Empty auto racks are handled by UP 3039 (SD70AH) as it runs through Hermosa, Wyoming.
The smoke from the Colorado and Utah wildfires drifts into Wyoming, providing a glowing background for a sunset photo of UP 2574 (ET44AH) rounding the cantilevered signals at Hermosa, Wyoming.
UP 7640 (AC45CCTE) heads into the last minutes of sun and leans into the curve as it rounds the signals at Hermosa, Wyoming.
In the Cut at Hermosa In another study of the engineering of Hermosa Tunnel looking west from the portal the delicate high altitude botanicals cling to the soft red loose soil.... (more)
One of the many trains that pass over the Laramie Subdivision works through the cut before west portal.
New Combines at Dale Creek Westbound in a hurry a vibrant load of new New Holland combines pass through the Dale Creek area of the Overland Route with SD70M #4522 on the point.
West Portal Sunset Heavy manifest MNPWC-15 blasts out of Hermosa East Portal Main 1 into the long shadows and warm light of a Wyoming Overland Route sunset.
UP 5716 AC44CWCTE emerges from the Hermosa Tunnels in Wyoming belching smoke from the uphill climb. I can only imagine what it must have looked like when a Big Boy locomotive emerged.
For the California Zephyr trains that have been diverting from Colorado to Wyoming due to massive wildfires, the engine configuration has been back-to-back, giving a good visual of the design of t... (more)
Due to a massive fire in Glenwood Springs, Colorado that shut down the Moffat Line, the California Zephyr had to detour through Wyoming. Here is Amtrak 15 leading what would be the westbound Zephy... (more)
Due to a massive fire in Glenwood Springs that shut down the Moffat Line, the California Zephyr had to detour through Wyoming. Here is Amtrak 155 (P42DC) leading the number 6 train through Hermos... (more)
Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5688 leads a westbound train out the the cut leading to the Hermosa Tunnels at Hermosa, Wyoming, on March 25, 2008.
On September 12, 2007, an eastbound Union Pacific freight climbs Sherman Hill as it passes through Hermosa, Wyoming.
Eastbound approaching Hermosa Tunnels