A pair of locos manages the reload of Herzog ballast hoppers at Granite, WY. The plant in Granite has been the primary source of ballast for the Union Pacific in Nebraska and Wyoming since 1944, a... (more)
A quartet of UP SD40-2s drop downgrade with an eastbound piggyback train east of Hanna, WY, on September 13 1985.
No, the Overland Route is not quadruple-tracking. With the length of trains they run these days, the train count has shrunk. That fourth line is the lead to the ballast plant at Granite. I actuall... (more)
Climbing up the first couple hundred of feet out of Cheyenne, the tracks bend north briefly to duck under I-80 before bending west into the setting sun.
Express downgrade west of Cheyenne My 70's photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/
Westbound at moonrise passes Evanston Station. Some more 70s photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/
Rolling down the east side of Sherman Hill, on approach to the tiny(est) town of Buford. After, I'll drop into the Buford store for coffee and (packaged) donuts. It's a good morning.
A well-powered train launches from Cheyenne at sunrise to tackle Sherman Hill on its route westbound.
Three SD70MAC variants in three paints schemes lead a loaded coal train east down the BNSF Orin Sub in remote northeastern Wyoming. The lead unit was rebuilt as an upgraded version in 2015 and is ... (more)
UP 5830 (ES44AC) leads a freight down Sherman Hill in Wyoming.
UP 5906 (AC4400CW-CTE) leads a long and heavy powered freight east of Cheyenne, Wyoming and heads to Archer Hill.
CNW 8535 approaches Bill, Wyoming with an empty coal train on a beautiful day in May of 1991. CNW's GE's looked good when new, but quickly faded to a pale yellow. Train crews could outnumber the p... (more)
A glowing Wyoming sunrise catches UP 6078 (AC4400CW-CTE) leading a freight away from Archer Hill east of Cheyenne.
UP 5830 (ES44AC) leads a freight past the windmills west of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
UP 5830 (ES44AC) leads a freight past its reflection at Granite, Wyoming on its way to Cheyenne.
