A westbound manifest train leans into the curve at West Cheyenne as it departs town shortly after a Crew change, a BNSF southbound train heads for Denver above.
For those who know the location (Cheyenne, WY; Crow Creek) and the railroad well (the UP in this photograph does not exist today), the caption is simple: "Hello, Sherman....next stop; Rawlins!". ... (more)
By the late 1950s, there were just two places in the United States that still featured big-time steam operations: The Norfolk & Western in the Appalachias, and Union Pacific in Wyoming. Cheyenne ... (more)
Completed in 1887, the imposing Union Pacific passenger station looms large in Cheyenne, Wyoming's downtown in October 1958. The station is built from blocks of sandstone quarried and transported... (more)