BNSF 6717 (ES44C4) leads a freight into Cheyenne, Wyoming via the old C&S bridge.

UP 8548 (SD70ACe) leans into the curve as it leaves the UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

UP 5726 (AC4400CWCTE) leads an auto rack train out of the UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming

UP 8825 (SD70AH) will soon pull into the large UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming with a mixed freight.

UP 8401 (SD70ACe) leads a freight into the setting sun and through the signal tower on the west end of the massive UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

UP 7351 (AC45CCTE) pulls an oil can train out of the UP Cheyenne Yard, passing under the BNSF (former C&S) bridge.

UP 7717 (AC45CCTE) leads a sand train out of the west end of the massive UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming, passing under the iconic C&S bridge.

After the auto rack train clears the block, the UP manifest train accelerates southward.

After work on Monday, I caught the UP 1995 in Topeka, KS leading the GSCPWA 27. This train had come up the Golden State route from Herington, hung a left at SJ Jct. in Topeka and pointed itsel... (more)

Helpers resting

West coast railfans along BNSF got a treat in winter 2002, when a northbound RoadRailer was dispatched with an A-B-A set of warbonnet GP60s. At the time, we were living in the yellow house at uppe... (more)

For years, leased GPs dominated the local power pool in Russellville. First came a horde of reddish/purpleish locos, which were supplanted by a flock of blue units. Today there were still three ... (more)

After many months of all GPs/all the time for local service around Russellville (with most being blue or maroon leasers), we finally have a nice C-C in our midst, and in the correct colors. This ... (more)

The UP engines sit idle as a BNSF freight heads east out of the Pueblo yard..

Three UP engines wait in the Pueblo, Colorado yard for orders. In the foreground is what's left of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad turntable and roundhouse. The facility was huge, with ... (more)