Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 5000 leads an eastbound freight out of one of the bores of the Hermosa Tunnels between Hermosa and Dale, Wyoming, on September 25, 2003.

A Union Pacific intermodal train curves out of the cut leading to the twin bores of Hermosa Tunnels on Track 2 while crossing Sherman Hill at Hermosa, Wyoming, on September 24, 2003. A pair of EM... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific intermodal train exits the Hermosa Tunnels on Track 2 on Wyoming’s Sherman Hill on September 24, 2003. Leading the train is GE C40-8 No. 9123 followed by an EMD SD70M.

Famous face at an iconic place...For 18 years between 1941 and 1959 Hermosa Tunnels, near the top of 'the hill', was a popular location for photographers to frame Big Boys as they carried tonnage ... (more)

UP 4014, known as one of the Big Boys, storms out of Hermosa Tunnel on its way to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Home....Simply put 'Big Boy' 4014 was home on Saturday May 4th, 2019 as it returned to Sherman Hill under steam for the first time in 60 years. Big Boys were a fixture on Union Pacific's Overland ... (more)

A westbound 'shooter' drifts down grade through the searchlight installation at the west-end of Hermosa, led by Chicago & Northwestern 'heritage' unit #1995. This searchlight installation is one o... (more)

Flying pup
A United Parcel Service “pup” trailer on a TTX spine car speeds by milepost 550 on an eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train between Colores and Hermosa, Wyoming, on May... (more)

UP EMD DDA40X 6927 with SD40-2 3197 near Hermosa Tunnel, Wyoming. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

Harkening back to a time when waves of armor yellow painted EMD SD40-2s were standardizing road power on Union Pacific's portion of the Overland Route, a trio of North Little Rock 'rebuilds' burst... (more)

A mixed eastbound about to enter Hermosa tunnel, this loco was wrecked in Oklahoma in Feb. 2009.

An eastbound Union Pacific grain train thunders out of the northern bore of the Hermosa Tunnels on the climb up Sherman Hill just east of Hermosa, Wyoming, on September 25, 2003.