It's a typical day on BNSF's Southern Transcon as a westbound intermodal train, led by the BNSF 3787, cruises into Barstow and passes an anything but typical train that is calling on the original ... (more)

The layover in Fairbury, NE, for the 4014 helped us do 2 days of the Big Boy without traveling too far. The only shot we did the 2nd day was here near Hanover. The train laid over at Fairbury on t... (more)

Million Pounds
Dramatic weight and gravity cross my mind while I stand beneath this fire breathing machine on a frigid November day along the original Kansas & Pacific Transcontinent... (more)

A month-long trip is in its final miles as #4014 heads up the hill to the junction at Speer and into Cheyenne. #1989 was part of the display event in Denver, it will lead the passenger cars east ... (more)

UP 4014 comes across the Mississippi River after leaving Scott City, greeting fans as it makes its way across the breath-taking trestle.

Mission Accomplished! I was able to get the shot that I drove so far to get: The World's Largest Steam Locomotive Crossing the Huey P. Long Bridge.

Code Poles and Track Speed
Ed Dickens is on the fireman side for his watchful eye over the Overland Route right of way in western Nebraska. Running track speed near Ogallala, N... (more)

Master of His Vessel
All the right moves and some supporting infrastructure.

Test Run 2021
Ed Dickens and crew roll into the warm light of a hot July evening south of Cheyenne on their way to Denver performing a test run.

#3985 is pulling away, quickly, from a servicing stop in Lodgepole. This would be the last mainline trip for it along with her boss, Steve Lee, who would call it a day as well.

#3985 is departing Cheyenne on the first day of the Missouri River Eagle trip....which turned out to be its last mainline outing. No messing around, they were doing every MPH they could muster.

Westbound Big Boy is on its way to an overnight stop at Cedar Rapids. The train is seen here passing the iconic elevator on the UP Clinton Sub at Clarence. This day the people and traffic would b... (more)

Its November, 2019 and UP Big Boy 4014 is just about home after an epic journey across the United States that saw Ed and his team deal with extreme weather conditions such as the monster snow sto... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 leads a passenger train headed to the 150th anniversary celebration of the driving of the golden spike in Utah is westbound between Como and Ramsey, Wyoming, and is ... (more)

Union Pacific "Big Boy" #4014 rolls across a small bridge just west of Byers, CO on a cold November 25th, 2019.