Coming down the original Sherman Hill main, Gas Turbine Electric (GTEL) 21 rolls the last miles toward Cheyenne. On the day after Christmas, 1965, UP’s motive power department has already made u... (more)

Steam makes a pretty good smoke screen in the winter time making for poor visibility. 4020 is almost completely engulfed in steam as smoke exhaust rises very high.

A Big Boy pulls through a cut at Perkins, part of the new line. The new line was completed and opened on May 12, 1952.

A Big Boy pulling a string of reefers rolls through Harriman on the new line.

A Challenger runs up Sherman Hill through fields of grass.

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.

Big Boy 4018 begins its decent downhill towards Sherman Hill.

Big Boys 4006 makes a run for Sherman hill.

Big Boys 4003 and 4012 double head over the new Harriman Line.

A Big Boy hauls a string of reefers over Sherman Hill.

There's plenty of smoke coming from this Big Boy as he leaves Cheyenne and makes a run for the hill.

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.

Here a Big Blow runs up the steeper grade of Sherman Hill.

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.