Horsepower meets wind power. Two modern day Don Quixote crew for the Union Pacific take on two windmills west of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

BNSF 7981 (ES44C4) is surrounded by motors from the Swan Creek Ranch Railroad.

A pair of Executive MACs lead a BNSF freight through Cheyenne, Wyoming as it heads towards Fort Collins, Colorado.

A golden hue at sunrise catches three trains on the east end of the massive Union Pacific Cheyenne Yard. An outbound hopper train meets a stack train, and both are passing an auto rack train that... (more)

The very first light at sunrise catches UP 8680 (SD70ACe) leaving the Cheyenne Yard with a cover hopper train.

UP Ace 8924 leads a mixed freight out of the east end of the Union Pacific's Cheyenne Yard in Wyoming.

The roundhouse at Cheyenne hosts coal train power of the day - C30-7s and a U30C on the side. Most coal traffic came out of the Hanna, WY basin at the time as there were several mines in the vicin... (more)

UP Big Boy 4014 runs through the S curves east of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Big Boy 2021 Tour - The Titan of the Wasatch, Union Pacific's 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" No. 4014 makes the last climb towards its final stop, and home, in Cheyenne, WY. After 34 days, 10 states,... (more)

An eastbound manifest freight splashes through the wildflowers as it prepares to enter Cheyenne.

The UP 4014 2021 Tour is underway as the 4014 passes the foamers at Archer, WY.

The launch of the Union Pacific Big Boy 2021 Tour found the 4-8-8-4 #4014 digging in for the climb up Archer Hill, east of Cheyenne, as the train made the trek for Sidney on the first day of the t... (more)

The smoke from the wildfires in states west of Wyoming settles over the Union Pacific's North Yard and filters the sun as UP 6258 (AC4400CW) makes a solo run to the west.

A Glorious Morning on Archer Hill
Ed Dickens means business up Archer Hill on 4014’s departure from Cheyenne August 5, 2021 for the Big Boy 2021 Tour.

Ribbons of steel glow at dawn as UP 7655 (ES44AC) brings a train into the Cheyenne Depot for a crew change.