The signal heads may have changed throughout the years, but the signal bridge at MP 511 in west Cheyenne is still iconic as another stack train heads west, prepping for its trip over Sherman Hill.

With a train tied down in the siding, BNSF 6026 leads an empty coal train through the small town of Hampton, NE, before sunset. Highway 34 tends to not have much traffic on it through this part of... (more)

UP 1982 pushes on the rear of the Global 3 to Oakland stack train. West of Maxwell, Highway 30 goes over the tracks from the north side to the south side, making chasing a little easier, and on th... (more)

UP 6539 leads 2 CSX locomotives on a westbound coal train, passing through Elm Creek, NE. For a little bit, a power plant out east was experimenting with Colorado coal, so this train would go stra... (more)

I was sitting just east of Hershey, NE, for what was probably the most spectacular sunset I had ever seen, just hoping a train would show up, but one never did. As I was packing my gear into the c... (more)

As if it was 1997, 3 UP SD40-2s lead a CNW on a westbound freight. Unfortunately, 2012 called, as it was the local from Grand Island with 3 SD40N's and a patched CNW, and the train had picked up t... (more)

The Global 1 to Salt Lake City z train had possibly the fastest crew change I've ever seen, and was blasting out of Cheyenne by the time it made it to the famous C&S bridge at MP 511. UP 1983 lea... (more)

UP 1983 leads a 5-unit consist on the Global 1 to Salt Lake City z train, cresting Archer Hill. This train is one of the hottest on the whole system, and therefore made great time across western N... (more)

The San Luis & Rio Grande south local passes the famous Denver & Rio Grande two-story depot in downtown La Jara, CO. The depot hasn't been used for passenger service since the 'San Juan' stopped r... (more)

The spirit of the southwest is alive and well in the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, as seen by this festively painted mailbox perched on the fencepost. Despite that, we're still close enoug... (more)

Passing through the small town of Elm Creek, UP 5511 leads this stack train west along UP's famous Triple Track.

After a quick crew change of less than 5 minutes, UP 1988 leads 3 brand new SD70ACes out from under the famous C&S bridge over the 4-track main. This was the first revenue run for UP 8671-8673.

As an eastbound stack train finishes its climb of Archer Hill, UP 1988 crests the top of the hill near the small town of Archer, WY. The two trains have 9 combined locomotives, 5 SD70ACes and 4 SD... (more)

With an eastbound coal load crawling up the hill, BNSF 9676 is in full dynamics trying to keep its train below 20 mph as the train starts into the middle of 3 horseshoe curves, known as Upper Hors... (more)

Grinding up the 1.55% grade of Crawford Hill, BNSF 6132 east would be lucky to be going 10 mph, as two gevos pull hard on the front, and an SD70MAC and two SD70ACes shove hard on the rear.