UP 8919 (SD70AH) leads a long freight through Tie Siding, Wyoming, as seen through an old collapsed snow fence that was once protecting the track from drifts.

Hermosa Sunset

Magnificent glint only a late Summer day on the Overland a Route can do highlights the rails at Hermosa, WYO.

the Granite of the Overland Route

Westbound out of the Hermosa Tunnels into Tie Siding on an early June evening UP #5263 leads a diverse manifest. The Sherman Granite is rich... (more)

In the Cut at Hermosa west portal

Eastbound lead by UP #7462 and patched ex-Espee #6365 hustles a salad shooter into the super elevation and the cut before the Hermosa Tunnel... (more)

UP 4014 storms through the clouds and by the CP WX547 search lights at Tie Siding headed back home to Cheyenne.

A westbound manifest passes under the CP WX548 cantilever at Hermosa.

A westbound Union Pacific train passes under the cantilever signal bridge with searchlight signals at Hermosa. A trace of a rainbow remains on the right.

After a sixty year hiatus, we finally get to see UP's Big Boy 4014 going over home rails once again as it eases by the Bath Family Ranch at Tie Siding, WY.

Big Boy, U.P. Nº4014 polishes the rails of the Overland Route with the Great Race To Ogden as the train descends the western slope of Sherman Hill and along side Bath Family Ranch at Tie Siding, ... (more)

Big Boy, U.P. Nº4014 polishes the rails of the Overland Route with the Great Race To Ogden as the train descends the western slope of Sherman Hill and along side Bath Family Ranch at Tie Siding, ... (more)

Continuing its jounery west toward Ogden, the UP 4014 pops its head out of the Hermosa tunnel just outside of Tie Siding, WY.

The historic Colorado floods of 2013 closed UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision for almost 2 months, during which time Amtrak's California Zephyr was detoured through Wyoming across the Overland. Here,... (more)