Another view of UP Turbine 3, at Cheyenne, Wy on May 11, 1968. Do not ask me why the coupler is freshly painted white --- I do not know. But I could suspect the locomotive or the tightlock ... (more)

UP Turbine 17, Cheyenne, Wyo. May 11, 1968. A glimpse of UP 3985 4-6-6-4 behind the switch target, and a another Turbine nose.

The class unit herself 6900 with different font numbers, the first of 45 Centennials, has left Cheyenne and climbs eastward up Archer Hill, a favorite photo location on the elevated curve.

Union Pacific’s Steve Lee carefully watches Challenger No. 3985 slowly backing into UP’s Steam Shop at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on October 9, 2008. The articulation of the 4-6-6-4 is quite obvious o... (more)

UP #844 leads the Frontier Days Special into Cheyenne.

UP GP-35 762 guides two ugly-duckling GE 4500GETL 4500-hp units 60 and 60B eastward on a train into Cheyenne, Wyo yard as a C&S SD-9 crosses overhead ahead of the train.

With a new crew on duty, a North Platte, NE to TG Soda, WY manifest departs out of Cheyenne as a BNSF coal train departs as well with a new crew.

The crew of 844 slowly opens up the throttle as the train makes its way onto the Greeley Subdivision outside of Cheyenne. Soon they'll be making 55 across the high plains, heading toward Denver on... (more)

Here she is, the last E unit built (delivered by EMD in Jan. 1964) standing ready at Cheyenne, Wyo. on April 24, 1971, one week before the birth of Amtrak. Many Union Pacific E units went to Am... (more)

UP 1983 and its 4 other engines charge up Sherman Hill, taking Track 2 instead of the newer, easier Track 3.

A DENTAC descends into Cheyenne after crossing over UP's yard.

On a rainy, foggy night in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a Union Pacific coal train prepares to depart after changing crews. To the left of the train is the historic Cheyenne depot and shops in this April 19... (more)

An eastbound coal train’s caboose waits for departure on a rainy and foggy night in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in April 1984. To the right of the train is the Cheyenne Shops, still being used at this po... (more)

The A-B-A set of E9's goes through a bit of load testing at the shops before being sent out with the 844 to North Platte where they would be cut off.