#4014 and the #844 are returning to Cheyenne after a highly publicized trip to Salt Lake City, heralding the Big Boy's return.

The Steel Gang has the eastward track and all trains are using the westward track between Tipton and Black Buttes. Onboard UP 9496, ANPSE-22, we are second of six westbounds for which a pack of e... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 passes skeletal remains of a steam locomotive servicing facility located at remote Bitter Creek, Wyoming, on May 5, 2019. The special passenger train is headed to a ... (more)

Big Boy roster shot
Union Pacific’s massive Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 shows its size in a rolling roster shot at Bitter Creek, Wyoming, on May 5, 2019. It’s pretty difficult to get r... (more)

Old friends meet again! UP 4014 and UP 844 steam past structures from the old steam days at Bitter Creek, Wyoming.

Big Boy 4014 rolls through Bitter Creek on its way to Rock Springs with 4-8-4 844 trailing. The framework in the background likely held a water tank that 4014 would have taken a drink from in regu... (more)

Z train passes the MWCNP at Bitter Creek.

An hour before sunset under beautiful skies, a westbound UP manifest barrels across desolate southern Wyoming. It's sometimes hard to believe this route has seen trains for 140 years.

Sunset at Bitter Creek, awaiting higher priority traffic to pass from behind. I can't find information on the structures, but it appears is if there maybe was once a coaling and water facility he... (more)