UP 8112 leads an eastbound stack train through Buford Wyoming on a beautiful morning.
UP 5403 leads an eastbound grain train through Buford Wyoming on a beautiful morning.
Going through Buford, WY ... population one'ish ... on a (believe it or not) clear day, but with wind howling and whipping snow across the landscape, this well-powered stack train approaches the s... (more)
Final approach to Sherman Hill summit, the highest point on the Overland Route at just over 8,000 feet in elevation.
Buford High Fill Classic A beautiful and very tranquil location along track 1 and 2 as it climbs up to Dale, Wyo in Sherman Highlands.
Closing in on Sherman Summit, the highest point on Union Pacific's Overland Route, a platoon of GE's run elephant-style, as UP has embraced for years, westbound in the early daylight hours of Dece... (more)
Union Pacific train number 9, the City of St Louis, is seen near Buford Wyoming in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
An Eastbound manifest freight is seen at Buford. Remnants of an old steam-era signal bridge can be seen on the left.
Deadman Creek Westbound manifest up track 3 on the Harriman Cutoff.
Sherman Hill Classic heavy tonnage moves east up the west slope of the summit in the Sherman Highlands near Buford, WYO.
As an eastbound manifest descends Sherman Hill on main track one a hot westbound Z train hustles 'over the top' on main two just west of Buford.
Blowing downhill
Union Pacific's 4-6-6-4 3985 puts on a spectacular show at Buford, Wyoming.
One of the Union Pacific custom-built EMD DD40X units leads two other UP and an SP unit on a westbound freight up Sherman Hill. Grey skies foretell a snowstorm that will occur after dark.
Try to imagine a Big Boy double header blasting around this curve as it is about to achieve the summit.
