UP's empty Cochise, AZ coal train heads back towards Wyoming's North Antelope Mine as a fast moving afternoon thunderstorm approaches Palmer Lake.

UP 4014 runs along Highway 26 on the South Morrill Sub after passing through the town of Oshkosh, NE.

After running from Cheyenne, WY to Gering, NE via the Yoder Sub, UP 4014 rest for the night before continuing to North Platte the following morning.

UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 approaches the rules community of Hawk Springs during its "Home Run Express" tour.

Seeing some rare mileage on its "Home Run Express Tour", UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 makes its way over the lonely Yoder Subdivision as it leaves the Overland Route behind at Egbert Jct. ... (more)

Seeing some rare mileage on its "Home Run Express Tour", UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 makes its way over the lonely Yoder Subdivision as it approaches the Albin Tunnel.

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 heads east of Cheyenne, Wy for Gering, NE on the first leg of it's "Home Run Express Tour" to Omaha for NCAA College Baseball World Series. Here, 4014... (more)

A 124 carload coal train slowly grinds up the grade of the Joint Line as it approaches the control point of Castle Rock as a thunderhead forms in the background.

UP's North Antelope Mine, WY to Cochise, AZ coal train rounds the curve of Sedalia as the late spring sun starts to dip behind the Rocky Mountains to the west.

UP's North Antelope Mine, WY to Cochise, AZ coal train has no issue battling the heavy grade of Castle Rock with 5 motors total pulling the 118 car train. In the background, a spring time thunders... (more)

120 cars of Wyoming's Powder River coal are on the final leg of their journey to the Comanche Power Plant in Pueblo, CO as they battle the 1.5% grade of Orsa on Colorado's BNSF/UP Joint Line.

A BNSF Warbonnet finds itself leading the Denver, CO to Amarillo, TX manifest as it battles the 1.4% grade between Greenland and Spruce.

17,700 tons of Powder Basin coal is putting strain on the drawbars of this Halsted, TX coal train as it crest the 7,200 ft summit at Palmer Lake on Colorado's Joint Line.

A 120 car coal train for the XCEL Colorado Energy Commanche Plant (Pueblo, CO) grinds up the grade of Greenland as it passes the famous red barn of Greenland. During the early morning hours of May... (more)

Four locomotives are the middle DPs on a "mega" empty coal train as the train descends down into Keenesburg. These "mega" empty trains are two coal train that are combined toge... (more)