on the afternoon of June 28... (more)

Shadows are lengthening as two EMD SD70MACs power BNSF’s Cowley turn, a local that operates out of Greybull, Wyoming, through rugged Sheep Canyon on June 22, 2016. The southbound train is follow... (more)

UP 2662 leads a westbound grain train as it nears Kemmerer Wyoming.

A pair of EMD SD70MACs power BNSF’s Cody local approaching Ralston, Wyoming, on June 24, 2016. The eastbound local is crossing Bridge 29.14 over Eaglenest Creek with four cars and caboose, and i... (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.

After the passage of a large thunderstorm on Wyoming’s Peru Hill, the late afternoon sun pops out and lights up a Union Pacific stack train heading west on the Evanston Subdivision on June 22, ... (more)

Two BNSF coal trains meet on the four-track main line over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on the afternoon of October 18, 2018.

Two grain trains pass each other at Dale Junction as the sun sets. This is the highest point on the original Union Pacific RR. This is a neat place to watch trains as they struggle between Cheyenn... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific container train works upgrade through the milepost 823 signals between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 22, 2023.

ACe race
On the four-track main line over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, SD70ACe-led coal trains from both roads serving Powder River Basin put together a slow race over the top of ... (more)