UP 4014 goes over I-294 at Thornton, IL. This bridge really puts into perspective just how large the Big Boy is compared to everything else. Additionally, the bridge still wears C&EI lettering ... (more)

The UP Big Boy crosses New Poag Road near Mitchell, Illinois. The train was delayed more than an hour, putting its arrival close to sunset. With smoke from forest fires in the western US in the ... (more)

Villa Grove-based LSB54 local is hot and heavy on the dynamic brakes as they coast their 30ish car train downhill towards the small village of Royal, IL

UP Big Boy 4014 leads the Heartland of America tour train South across the Kankakee River in Momence.

Local boaters have anchored near UP’s Lake Shelbyville bridge, anticipating the Big Boy’s arrival. Soon enough, the 1940s-built steamer crosses overhead as it makes its way towards its next wh... (more)

UP 6691 (AC4400CW) waits for a green to leave Denver and head towards the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 688 (GP38-2) works a yard in Commerce City, Colorado, waiting for the signal to grab a cut of gondolas from a nearby scrap metal business.

UP 4455 is one of many steam locomotives on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum. It was built in 1920 by the Lima Locomotive Works.

UP 4014 rolls through suburban Elmhurst during the 2024 Heartland of America Tour.

UP 3052 leads an empty coal train through Elmhurst on a busy afternoon on the Geneva Sub.

UP 4014 rolls through suburban Elmhurst during the 2024 Heartland of America Tour.

Vibrant Nebraska Morning | Crossing a field just east of North Platte, NE, an eastbound intermodal train begins its journey down the Kearney Subdivision on the sunny morning of Sunday, Sept... (more)

Twilight in Hershey | A westbound manifest train heads through Hershey, NE on the evening of Saturday, August 31, 2024.

Near the location of Dailey, IL, the Big Boy rolls south thru the fields of corn and beans towards its resting point of Villa Grove. The nice evening light was a great perk of this chase, usually ... (more)

UP Big Boy 4014 leads the Heartland of America tour train East down the IHB around the curve at the intersection of 47th and East in LaGramge, showing off its articulation.