Union Pacific 5511 sees the light of day in nearly 3 decades as it sits outside of the UP steam program machine shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Union Pacific 5511 is a 2-10-2 'Santa Fe' type steam loc... (more)

On the morning of June 23, 2018, five trains can be seen from the top of Logan Hill looking south. On Track 1 is a southbound BNSF coal load. Coming up alongside on Track 2 is a Union Pacific coal... (more)

Two BNSF Coal Trains are lined up waiting for their time to shine. This photo was captured by Henry Vitz.

BN 7184 sits wrecked at Cheyenne. Taken by Henry John Vitz.

Microprocessor controls and EMD’s new 710G engine first appeared together in SD60 demonstrators EMD 1 through 4 between May and June 1984. Years later, the prototypes were still testing new tech... (more)

DALE WY Oct 19 1977 — Union Pacific GP9 321 is westbound on the number two track after leaving the number three track (the alternate main line) on the way to Laramie. The alternate main line was... (more)

DALE WY Oct 19 1977 — Union Pacific GP9 321 and three Chicago and Northwestern units lead a westbound mixed freight. The train is on the number three track. This alternate main line was opened o... (more)

On the morning of June 26, 2022, a Union Pacific coal empty climbs Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming. Lurking in the morning cloud shadow at the horizon are rows of wind turbines that have appeare... (more)

The sky is smoky from the fires in Oregon even as far east as Wyoming. However, the sun still lights up the nose of an Eastbound double stack train as it enters the West Portal Hermosa cut.

Union Pacific 4014 begins its journey to Denver, Colorado, where it will eventually haul the 2022 Union Pacific Museum Special back to Cheyenne.

A southbound (eastbound) Union Pacific coal load passes underneath Lawver Road overpass at the old location of the north switch of Antelope siding (back when this was a single track mainline throu... (more)

Bnsf 9475 and other's Waite there next chance to be retuned to service.

CNW's Wyoming Centennial unit 8542 leads an empty coal train as it meets a loaded train led by BN 5065 near Bill, WY in May of 1991. It's amazing how much traffic moved on this line considering it... (more)

A westbound (northbound) BNSF coal train crawls along the twisting bank of the North Platte River through Wendover Canyon, Wyoming, on June 23, 2022.

A trio of Chicago & North Western coal trains are led by new C&NW EMD SD60s at the railroad’s remote yard at Bill, Wyoming, on July 4, 1989.