The Union Pacific's Big Boy #4014 (4-8-8-4) backs up towards the steam shop in Chyenne, Wyoming. Note the removal of the 'elephant ears' that were on the engine when it made a run earlier to Denve... (more)

Here is a good look at the Union Pacific's Big Boy #4014 (4-8-8-4) as it runs backwards through Granite on track #1 while heading back to the barn in Cheyenne. Of particular note is the removal of... (more)

Union Pacific's Big Boy #4014 (4-8-8-4) made a test run going from Chyenne to the tunnels at Hermosa, Wyoming, and is seen here running backwards through Granite on track #1 while heading back to ... (more)

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.