A photo years in the making...It has already been so many years since Union Pacific asked Railgiants for the opportunity to bring 4014 back to life. The planning and preparation for the RailGiants... (more)

Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 rests for the evening after its return from Barstow, Ca. on the second leg of a two day excursion to benefit the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California. October 13, 2... (more)

Hundreds of fan line the Pepper Ave overpass as Big Boy 4014 departs Union Pacific's West Colton yard on an excursion trip to benefit the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California on October 12, 201... (more)

Jimmy Thompson, Boilermaker - Union Pacific Heritage Operations, carefully inspects Big Boy 4014 before its run in the Cajon Pass on an excursion trip to Barstow, California on October 12, 2019, t... (more)

Ed Dickens, senior manager - Union Pacific Heritage Operations, ready to run Big Boy 4014 into the Cajon Pass on an excursion trip to Barstow, California on October 12, 2019, to benefit the RailG... (more)

Union Pacific steam crews make ready the 4014 for an excursion trip to Barstow, California on October 12, 2019. Steve Crise © 2019 (SJC_4014 05300)

UP 1111 at West Colton. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Employee escort).

Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad #1202 in transit to its new home in Northern California.

Not a good way to start the afternoon. A UP trim job derailed earlier that afternoon. Several cars are off the ground and the tracks are torn up. Several trains waiting to leave to leave the yard ... (more)

A Rare Visitor from the East

Union Pacific train KAILC 02 (intermodal, Atlanta GA to Los Angeles CA) approaches the railroad’s West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a hot (... (more)

Sunset Route Sunset

As the sun sets on November 15, 2016, a Union Pacific eastbound rolls past the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California. Situated at the junction o... (more)

Only Two Units? How Very Un-SP-Like!

A Southern Pacific westbound train arrives at the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on January 5, 1980. SP SD40T-2 8529 a... (more)

A Lot of Horsepower for a Transfer Run

A quartet of six-axle Alco diesels (C628s and C630s) heads east out of the Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a... (more)

Classic Espee Power

Working Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, is SP SD7E 1512. The engine originated as SP SD7 5315 (built in July 1953), and assigned ... (more)