The Great Race To Ogden is well underway and in the way is the tiny town of Carter Wyoming. About a half mile out, the town of less than 10 people is about to become the center of the railfan u... (more)

Early morning in Evanston, WY. Great show around Union Pacific "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4-8-8-4 #4014 !

The Great Race to Ogden. Union Pacific "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4-8-8-4 #4014 together with Living Legend No. 844 creating their own clouds on the way to Ogden, UT.

The Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 leads 4-8-4 #844 eastwardly out of Evanston, Wyoming, on the second leg of the return to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 is idle on Saturday, May 11, as the sun sets on it after its first week of service. The Big Boy is tied down at Evanston, WY and ready for a Sunday run to ... (more)

Bursting out of Echo Canyon with Ed finally winding her up, onlookers wave and make their own memories as the Big Boy charges towards Evanston.

With the Great Race 150 complete, the return trip to Cheyenne, Wyoming is under way for the Union Pacific Steam Team and the awakened Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 and the 4-8-4 #844. The train is seen a... (more)

UP 4014 and 844 steaming in the sunrise

DONE!: With this word, the Transcontinental Railroad was declared completed on May 10th, 1869. One day short of 150 years later, the Union Pacific Railroad held a ceremony in Ogden, Utah to... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad's Great Race Transcon 150 train is seen gaining some speed after departing Echo, Utah and passing through Henefer on the way to Morgan. Interestingly the smoke/steam obscur... (more)

UP 4014 and 844 steaming in the sunrise

With temperatures in the high 30s F, the Union Pacific Great Race 150 train departs Evanston, Wyoming, with Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 and 4-8-4 #844 putting on an impressive show of steam and smoke as... (more)

Highball Granger: Union Pacific's Transcon 150 Special leaves Granger, Wyoming bound for Evanston and ultimately Ogden. At the front of the train is the Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy&quo... (more)

Big Boy 4014 steaming right out of Heaven, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 double-head into Granger Junction on a cold, spring morning.