Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr, a hodge podge of UP, SP, ATSF?, and Amtrak branded cars at this time was an interesting sight to see. Because the Rio Grande operated the RGZ, this train came up fr... (more)

An eastbound loaded grain train slowly makes its way through Borie, Wyoming as it approaches the crew changing point of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A quad brace of UP's ubiquitous SD40-2s dynamically brake a train sliding off the grade from Sherman Hill into Cheyenne. This crew is almost done for the day.

A brand new SD70AH (higher-weight SD70ACe) is DPU'ing an empty grain or potash or something down into Cheyenne.

UP 4014 is on the final stretch home to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Many chasers can be seen parked along and pacing along the train on Otto Road at Borie, Wyoming.

Cutting off the Overland Route south toward Denver. The wind is blowing from the west (here a little from the south due to the geography, I guess) at a steady 30+mph ... hard to hold your camera ... (more)

Rolling toward Cheyenne and a crew change.

Under the wooden bridge at Borie ...

A crude oil train comes off the Overland Route at Borie, heading for the wye at Speer, then south toward Denver.

Union Pacific's engine 1983 dressed in the Western Pacific "Heritage" scheme is paired with UP 6307 still in SP paint as rear DPU power on the UP 1996 East.

Union Pacific engine 1996 is decked out in her SP "Heritage" scheme as it heads Eastbound down Sherman Hill approaching Cheyenne.

A pair of later-model SD40-2s and an Espee SD45 work uphill on a train heading up Sherman Hill "the hard way." Not sure why they didn't utilize the Harriman Cutoff, but maybe the train wasn't too... (more)

Amtrak's westbound San Francisco Zephyr pulls into Borie from Denver. While Rio Grande stuck with operating the Rio Grande Zephyr, Amtrak's Chicago/San Francisco train was routed to Denver... (more)

Rumbling downhill, eastbound into Cheyenne, Wyoming, a set of four Western Pacific locomotives handles mixed traffic. In the distance, a UP E8/9-led Amtrak train (see picture http://www.railpictur... (more)