On May 2, 2019, the Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 made a test run from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Nunn, Colorado, before turning back due to time constraints for the steam crew. As the... (more)

Big Boy under steam and under the stars

Big Boy under steam and under the stars

Big Boy under steam and under the stars

Big Boy under steam and under the stars

Tonight while witnessing this piece of history, I was reminded of Field of Dreams. Early on, Kevin Costner stands up and admires the baseball field he has created where there once was a profitable... (more)

In last light (literally), Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 1996 leads this loaded coal train from West Elk Mine, Colorado to Avon, Ohio north out of Nunn, Colorado, near the US-85 overpass, on December ... (more)

The famous UP 844 makes its way south on the Greeley Sub towards Denver with the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Train.

Union Pacific's "Living Legend" 844 brings the southbound equipment positioning move for the 2018 Frontier Days train south as it nears the town of Nunn, Colorado. The crossing seen towa... (more)

844 leads the southbound Frontier’s Day Train

A group of people flock to the railroad tracks near Nunn, CO as UP 844 leads the Cheyenne Frontier Days deadhead special from Cheyenne, WY to Denver, CO on July 19th, 2018.

After a short thunderstorm, UP 844 races south through the small town of Nunn, CO.

Now back in Colorado and making track speed just north of Nunn, UP Train PDVDV1 23 clicks off the miles towards Denver with the return trip of the Frontier Days Special.

Locomotives: UP 844,... (more)