There maybe not be stranger bedfellows on any railroad in the world... FEF3 844 and DD40X 6936. Notice that 844 has its smokebox door removed as part its regular maintenance.

How many thousands of trains has this stately station seen pass by?

E8 shell wasting away at the Steam Shop turntable, presumable used for parts for the working heritage fleet E9s. The cab was in relatively good shape. However, the same cannot be said for the prim... (more)

Parked my car in downtown Cheyenne hoping to take a shot of the nice old station, surprised to see a bus that says "Union Pacific Shop Tour," get on said bus and I go from never seeing any of UP's... (more)

Like a view through a porthole of a worker in a shipyard, here is a member of Union Pacific’s Steam Shop crew grinding in the firebox of 4-8-4 No. 844, looking through the firebox door opening i... (more)

Besides maintaining and repairing the Union Pacific’s Heritage Fleet, the Steam Shop at Cheyenne, Wyoming, also responsible for routine maintenance on regular members of UP’s large locomotive ... (more)

The cab of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 allows the crew to operate the motive power back in the train as well as the operations of the plow itself. The unique “marine windows” are ... (more)

Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 resides in the Steam Shop at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. During the winter months, the plow is readied for service and stands by in case it is ne... (more)

The rear platform of UPP No. 115, the business car “Selma,” is adorned with a drumhead representing the Union Pacific steam program. Seen through the latticework of window panes of the roundho... (more)

The blue-winged Union Pacific logo wraps around the glossy nose of E9A No. 949 inside the Cheyenne, Wyoming, roundhouse on March 25, 2013. In the background is sister locomotive No. 951. Out of th... (more)

Inside the Cheyenne, Wyoming, roundhouse on March 25, 2013, Union Pacific’s two E9As wait for another season of pulling passenger trains. Both were built in 1955, and in the early ’90s, UP sen... (more)

Inside the heart of a steam locomotive
Well, maybe the boiler is the heart, but perhaps we can think of the firebox as where a locomotive gets her “life.” The famous Union Pacific N... (more)

Union Pacific No. 844 gets some off-season work done at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. Work is being done on the superheaters and firebox, among other things. Steam locomo... (more)

Always a favorite, Union Pacific No. 844 gets some off-season work done at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. Note the easily-seen twin stacks with the smokebox door removed a... (more)

An SD60M and an SD60 shortly after exiting the Hermosa tunnels are heading towards Laramie.