Inside the historic old Union Pacific steam backshop in Cheyenne, home base for Union Pacific's steam fleet, work is underway on returning UP FEF-3 #844 to service.

Yesterday the 'great race to Ogden' began in grand fashion as Union Pacific's newly restored Big Boy teamed with dependable stable-mate #844. The two products of the American Locomotive Works (194... (more)

Hugging the northern slope of Afton Canyon, Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision twists its way through the spectacular rock walls and formations just above the northern bank of the Mojave River wash.... (more)

Much has changed since Big Boys last roamed the mainlines of the Union Pacific, one thing that has not is the often severe afternoon thunderstorms that build up over Wyoming and Nebraska. Shortly ... (more)

Famous face at an iconic place...For 18 years between 1941 and 1959 Hermosa Tunnels, near the top of 'the hill', was a popular location for photographers to frame Big Boys as they carried tonnage ... (more)

Sierra 'dupe' 5287 leads a four pack of SD70Ms and the westbound ZNPOA out of Truckee on the final leg of the climb up the eastern slope of the Sierra. Nestled under the tall pines in the backgrou... (more)

On a crisp September morning the foothills west of Cheyenne again echo the sounds of a Union Pacific '4000' class Big Boy as it storms up Sherman Hill. In this case it is Union Pacific's recently ... (more)

Home....Simply put 'Big Boy' 4014 was home on Saturday May 4th, 2019 as it returned to Sherman Hill under steam for the first time in 60 years. Big Boys were a fixture on Union Pacific's Overland ... (more)

Heavily laden with lumber products from the Pacific Northwest, UP's eastbound QRVWCB ascends the Tehachapi grade while conforming to the Bealville horseshoe curve. Brand new UP ET45AH 2662 is bein... (more)

Amidst the charred landscape on the western slope of Cajon Pass a monster westbound BNSF stack train carefully drops down grade with its head end approaching Pine Lodge on the former 'north track'... (more)

SP AC12 4294, the last of the Mohicans. Although one of Espee's most iconic steam locomotives, only one of the 4-8-8-2 cab forwards survived the end of the steam era on the Southern Pacific. Now t... (more)

Western Pacific GP20 2001 pilots the westbound Feather River Express excursion seen dropping down grade at James, just before crossing under Hwy 70.

Union Pacific SD70ACe 4141, painted to honor President George H.W. Bush, stands proudly displayed on Union Pacific's 'Home Plate' trackage in downtown Omaha, Nebraska in advance of the 2019 Colleg... (more)

With Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 763 tucked into the siding at Gaviota a 20-car Union Pacific officers special hustles west towards San Luis Obispo. On the point is Union Pacific 1943 wearing special... (more)

Onto the next chapter... former Yreka Western 2-8-2 #19, built by Baldwin in 1915, hitches a ride on an eastbound manifest as it is transported from its long time home in Yreka, CA to the Age of S... (more)