The climb up Peru Hill highlighted Monday’s trip for Big Boy No. 4014, doubleheading with 4-8-4 No. 844. Also in today’s video, you’ll see the Union Pacific steam special climbing Aspen Mountain and leaving Granger, Wyo. The train now takes a two-day break in Rock Springs, Wyo., before continuing its trip home on Thursday, going […]
A southbound Kansas City Southern merchandise train with a distributed power unit on the tail end passes the joint customs inspection station in Laredo, Texas, as it crosses the International Railway Bridge over the Rio Grande in November 2017. Bill Stephens BOSTON — Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific have worked together to improve the […]
Metra Train No. 25 arrives at Geneva, Ill., on May 7, 2019. Union Pacific hopes to begin triple-tracking this section of main line in the spring of 2020. TRAINS: David Lassen GENEVA, Ill. — Union Pacific is aiming to begin the triple-tracking of a section of its main line through Geneva in the spring of […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SDP40F. Amtrak (phase 1 and 3 schemes); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); and BNSF Ry. (Maersk Sealand in one road number, Santa Fe patchout in two numbers). Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current […]
Big Boy No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 visit Granger, Wyo., as part of Monday’s trip from Evanston, Wyo., to Rock Springs. The train will take a two-day break in Rock Springs before resuming its trip home on Thursday. Justin Franz ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — After more than a week and a half of nearly […]
Big Boy No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 lead Sunday’s trip up the Wasatch Grade, the first public excursion for the restored 4-8-8-4. Cate Kratville-Wrinn Fans swarm Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 in Evanston, Wyo., after Sunday’s excursion from Ogden, Utah. Justin Franz EVANSTON, Wyo. — History was made Sunday when Union Pacific No. […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 began its return to its home base of Cheyenne, Wyo., today, but not before the recently resurrected 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive put on a show along the famed Wasatch grade between Evanston, Wyo., and Ogden, Utah. On May 8, with temperatures hovering just above freezing, Big […]
A Geep and a heavyweight office car went on the ground at Heber City, Utah, on Saturday as a chartered train carrying four railroad historical societies derailed as it left the station. Justin Strickland HEBER CITY, Utah — A special train carrying hundreds of railfans attending four historical society conventions in the Salt Lake City […]
PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah — For one day on Friday, lonely, windswept Promontory Summit filled with thousands of visitors eager to celebrate the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad 150 years ago today. The morning began with positioning steam locomotive replicas Jupiter and No. 119, representing the Central Pacific and Union Pacific, respectively. Soon afterward, a […]
Cast members from the musical “As One” gather for a group photo on a stage at the Golden Spike National Historic Park on Friday. The musical was the main educational and entertainment event during ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. TRAINS: Steve Sweeney A sign near a re-enactors’ encampment […]
A Norfolk Southern train works at Brush Yard in Decatur, Ill., in November 2016. Shippers are saying operational changes brought by Precision Scheduled Railroading are leading to extensive charges for not loading or unloading cars quickly enough, even when railroad service is an issue. Steve Smedley WASHINGTON – Shippers are not exactly jumping for joy […]
Big Boy No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 form the backdrop as a giant Golden Spike is hammered in place at an Ogden, Utah, ceremony by officials and descendants of participants in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn OGDEN, Utah — With a call on the radio from Union Pacific Chairman Lance […]
