A westbound Union Pacific “K-Line” stack train passes by the unique rock formations at Dale, Wyoming, while crossing Sherman Hill on October 16, 2007.
As westbound tonnage works up grade towards Dale Junction on three track in the foreground an eastbound empty grain train in the distance has just hit the bottom above Dale Creek, the eastbound wi... (more)
A westbound Union Pacific “van” train, led by EMD DDA40X “Centennial” No. 6917, approaches Dale Junction on a desolate spring day on Wyoming’s Sherman Hill in April 1984.
Completed by 1953 Union Pacific's third main track over Sherman Hill, also known as the 'Harriman Line', traded 10 extra miles for an easier gradient for heavy westbounds on the busy Overland Rout... (more)
The familiar rise at Dale, Wyoming is captured in the reflection on the side of one of Union Pacific’s excursion coaches. Standing in the Dutch door was a fine way to see Sherman Hill.