On a crisp September morning the foothills west of Cheyenne again echo the sounds of a Union Pacific '4000' class Big Boy as it storms up Sherman Hill. In this case it is Union Pacific's recently ... (more)

UP 4014 on her shakedown cruise out of the Union Pacific's Cheyenne Yard..

Union Pacific steam locomotive specialist and UP 4014 engineer Ed Dickens describes the effort required to maintain Big Boy 4014 in running order. Ed also confirmed that they intend to run 4014 t... (more)

UP 5849 (AC4400CW-CTE) leads a freight into the Cheyenne Yard.

A UP double stack races toward Cheyenne from the west. The wide open prairie lands provide ample locations to shoot trains.

One thing you can count on when vising the Union Pacific operations in and out of Cheyenne, Wyoming is some epic lashups. Here we see UP 8256 (ES44AC-H) leading 6 Norfolk Southern ponies with anot... (more)

The sun has just come up as UP 8808 (SD70ACe) leads a freight westward out of the large UP yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It will pass under the old C&S bridge and take track 3 towards Laramie.

UP 4014 and 844 backing down onto their train in Cheyenne prior to the run to Ogden, UT while a loaded coal train sits in the distance waiting for the festivities to end.

UP 8502 (SD70ACe) leads a load of power and a long freight west of Cheyenne as a major thunderboomer forms in the background.

After a month long and successful trip through the mid-west states, UP 4014 arrives back in Cheyenne for some well needed cleaning and maintenance. Kudos to the whole UP steam team that showed of... (more)

After collecting a few covered hoppers, the Big Boy departs the east end of the Cheyenne Yard for its first trip east in 60+ years. Ed Dickens cab be seen leaning far out of the cab of 4014, as th... (more)

A stack train with two NS visitors glides through one of the many crossovers at the east end of Cheyenne’s Yard. To the left Big Boy 4014 can be seen collecting a few covered hoppers, before follo... (more)

UP 8174 (C45AH) heads into the late evening sun, passing UP 4014 as it leaves the UP yard in Cheyenne. Soon after 8174 leaves, Big Boy 4014 will emerge from the shadows of a 3 year restoration an... (more)

UP 2761 (ES44AC-H) leaves the UP's Cheyenne Yard through the signal block on the west side of the yard.

UP 9033 (SD70ACe) runs through the UP's massive yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.