Making its first big show, the special to Ogden passes through the cut at Speer.

With a bit of indulgence for its first on-the-fly night photo, Union Pacific Railroad's 4-8-8-4 #4014, affectionately chalked on May 3, 2019, as the "Big Boy" on the front of the locomotive by Ed ... (more)

On Saturday August 15th, 2015 three of the Swan Ranch Railroad's four motors take the weekend off while enjoying the morning sun. The colorful group is made up of three La Grange graduates of the ... (more)

Dressed in parent company Watco's sharp black & yellow scheme, Swan Ranch Railroad EMDs 4155 (ex-D&RGW SD40T-2 5395) and 4200 (ex-KCS SD40 625) switch a cut of tank cars inside the Swan Ranch Indu... (more)

The May, 1985 excursion from Denver to Laramie featured Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985 on the round trip between Speer Junction and Laramie. The Denver – Speer Junction legs were pulled by Centennia... (more)

With the Swan Ranch Industrial Complex in the background westbound tonnage follows a trio of EMDs into the big curve at Speer, WY. Speer is the junction between Union Pacific's cross-country Overl... (more)

A UP grain drag rolls through Speer, Wyoming behind a trio of armour yellow motors

UP 844 drifts downhill at Speer.

Having just joined the 'Overland Main' at Speer Junction the annual CFD special drops down grade into Cheyenne with a trainload of passengers eager to attend Frontier Day's opening ceremony. For t... (more)

As afternoon thunderheads move over the plains westbound tonnage heads west up 3 track, also known as the 'Harriman Line', at the east end of Speer. Here a hold out from the steam era still watche... (more)

Union Pacific #2403 leads SD40 #3065 and U30C #2921 on a Westbound Military train.

After taking the winter months off Union Pacific FEF3 #844 returned to the mainline on April 10th, 2017 for a 'break-in' run between Cheyenne, WY and Greeley, CO. On the return leg of its journey ... (more)

UP 844 is dropping down the hill out of Speer on the UP Greeley Sub. headed back to Denver with UP Train PDVDV1 23, the Frontier Days Special. The steam era water tank that once topped off the FE... (more)

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 hustles through the snowfall while running light to Speer. The locomotive is to take over the excursion to Laramie that has been brought up from Denver by EMD DD40X C... (more)

With a distant storm casting its darkness to the east, a pair of WATCO six-axles sits quiet in the industrial park southwest of Cheyenne.