The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion train is seen with 10 cars near Harriman Wyoming on June 3rd 1967. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The National Railway Historical Society excursion train is seen near Harriman Wyoming in 1963. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The 46-mile Harriman Cutoff over Sherman Hill was completed in 1953 and reduced the ruling grade from 1.55 percent occurring on Tracks 1 and 2, to 0.82 per ent for this line, also known as Track 3... (more)

With only minutes of sunlight left, UP 1988 (The KATY Heritage Unit) leads the Global 1 to Salt Lake City, UT Z Train through the crossing at Harriman, WY on May 12th, 2020

As the evening wears on and the last of the day's thunderheads kick up overhead Union Pacific's westbound Laramie 'Laser' charges up the Harriman Line (three track) as the old steam era water tank... (more)

Hundreds of people gather to grab their photos and videos of UP 4014 as it rolls past the old water tower at Harriman, WY on May 4th, 2019.

With the old steam era water tank standing a quiet guard in the distance, westbound tonnage works up '3 track' at Harriman, WY with the C&NW heritage unit leading the charge.

UP3985 performs yet another photo runby on a Cheyenne to Laramie excursion in 1988. This location is somewhere on #3 Track near Harriman, WY, and would be one of 8 photo runbys made on that wonder... (more)

In the late afternoon sunlight, UP SD9043MAC #3663 leads a westbound grain train slowly up the grade on Track 3 at Harriman, WY on June 18th, 2018.

In the late afternoon sun, Union Pacific SD9043MAC No. 3663 and Norfolk Southern SD70ACU No. 7248 lead the GMGLTU 16 up Track 3 at Harriman, Wyoming on June 18, 2018.

A brief break in the afternoon's thunderstorm finds westbound grain loads struggling up 3-track at the west end of Harriman. Power on this day includes a current (UP 3663) and a former (NS SD70ACu... (more)

Westbound past the old water tank at Harriman which still stands today

UP 4106 leads a freight past Harriman. We are two days from a lunar eclipse, and the moon is nearly full in the sky above.

With the company houses and the water tank, Harriman, WY really did give me the feel of an "outpost." On June 15, 1989, a westbound manifest was working upgrade on the Harriman Cutoff with three ... (more)