A Big Boy hammers out of Cheyenne and heads for the climb to Sherman Hill

Union Pacific E9A and 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" rest in the roundhouse at the Cheyenne, Wyoming shops on March 25, 2017.

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" number 3985 and E9A number 949 rest in the roundhouse at the Cheyenne, Wyoming shops on March 25, 2017.

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" number 3985 and E9A number 951 rest in the roundhouse at the Cheyenne, Wyoming shops on March 25, 2017.

Westbound departing Cheyenne, WY.

A clean SD70AH leads UP Train MHKNP 20 up Archer Hill just west of Cheyenne on the UP Sidney Sub. This monster train has 4 mid-train DPU's cut in about 90 cars back.

Locomotives: UP 8770, U... (more)

After departing the depot at 1700 sharp, UP Train PDVDV1 23 stomps through the UP Larmie Sub. crossovers and under the classic UP Signal Bridge at MP 511 and out of town, headed back to Denver wit... (more)

The Denver Post Train is in the homestretch into Cheyenne, running as UP Train PDVDV1 23 behind 844 and 1989. To the right of the train is UP Train MHKNP 20, which will wait for the special to ge... (more)

UP 9289 leads a quintet of C40-8's just west of Cheyenne, WY in October of 1989.

The 8091 West with a trio of “fast-forties” (high geared SD40-2s) is at the point of either one of the Overland Mail trains or the VAN for LA departing Cheyenne on its run over Sherman Hill. T... (more)

Third Subdivision dispatcher Art Crawford is getting ready to make a move at East Green River, WY. He's working the fast railroad between Rawlins and Green River where hotshots could run the 135 m... (more)

GP9 1365 is lettered for Allied Chemical's plant in Green River, WY as it sits dead in the Cheyenne yard. The GP9 had been originally delivered to The Milwaukee Road.

Snow is falling on Saturday morning as Challenger 3985 is readied for an excursion from Denver to Laramie and return.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 sits next to the shop buildings on the day before an excursion to Laramie, WY and return.

A GE tier 4 unit eases a mixed freight into Cheyenne on track 2 in the early morning light.