Three units lead the Portland to North Platte manifest out of Cheyenne heading up Archer Hill towards Archer, WY.

As Eldon and Phil bring the 12:30 Dessert train up off the Des Moines River bridge, the Des Moines YMCA camp sits quiet, awaiting children to spend time to make friends once they arrive.

The three units have no issue lugging the train up the grade.

OMLX 4327 brings the train down into Johnstown, CO. The whole train can be seen here.

A Fremont, NE bound grain shuttle battles the grade east of Cheyenne at the famous "Archer Hill" between Cheyenne and Archer.

Men at work.....

UP 3201 has turbo charger issues as itself and another SD40-2 lead the west job (Wycon Switch) out west to switch Wycon/DynoNobel west of Cheyenne.

Three EMD's lug the Los Angeles to Denver Z-train up the grade at Hermosa. The lead locomotive had a plethora of issues between Green River and Cheyenne, the length of this crew's run.

A southbound "Bomb" train passes under the abandoned (Now a bike trail) right of way of the Milwaukee Road while preparing to hold the siding for the northbound Iowa Falls job.

A plethora of power awaits assignment at Fort Madison.

"36 cars to this point" Reads the sign for the COOP switching crews for placing grain hoppers. UP 6584 leads a westbound empty just west of Nevada.

BNSF 9339 passes the newly added "raised" signal boxes. After the flood of the Des Moines River a few years back, the BNSF and CP invested money is raising the components of the diamond, all of th... (more)

A Palos, AL bound load eases down through Tolland while meeting an empty heading back to the mines.

A four pack of Armor Yellow locomotives lead an eastbound Ethanol train on the double that originated in Dana, IA.

While crews work tirelessly in the hot and humid Iowa summer, UP 8660 heads west with a stack train. Shot during the Kate Shelley High Bridge new-bridge cut over.