After a successful second day of break-in running on the way to Ogden, Big Boy 4014 cools its heels in Rock Springs as an eastbound stack train passes on the main.

Big Boy 4014 steaming right out of Heaven, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 double-head into Granger Junction on a cold, spring morning.

Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 makes history with it's triumphant return to steam as it makes the run to Ogden, Utah and is seen approaching Rock River, Wyoming on the much anticipated date of May 4... (more)

Thanks to a friendly ranch owner and some cash exchange, this shot of the Union Pacific Railroad Great Race Train, led by UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 and UP 4-8-4 #844, with assistance from UP SD70AC... (more)

The Union Pacific's newly restored Big Boy is a marvel of engineering. They made a test run last night to break her in. From the crowds at the yard it looks like 1/2 of the train loving world wi... (more)

Over the years, the question, "will a Union Pacific "Big Boy" ever return to the rails?" has been asked a handful of times. The answer was always no because of some factors. We... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad's 4-8-8-4 #4014 catches the last rays of sun before making a round trip to Nunn, Colorado as a test and break-in run on May 3, 2019. To purchase prints of this or any of th... (more)

60 years have passed since Cheyenne last heard the roar of a Big Boy as it stormed out of town westbound up Sherman Hill. On May 2nd, 2019 what was once a daily ritual was recreated thanks to the ... (more)

Here is an over/under shot with a bonus. UP Northwestern Special 1995 was tail-end-Charlie on a container train heading west out of the Cheyenne yard. Check out the roached unit ahead of 1995...... (more)

As a light snow begins to fall on a grey winter day a monster 190 car manifest drops down Archer Hill and into Cheyenne, seen just east of the OS at Barnett. Southern Pacific Daylight (heritage un... (more)

High winds blow snow across the double main and US-30/287 as Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8844 leads a westbound manifest through Bosler, Wyoming, on January 26, 2019.

With code-line poles and searchlight signals framing the scene Union Pacific's eastbound 'salad shooter' works up Sherman Hill at the top end of Hermosa.

With the Swan Ranch Industrial Complex in the background westbound tonnage follows a trio of EMDs into the big curve at Speer, WY. Speer is the junction between Union Pacific's cross-country Overl... (more)