UP 5281 (C45CCTE) runs under the signal tower leading to the yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

After taking the wye at Speer to turn the engine to the east, the Big Boy UP 4014 heads back to the steam shop after a successful test run and will be ready to begin their run on Wednesday to the ... (more)

Today the Union Pacific Steam Crew did a test run of Big Boy UP 4014 (4-8-8-4) so that they could turn the engine around at Speer and get ready to head east towards Omaha on Wednesday.

An old, wooden outside-braced 40-foot boxcar, likely a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy car, is neatly utilized as part of a dwelling in the remote settlement of Bonneville, Wyoming, on June 22... (more)

On June 24, 2018, BNSF’s HDENLAU freight passes through 370-foot Black Tunnel between the sidings of Piper and Dornick in Wyoming’s impressive Wind River Canyon on June 24, 2018.

Two Patrick Henry private cars joined the California Zephyr as it diverted through Cheyenne, Wyoming due to flooding in Nebraska.

Parting clouds late in the day allow the lowering sun to momentarily illuminate a northbound (timetable westbound) BNSF freight following the North Platte River through Wyoming’s Wendover Canyon... (more)

Big Sky Wyoming
Montana may employ the phrase “Big Sky Country” to describe its open country and beautiful skies, but Wyoming easily comes in second with its share. Witness a pair o... (more)

A rare sight finds the California Zephyr leaving the Cheyenne, Wyoming depot. Flooding in Nebraska damaged sections of track, necessitating the diversion through the northern part of Nebraska and... (more)

Keeping the main line rails of the Orin Line in Powder River Basin, another coal empty rolls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, at 9:33 p.m. during sunset on July 10, 2021.

Running through the splendor of Wyoming’s Wind River Canyon, BNSF’s northbound HDENLAU freight approaches the south switch of Dornick siding on July 10, 2021.

Chugwater arrival
On the clear afternoon of May 30, 1998, a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight arrives at Chugwater, Wyoming. The train is powered by a pair of EMD locomoti... (more)

Passing through stunning Sheep Canyon, in some unusual territory, at least for the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, is BNSF’s Cowley turn out of Greybull, Wyoming, on June 22, 2016. Two EMD ... (more)

On the Orin Line in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin a southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train passes a small, abandoned homestead just north of Reno Junction on June 30, 2002.

Rare Mileage on the Overland Route Rare mileage and Rolling under the famed Ex-Colorado & Southern BNSF Front Range Subdivision 126’ thru truss bridge Amtrak 5 has just left the Cheyen... (more)