The lone DP, UP 7642, helps shove this Tacoma, WA to Chicago, IL K-Line stack train through Laramie as the sweaty summer day temperatures drop to a comfortable camp fire weather 80 degrees.
During the summer of 2011, my dad and I drove across eight states chasing trains. We went up through the Central Valley of California. Then over Donner Pass and the Northern Nevada Desert to Salt Lake City, UT. After that, we headed to Laramie, WY and the