Late day luminescence
Momentarily parting clouds allow the lowering sun to illuminate a northbound (timetable westbound) BNSF freight following the North Platte River through Wendover C... (more)

A BNSF coal empty climbs the northbound grade of Logan Hill at Logan, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 10, 2023. In the house track at Logan is a loaded TVAX No. 680267, bad ordered and waiting f... (more)

Eastbound manifest rolling past Fossil Butte NM.

Eastbound manifest rolling past Fossil Butte NM.

BN 1991 leads a loaded coal train out of the Black Thunder mine. Returning to the main at Reno Junction. (Tom Ellis photo)

Union Pacific GE ES44AC No. 5417 leads a westbound UP freight past milepost 822 as the train climbs Peru Hill between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 22, 2023.

Staying ahead of the storm
An eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight train drops downgrade at milepost 823 on Peru Hill, Wyoming, momentarily staying ahead of a storm approaching from... (more)

The sun has cracked the horizon as a BNSF coal train crosses Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, at 6:16 a.m. on July 11, 2023. This particular train is powered by four BNSF EMD SD70ACe locomotives... (more)

Meet on Peru Hill
A westbound Union Pacific stack train, led by GE ES44AC No. 5294, meets an eastbound UP manifest freight on Peru Hill between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on the morn... (more)

Union Pacific GE ES44AC No. 5294 is the lone motor on the point of a westbound stack train climbing Peru Hill between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on June 23, 2023.

Splitting the signals as it speeds eastbound across the original transcontinental railroad is a Union Pacific freight with a pair of the railroad's unique "Fast Forties" on the headend: ... (more)

A string of long-stored Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC locomotives sit in a yard track near the Progress Rail Services facility south of Bill, Wyoming, on July 11, 2023.

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe-T-4 No. 3031 leads a vehicle train westbound on the UP’s Evanston Subdivision, climbing the hill between Green River and Peru, Wyoming, on June 22, 2023.

BNSF’s Laurel to Denver priority freight (HLAUDEN) exits 177-foot Tunnel 4 between the sidings of Dornick and Piper while negotiating Wyoming’s rugged Wind River Canyon on June 25, 2023.

Shiny paint and aluminum hoppers nicely reflect the early morning sun as BNSF EMD SD70ACe Nos. 9098 and 8557 lead a coal train over Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, just after sunrise at 6:04 a.... (more)