First Light at Dale Junction

Within moments after the sun rises over Sherman Hill my vantage point on the East Sherman Granite allows the sun to dance with the Overland Route... (more)

Due to a massive fire in Glenwood Springs, Colorado that shut down the Moffat Line, the California Zephyr had to detour through Wyoming. Here is Amtrak 15 leading what would be the westbound Zephy... (more)

Challenger at Archer Hill UP Challenger #3985 is on the final leg of a tour to Texas and Arkansas which had lasted over a month and included 10 states. All that road time shows, as the loc... (more)

Wendover Canyon Eastbound coal rumbles through the remote Wendover Canyon. This line is one of the main exits for coal leaving the Powder River coal fields. While the line still sees abo... (more)

The Great Pink Panther

Union Pacific #8418 is at track speed through the super elevated S turn around the great Pink Panther at Dale Junction straight into the early morning ... (more)

the Granite of the Overland Route

Westbound out of the Hermosa Tunnels into Tie Siding on an early June evening UP #5263 leads a diverse manifest. The Sherman Granite is rich... (more)

In the Cut at Hermosa west portal

Eastbound lead by UP #7462 and patched ex-Espee #6365 hustles a salad shooter into the super elevation and the cut before the Hermosa Tunnel... (more)

Dale Creek Junction

Marching eastbound autos at Dale Junction on a July morning near the Sherman Granite.

On the afternoon of June 20, 2020, a westbound BNSF unit coal empty snakes along the North Platte River through Wendover Canyon just west of Wendover, Wyoming.

After some late day storms, the weather settles down a bit as the sun sets. while a northbound Union Pacific coal empty passes a BNSF coal train on Logan Hill north of Bill, Wyoming, on June 21, 2... (more)

Early AM southbound winds its way through the Wind river Canyon breaking out of shadows into sunlight.

With more clouds moving in on the afternoon of June 20, 2020, a fortuitous splash of sunlight lights up the head end of a westbound BNSF coal empty rolling through Wendover Canyon west of Wendover... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal empty enters the siding and the huge cut at East Stokes, Wyoming, on June 21, 2020. This big cut is the location of the former Sunset Tunnel, also known as the 1,928-foot Tun... (more)

BNSF 9752 rolls westbound outside of Parkman, Wyoming. The WY/MT border was just right behind me by a mile or so.

Westbound priority Z flies through the tangents at the Sherman Granite near Dale, WYO. The fragile high altitude botanicals are in full bloom on this most famous of hills at Dale Creek Junction.