Due to the washouts and closure of the Moffat Tunnel line West out of Denver, BNSF was forced to run there Lincoln, NE-Provo, UT trackage right trains over Union Pacific's Overland Route between H... (more)

DPUs cast a fine shadow while cresting Sherman Hill head down toward Borie and Cheyenne. The telltale Vedauwoo rocks loom in the background. The wind (see grass in foreground) is blowing constan... (more)

Cresting the summit.

Smoking it up at dawn on Sherman.

Rounding the curves between Buford and Sherman summit.

Bending through the curves west of Buford, this train is about to crest the high point of the Overland Route.

UP 3949/5045 are passing through 8000 elevation, with just a few feet to climb to hit the summit of the Overland Route.

Eastbound approaching Sherman summit. Nearly every white UP reefer we saw during a 3-day weekend had graffiti.

Eastbound approaching Sherman summit. Interestingly, over three full days on the Overland Route, we only saw two foreign diesels (this one and an IC SD70) the entire time. This used to be the do... (more)

With the Vedauwoo rock formations and I-80 as a backdrop, a westbound container train weaves its way up toward the summit of Sherman Hill.

Approaching the Sherman Hill summit and the high point of the Overland Route.

Just a short distance to the summit, then it's a downhill race all the way to Laramie.

UP 4294 leads a heavy slog up Sherman Hill, approaching the summit cut. Just yards ahead, a faster freight which overtook this train has mostly summited and has already picked up considerable spe... (more)