UP 4014 storms up the 1% grade eastbound out of Sharon Springs, Kansas. The Limon Subdivion is a roller-coaster of 1% grades for 210 miles. The grade profile and crisp clear weather made for an i... (more)

Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 4014 departs Sharon Springs, Kansas, and enters the Limon Subdivision after getting a track warrant to head west to its next layover stop in Limon, Colorado, ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 approaches approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. High winds and 32 inches of snow buried the town located on the Kan... (more)

As the “blue hour” settles in at sunset on New Year’s Day 2007, eastbound Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 approaches Wallace, Kansas, on UP’s Limon Subdivision, also simply known ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow o... (more)

More snow into the night
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007. A portion of the track being clear... (more)

Winter’s blue hour
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007, during that magical time on a snowy wi... (more)

Union Pacific coal trains have been stranded for several days in Sharon Springs, Kansas, after a 32-inch snowstorm combined with high winds on December 29-30 buried the town in white stuff.

A closeup of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clearing out a cut as it approaches a snow-clogged Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007. The circular windows are special snow-fighting ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Closely following the rotary is another snow train with more loco... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow o... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow o... (more)

Snow and ice
During a crew change at Sharon Springs, Kansas, Union Pacific’s rotary snowplow No. 900082 gets serviced and cleaned off of accumulated snow and ice. Trains have been str... (more)

UP 6327 still wears Southern Pacific paint but with a UP patch job as it departs Sharon Springs with a Westbound coal empty. In the distance, the rear DPU motor on an Eastbound loaded coal train s... (more)

Winter’s battles
During a crew change at Sharon Springs, Kansas, Union Pacific’s rotary snowplow No. 900082 gets serviced and cleaned off of accumulated snow and ice. Trains have be... (more)