UP Big Boy locomotive 4014 (4-8-8-4) runs through Granite, Colorado as it makes a test run prior to the annual west coast swing.

UP Big Boy locomotive 4014 (4-8-8-4) will be starting their west coast run in two days, no doubt delighting thousands of railfans that will be taking photos along the way.

For the final shot of the chase of the WP on the former SP Shasta Route we got them crossing the popular bridge in Redding, California.

ZBRLC crossing the Sacramento River with the WP heritage engine in the lead. This train runs from Portland to LA.

UP 1983 leads its train around the banks of the Sacramento River on the former SP Shasta Route.

UP 1616 & 1776 headed for Cheyenne with the passenger equipment for the BigBoy's nationwide tour.

UP 5821 south tops Tehachapi Summit with a long MRVEP.

A detouring CITX coal empty enters Mojave and will enter BNSF rails for the trip to Daggett and the return to home rails.

UP 5740 leads westbound stacks at El Casco.

After a crew change, UP 7041 departs the siding at Oban on the Mojave Sub.

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A pair of GP38-2s lead a westbound local freight near Elkhorn, NE. Fuji Astia.

UP 6055 North passes Sandcut as it heads for a crew change at Bakersfield.

Afternoon side of UP 1979 at Mojave, CA.

A northbound UP manifest tops Tehachapi Summit with 6471 on the rear.