Traces of snow are still left as Union Pacific ES44AC No. 8030 leads two more UP units on an eastbound stack train as it climbs up the grade going through the searchlight signals at Hermosa, Wyomi... (more)

Having crested Sherman Hill a few miles before, 7815's pushing work is over for a while.

UP 8053 and two other "fast forty" mates plus a trio of run-thru SP units head an OVE (Overland East manifest) through Hermosa, WY. The 8000 series SD40s were geared for 80mph and usuall... (more)

Crossing over to main track 1 from main track 2 a westbound manifest begins its journey down the western slope of Sherman Hill having topped the summit a few miles back at Dale, WY. Union Switch &... (more)

There are few dull moments on Union Pacific's historic 'Overland Route' across southern Wyoming. Case in point finds a westbound Union Pacific manifest approaching the Union Switch & Signal search... (more)

A trio of big road motors lift eastbound tonnage up the western slope of famed Sherman Hill as an afternoon storm system moves across southern Wyoming. Still guarded by venerable Union Switch & Si... (more)

Storms build up as an eastbound manifest continues to climb Sherman Hill as the train rolls under the searchlights protecting the cross-overs at Hermosa near Tie Siding, Wyoming on July 18, 2016.

Leading First 103, the City of Los Angeles westbound, Union Pacific E9A 951 pops out of the cut at the west end of Hermosa Tunnel on June 18, 1964. The first section of this luxury liner handles e... (more)

Snow fences and steam -- classic Union Pacific. 8444 shows of her brand new "Greyhound" paint. From September 1987 to June 1991 she wore two-tone gray paint and yellow trim

Union Pacific 817 leads a trio of GP30s, including a rare GP30B, eastbound up the .82 percent approach to Hermosa Tunnel, apex of Sherman Hill and highest point on the railroad’s transcontinenta... (more)

UP 5200 leads a stack train westbound out of Hermosa tunnel on Sherman Hill, Wyoming

This is why, six years after the end of steam, fans still head for Union Pacific’s Sherman Hill. On September 25, 1965, GTEL 11 leads a GP30-DD35-DD35B-DD35B combination – some 25,750 hp. in a... (more)

Grinding up the .82 percent to Hermosa Tunnel and the 8014-foot summit of Sherman Hill in late September, 1965, Union Pacific 418 leads a motive power consist that could be assembled on no other ... (more)

Just days before Amtrak Trains 5 and 6 “San Francisco Zephyr” would discontinue running through Wyoming over the U.P. and take the place of Rio Grande’s “Rio Grande Zephyr” through the R... (more)

From the cab of the ZCSOA: here she comes - CNW 8676 leading an eastbound manifest up the long grade from Laramie to Sherman.