Dawn is breaking at Sharon Springs, Kansas as the crew starts to prep UP 4014 for the run to Denver, Colorado.

UP 4014 departing Sharon Springs, KS headed for Denver, CO.

The early bird photographer gets the sunrise shot of UP Big Boy 4014 as it sits in Sharon Springs, Kansas.

UP 4014 leaves Sharon Springs, Kansas under ominous clouds. As with the other stops on the tour, the Big Boy draws large crowds who are amazed at the size.

Reflections of UP 4014 at Sharon Springs, Kansas. Photographers, admirers and kids of all ages showed up at Sharon Springs early in the morning to see the Big Boy locomotive and watch it leave fo... (more)

UP 4014 in the siding at Sharon Springs where it will overnight.

UP 4014 storms up the 1% grade eastbound out of Sharon Springs, Kansas. The Limon Subdivion is a roller-coaster of 1% grades for 210 miles. The grade profile and crisp clear weather made for an i... (more)

Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 4014 departs Sharon Springs, Kansas, and enters the Limon Subdivision after getting a track warrant to head west to its next layover stop in Limon, Colorado, ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 approaches approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. High winds and 32 inches of snow buried the town located on the Kan... (more)

As the “blue hour” settles in at sunset on New Year’s Day 2007, eastbound Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 approaches Wallace, Kansas, on UP’s Limon Subdivision, also simply known ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 is eastbound approaching a snowbound Sharon Springs, Kansas, on New Year’s day in 2007. Trains have been stranded there for several days, and this plow o... (more)

More snow into the night
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007. A portion of the track being clear... (more)

Winter’s blue hour
Just after sunset, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 heads east approaching Wallace, Kansas, on New Year’s Day 2007, during that magical time on a snowy wi... (more)

Union Pacific coal trains have been stranded for several days in Sharon Springs, Kansas, after a 32-inch snowstorm combined with high winds on December 29-30 buried the town in white stuff.

A closeup of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 clearing out a cut as it approaches a snow-clogged Sharon Springs on New Year’s day in 2007. The circular windows are special snow-fighting ... (more)