UP 7359 (ES44AC) leads a colorful stack train through Granite, Wyoming as it heads west on the Transcon.

Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) reflects in a puddle as it heads west out of the Cheyenne Yard for a run to the Hermosa Tunnels. This was a trial run to prepare for the more extensive cros... (more)

Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) runs under the signal tower as it enters the yard after a trial run in preparation for the cross-country trip.

Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) runs through Speer, Wyoming on a test run prior to embarking on their cross-country journey at the end of March. This run was unique in that they did not ta... (more)

CNW and UP power team up on a COMX unit coal train.

Photographer unknown. From my collection.

This is the summit, 8,015 feet above sea level, accomplished by 7300's lashup (front and back). Now for the ~2,000 foot descent into Cheyenne.

Heading westbound down Main #2, UP 3022 provides the marker for a long manifest.

Pushing west through Laramie, UP 3022 handles the back half of a mixed freight, rolling by the age-old Johnson's Hotel, which was opened about the same time the new alignment over Sherman Hill was... (more)

Trailing a long train, UP T4 ACe has moved to helping arrest the descent toward Laramie, as this train moves to the "middle siding" of Tie Siding (really, just remaining on Main #2, as m... (more)

Approaching Otto on a frigid morning, UP 2549 coasts down Main 1, the original alignment over Sherman Summit.

Eastbound, coasting downhill after cresting Sherman Summit, a GE "heavy" holds back a freight as it heads toward a crew change in Cheyenne. The temperature is -8 degrees.

UP 8862 (SD70AH) takes a load of wood past the signal at Speer, Wyoming as it heads south towards Greeley, Colorado.

Cheyenne Wyoming Union Pacific 4014 just lifts off for its journey south to Denver in September 2025. Many preparations were made for this run for officials and executives of the road.

UP 2762 (ES44AC) leads a freight out of the east end of the massive yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.