Engine 2816 rests at Deramus Yard as it is prepared for the following day's trip to Kendleton, Texas. The Final Spike Tour train was parked inside the former KCS Southern Belle shops next to the S... (more)

The UP Steam Crew poses on the Big Boy after speeches by then-CEO Lance Fritz and former Utah Governor Gary Herbert at the Spike150 Ceremony in Ogden.

Engine 2816 rests at Deramus Yard next to the KCS Southern Belle fleet.

Engine 2816 rests at Deramus Yard next to the KCS Southern Belle fleet.

A tied down military train sits at Lake Street in Shreveport. This train came off the UP and is entering the CPKC Shreveport Terminal.

The Henderson Overton Branch job makes its way back to Henderson after dropping off 29 empties at Overton for interchange with UP. LTEX 3905 still wears its unique Baja California Railroad livery.

CN A489 heads through downtown Jackson as it approaches CN's North Yard. In trail is Bessemer and Lake Erie #907, an SD40T-3. Once used extensively on Minnesota's Iron Range, this engine has spent... (more)

CPKC's Final Spike train crosses the Red River on its way to Shreveport. The city of Texarkana is known for sitting right along the Texas/Arkansas state line, with a photo op available at the post... (more)

CPKC's Final Spike train heads over Caddo Lake as it approaches Shreveport. To the right sits the historic 1914 Caddo Lake drawbridge, which was notably visited by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower an... (more)

A pair of SD70Ms glide east across the desert as they reach the east end of UP's Shafter Subdivision, which stretches from Elko, NV to Lake Point Junction just outside Salt Lake City.

UP #844 waits for the Big Boy to roll in to begin the Spike150 Celebration outside Ogden Station in Utah. This ceremony commemorated the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike at Pro... (more)

Engine #148 backs up across Miami Canal Road as it prepares for another run-by over the trestle just out of frame to the left.

FEC #716 leads an Asplundh weed spray train towards Miami. The boxcar at the end of the train still wears an SCL/L&N Family Lines emblem.

Engine #148 steams past a pair of abandoned tractors through the Lake Placid orange groves. The 1929 Ford Model A followed us up from Palmdale and was posed at multiple locations along the rest of... (more)

Engine #148 waits for a southbound cane train to clear the track ahead so it can perform a run-by at the Fisheating Creek trestle.