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Union Pacific’s Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era by AJ Wolff
Union Pacifics Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era by AJ Wolff
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright 1999 FIRST printing
224 pages
UNION PACIFIC'S
Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era
Mention the name Sherman Hill to railroad enthusiasts and images of Union Pacific's mammoth steam locomotives, colorful Armour yellow streamliners, and lonely wind-swept landscapes come to mind. For the railroad, the Hill has been an operating challenge since the 1 860s, when the Union Pacific set off by Congressional mandate to link the Midwest with California and the Pacific Coast.
Although the transcontinental railroad reached Cheyenne by November 1867, it wasn't until May of the following year that the first train crossed Sherman Hill to enter Laramie. The winter of 1867-1868 had proved to be a challenging one as tracklayers completed the stretch of rail linking Cheyenne and Laramie over the formidable geographic barrier of the Rocky Mountain chain.
But today's crossing of Sherman Hill bears little resemblance to this pioneering effort. Rebuilding efforts over the years have reduced grades and increased capacity, but the common denominator among steam, diesel, and turbine locomotives is that the topography has demanded that the newest and largest power be used to lift tonnage over the summit. Sherman Hill was one of the last stands for mainline steam in North America, with the legendary 4-8-8-4 Big Boys operating there in the summer of 1959. That need for the utmost in motive power was as true in 1918 with the arrival of compound 2-8-8-0s as it is today with General Electric and Electro-Motive Division (of General Motors) 6,000-horsepower alternating-current-technology units.
This photographic journey not only highlights the diesel and turbine power that operates over Sherman Hill since 1960, but also showcases the desolate beauty of this area.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.5
Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era..7
The 1960s..11
The 1970s. 57
The 1980s.113
The 1990s.161
Steam on the Hill.209
Bibliography.222
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