UP 1989 leads a heavy N. Platte to La Salle manifest train Southbound into Nunn.

A Union Pacific train heads east across the Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

On October 26, 1968 the annual fall sugar “campaign” is under way in Northern Colorado. Branch lines swarm with extras, light engine movements and caboose hops. Here at Dent, junction of the D... (more)

A rarity on any railroad, Alco RSC-2 1288 rests near the cottonwoods in Ellis, Kansas, between runs on the nearby 124-mile Salina-Colby-Oakley branch. Developed out of an design for U.S. Army, the... (more)

A double header consisting of a Challenger and a Big Boy, make a run for the hill. The first car has a wing load for an aircraft. Maybe some day we'll see something of the likes of this again.

Here a Big Boy hauls a freight on the new, longer but less steep grade known as the Harriman Cutoff. This new line allows some trains to run without helpers.

A Big Boy heads east past Dale Junction over Sherman Hill. It's about this point the climb starts downhill.

An A-B-B-A set of GP9's pulls a train over Sherman Hill. Photo by Jack A Pfeifer.

A Big Boy heads toward Hermosa on Sherman Hill with a long train. The train is running on the Harriman cut off which is now the number three track. This is the locomotive that is now on display at... (more)

A GE C40-8 pulls an American President Line stack train racing east through an icy landscape approaching Morgan the morning of Feb. 12, 1994.

UP 8051 Pushes a manifest south. The steel bridge to the left grants access to Union Station and the interchange with BNSF.

A UP Big Boy hauling freight on Sherman Hill. Deemed the largest steam locomotive in the world, and envied by C&O Allegheny steam lovers.

After dropping off a train of coal empties at Valley Camp, the Pleasant Valley Local passes Scofield Dam on its return to Helper Yard.

Here is a unique configuration as baby tunnel motor UPY 629 (GP15-1) runs long hood forward while teaming up with UPY 1329 (MP15DC) to pull a string of freight out of the 36th Street Yard.

Rio Grande liked Alco switchers and the road bought two Alco PA/B/A sets for passenger service. But freight, not so much. Five RS3s found their way onto the roster in 1951 and, unlike competing E... (more)