Federal infrastructure package could resolve railroad crew debate
Lawmakers have long wrestled with the question of whether to mandate two-person crews on freight trains. The feds could make that decision if package passes.
Union Pacific
From outlaw skulls to rail stories, Rawlins museum animates history
The Carbon County Museum curates historical oddities and fascinating figures from southwest Wyoming’s past.
A depot waits
The construction of the Green River Union Pacific Depot in 1910 gave the town hope amidst fears of a railroad company’s withdrawal.
Small planes, big mountains: Retracing the 1919 ‘Air derby’
A journalist and pilot recounts his attempt to retrace the “Endurance and Reliability Test” across Wyoming in a small plane— a passage that killed three original participants.
Big Boy rides again
People lined the railroad right-of-way west of Cheyenne on Saturday, waiting for a train to carry them back to an earlier time.
