Rumbling downhill, eastbound into Cheyenne, Wyoming, a set of four Western Pacific locomotives handles mixed traffic. In the distance, a UP E8/9-led Amtrak train (see picture http://www.railpictur... (more)
With the Red Rock area of Las Vegas framing the background this westbound stacker, at almost 12,000ft in length passes the signals at MP 317. Lead by a pair of UP's Heritage fleet, 1983 and 1996. ... (more)
Three Heritage units pass the water tower at Dry Lake Nevada on their way west in the desert heat with one of the 12,000 foot monster trains Union Pacific is using on this line. Actual temperature... (more)