Sherman Hill Approach at Cheyenne Yard

A Stationary View of a Busy Junction

Unlike the site's roaming PTZ camera, this fixed trackside view holds a single steady frame on the west end of Cheyenne Yard, at Milepost 509. The unmoving angle makes it easy to track individual trains as they work through the switching lanes toward the mainline.

Staging for Sherman Hill

The tracks visible here feed directly into the climb up Sherman Hill on Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision, one of the more demanding grades on the railroad's transcontinental route. Crews frequently add helper power here before freight and intermodal trains begin the ascent west toward Laramie.

Hosted by a Living Railway Museum

The Cheyenne Depot Museum hosts this camera alongside its companion PTZ view, both overlooking a yard shaped by landmarks from the railroad's earliest era, including the 1931 roundhouse and the 1941 turntable nearby.

A Steady Window on Union Pacific Traffic

Dozens of Union Pacific trains pass this stretch of track daily, from double-stack intermodals to maintenance-of-way equipment, with the occasional steam excursion rolling through behind celebrated locomotives on their way toward the grade.