Wishing everyone a happy belated Flag Day with this scene of UP's steam and diesel power flying the stars and stripes.
The Big Boy steams under a series of overpasses en route to Green River.
At a servicing stop in Echo, a crowd of onlookers marvel at the sight of the world's largest locomotive under steam.
#4014 and #844 emerge from a short tunnel on the eastward climb several miles from the Utah-Wyoming state line.
The Big Boy and #844 stop in Granger to receive the undivided attention of both the UP steam crew and the public.
#4014 and #844 approach Morgan on the first leg of the return trip to Cheyenne.
A late afternoon stack train meanders west just outside of Echo Canyon.
Beneath the looming skyline of Salt Lake City, a seemingly endless line of locomotives sits stored in North Yard.
Somewhere off the beaten path, the Big Boy leads #844 east towards Granger and Rock Springs.
After many miles under cloudy skies, this crew suddenly finds themselves staring into the blinding evening sun. This was an extra train for the US Open at Shinnecock Hills, for which the LIRR ope... (more)
A D&U tourist train trundles over the more-active-than-usual Batavia Creek, a tributary of the nearby Delaware River East Branch.
#5017 rounds the curve through Halcottsville on the return trip from Roxbury
#5017 heads back to Arkville with the D&U's "green train".
A dual mode train out of Penn Station makes a stop at Albertson, a relatively quiet station on the Oyster Bay Branch.
A morning intermodal ducks under the Cassandra Bridge