UP 844 leads the Frontier Days special northbound at Terry Ranch Road just outside of Cheyenne, WY.

A DPU unit brings up the rear on an eastbound intermodal heading into Cheyenne Yard.

A UP DDA40X and an E9A (UP 949) sit in UP's Cheyenne Yard.

EMD SD60 No. 3 rests in Cheyenne with some big company in the form of 6936. I believe number 3 had been re-trucked by EMD with HTCR self-steering trucks and was testing on UP.

Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr approaches Cheyenne from Denver, complete with a full-length dome. A pair of DD40X Centennials wait for their turn into the Cheyenne yard.

It was cold. It was windy. It was worth it.

UP 844 leads up the Valley Eagle east out of Cheyenne at Archer. The temperature outside was about 20°F. With the 25 MPH sustained winds factored in, that dropped down to about 5°F! Hot steam an... (more)

UP 8447 & 4352 lead an eastbound stack train up Archer Hill as another stack train descends the hill.

The Valley Eagle assaults Archer Hill behind UP 844 as 40-plus mph winds and wind chills in the low teens assault everyone who came out to witness this special run as it makes its way towar... (more)

Amtrak SDP40Fs 622 and 587 have just completed running around their train in Cheyenne and are preparing to tie back onto the headend of the train. This was how I spent my Thanksgiving Day in 1974... (more)

Facing west to head eastbound: Amtrak's eastbound San Francisco Zephyr is calling on Cheyenne, and is facing UP westbound. It will shortly leave town, heading south through Speer and onto... (more)

A pair of big haulers brace a Fast Forty, a common high speed high priority lashup in the 70s. They are preparing to continue east toward Council Bluffs.

Two UP SD45s, along with a DD35 and an orange & silver Western Pacific GP35 lead a train under the C&S bridge, westbound toward Sherman Hill.

UP 8444 stands at the Cheyenne passenger station coupled ahead of Amtrak E8 330 on the headend of #6. In the early days of Amtrak, UP would ferry the big locomotive to and from Denver on the head... (more)

Challenger X3966 is serviced and is backing up to it's train, impressive even on the dark side. For more color views from that day, click here... (more)