Eastbound tonnage descends the 'gangplank' on Sherman Hill, passing the searchlight installation at West Granite.

A westbound Union Pacific stack train threads through the heart of the 'Grand Canyon of the Mojave'.

No that's not a mirage.....With the weight of their soda ash train now fully on the uphill grade leaving the barren Searles Valley, which will persist all the way to Searles, the thunderous roar e... (more)

With a nicely matched set of UP-CSX-UP-CSX-UP motors up front an eastbound Union Pacific manifest sails across the North Platte River at Fort Steele, WY. Fort Steele was once the location of a US ... (more)

Two generations of EMD road power team up to bring westbound tonnage over Sherman Hill, emerging from the west portal of Hermosa Tunnel. Road power includes brand new EMD tier-IV SD70AH #3027 and ... (more)

Union Pacific FEF-3 #844 smokes it up as it storms out of Rawlins, WY and towards the crest of the continental divide at Hadsell. 844 is on a special public relations trip which will take the big ... (more)

Onto the next chapter... former Yreka Western 2-8-2 #19, built by Baldwin in 1915, hitches a ride on an eastbound manifest as it is transported from its long time home in Yreka, CA to the Age of S... (more)

Pulling out of Daley's Hole an eastbound shooter is climbing towards the crest of the continental divide at Hadsell, WY.

Led by a pair of clean SD40Ns Union Pacific's Sinclair local returns home after working their namesake refinery. The duo of veteran EMDs are passing under an old school UP signal bridge at the wes... (more)

A pair of vintage American automobiles quietly observe the passage of a eastbound unit soda ash train as it sails through the ghostly remains of Bosler, WY.

It takes a team. After a successful southbound 'break-in' run to Greeley, CO the Union Pacific steam crew takes a moment for a group photograph. Along the way hundreds of folks watched as 844 stor... (more)

After taking the winter months off Union Pacific FEF3 #844 returned to the mainline on April 10th, 2017 for a 'break-in' run between Cheyenne, WY and Greeley, CO. On the return leg of its journey ... (more)

Under a Wyoming sky an eastbound intermodal train drops down from Hadsell and into Rawlins in the heart of Wyoming's 'high desert'.

Trying to out run a fast moving weather front an eastbound Z train hustles through Walcott, WY on the western end of Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision.

Having just topped the 8015' summit of Union Pacific's Sherman Hill, high point on the historic Overland Route, a westbound Z train hustles down one track while old snow fences stand a silent guar... (more)