The sun is low to the horizon in Powder River Basin as a Union Pacific coal empty growls over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on the eve of July 2, 2016.

Hollis & Eastern #8170 (GP10) sits in the yard at the Swan Ranch complex near Speer, Wyoming.

UP 5576 (AC4400CW-CTE) leads a quartet of other motors and a long stack train through Archer Hill and towards Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Steam Team are also Snow Fighters! UP 900082 Rotary Snow Plow Deployment-PCYRW-12 Steam crew had assembled a special consist at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne and powering up and integra... (more)

A UP snow fighting train with UP rotary 900082 heades west at Dale, WY, to assist with reopening of the UP double track mainline in Wyoming, closed by snow.

A sight likely never to be seen again was this All-Star line up of rare steam powered locomotives. The class photo, take at the Union Pacific Steam Shop in Cheyenne Wyoming, included UP 4014 (4-8... (more)

UP 4875 (SD70M) leads a freight through Speer Wyoming that is going down the Greeley Sub to Denver, Colorado

UP 7882 (AC45CCTE) holds a freight at Speer, Wyoming until word comes that the line has been cleared of snow drifts.

UP 5011 (SD70M) leads a special train which is taking the Union Pacific Steam Program tool cars back to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

There was a rare sight in Wyoming as the Union Pacific called on the Rotary UP 900082 to go fight the snow drifts at Rawlings, Wyoming, which has shut down transcon rail traffic for three days. T... (more)

Big Boy 4014 with 844 on their way back to Cheyenne, WY

A UP snow fighting train with UP rotary 900082 heades west at Dale, WY, to assist with reopening of the UP double track mainline in Wyoming, closed by snow.

Snow Fighters to Rawlins UP 900082 Rotary Snow Plow Deployment-PCYRW-12 Steam crew had assembled a special consist at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne and powering up and integrating in a ... (more)

BNSF’s Cody local switches at Powell, Wyoming, on June 28, 2018. The eastbound train is headed for the connection to BNSF’s Casper Subdivision at Frannie, and is powered by GP38-3R No. 2392 an... (more)

Chicago & North Western 8614, 8629, and 8527, haul a loaded coal train out of the power river basin. (Tom Ellis photo)