The Big Boy, number 4014 is nearing the end of its journey home to Cheyenne, WYO at Terry Ranch. Blizzard conditions with drifts covering the right of way and just a kiss of late afternoon sun hig... (more)

With nothing but green signals in front of it, UP's Council Bluffs to Cheyenne passenger special races west down Archer Hill lead by UP's Powered by Our People unit #1111 on May 12th, 2020.

Looking back to 4014's return to the mainline, under steam, an event nearly 60 years in the making. As the shadows grew long and the sun minutes away from slipping below the horizon there was work... (more)

Its November, 2019 and UP Big Boy 4014 is just about home after an epic journey across the United States that saw Ed and his team deal with extreme weather conditions such as the monster snow sto... (more)

Five pack of fast forties: A westbound van train has arrived in Cheyenne and is cut away from their train in order to make a pickup. The power is five of the 8000 series "fast forty" SD4... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train waits for departure on a rainy and foggy night in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in April 1984. Waiting for a new crew, the train, with caboose No. 25650 carrying the markers, will ... (more)

UP 2628 (ET44AC) is almost to Cheyenne Wyoming, gliding through the open prairie west of the City.

UP 5532 (ES44AC) runs past a rusty old 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe, which sits in a field west of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A 51-car eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train drifts down Sherman Hill as it approaches Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Beside the usual lineup, Union Pacific’s Cheyenne diesel shop has a visitor. It’s the day before a Denver – Laramie excursion, and 4-6-6-4 3985 is having its boiler warmed up by the shop’s... (more)

Three SD40-2’s, two Union Pacific and one Missouri Pacific, pass through Cheyenne, Wyoming. The stock car on the headpin most likely only has a few more trips, as they were all but gone by this ... (more)

UP 4014 BigBoy is on the outskirts of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the crew no doubt happy at the prospects of spending time at home after such a long cross-country journey.

A Westbound drops down Archer Hill into Cheyenne.

UP 7400 (ES44AC) leads a freight toward Cheyenne and passes an old Plymouth which has seen better days.

On a crisp September morning the foothills west of Cheyenne again echo the sounds of a Union Pacific '4000' class Big Boy as it storms up Sherman Hill. In this case it is Union Pacific's recently ... (more)