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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4004 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69575Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:9/1941
Notes:donated 06/1963 to Holliday Park, Cheyenne, WY
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
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4004 Ready For Service
Title:  4004 Ready For Service
Description:  Big Boy 4004 simmers in the yard at Laramie. The big 4-8-8-4 will soon depart on yet another long freight haul out of town. 4004 is the oldest Big Boy still in existance today. It was donated to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming in June 1963, just a month after sister unit 4003 was cut up at Geneva, Utah. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  7/15/1950  Upload Date: 7/6/2022 2:23:22 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4004
Title:  Big Boy 4004
Description:  UP 4004 leads a stock train into Dale Creek, Wyoming in July of 1950. 4004 is one of the 8 Big Boys that will survive into preservation, and will be displayed in its home town of Cheyenne. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  7/15/1950  Upload Date: 5/28/2021 8:53:00 PM
Location:  Dale Creek, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  Big Boy 4004 pulls into the ice rack at Laramie. Pacific Fruit Express used Laramie as the main icing facility for reefers heading east. Ice like the blocks on the racks were cut from local ponds or made artificially. Exact date unknown. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1952  Upload Date: 7/11/2021 9:04:55 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Union Pacific Museum
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-8-4 4004
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 4004
Description:  Photographer & Location Unknown, Date is approximate
Photo Date:  1/1/1952  Upload Date: 12/7/2017 5:06:34 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  776   Comments: 1
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  UP 4004 is inspected by a pair of crewmen in Laramie. Its a bit blurry, but behind 4004s tender is another Big Boy. 4004 will be donated to the city of Cheyenne, where it will be placed on display. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  5/7/1954  Upload Date: 5/30/2021 11:38:49 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  F.G.Gschwind
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Doubleheader Exits The Tunnels
Title:  Doubleheader Exits The Tunnels
Description:  Big Boys 4004 and 4008 thunder out of Hermosa Tunnel in 1954. The Hermosa Tunnels were where the Overland Route punched through Sherman Hill heading west and begin their descent into Laramie on the other side. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  5/8/1954  Upload Date: 10/5/2022 12:00:35 AM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:  Tunnel,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4) UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-8-4 4004
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 4004
Description:  Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1955  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 12:34:23 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Neil R. Miller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  852   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/1955  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 9:40:32 AM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1978   Comments: 1
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/1955  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 9:41:02 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2857   Comments: 6
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/1955  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 9:41:21 AM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1285   Comments: 1
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  Four years before its retirement, 4004 trundles through the yard in Laramie. The engineer is dwarfed by the size of his articulated behemoth, which has just recieved a new load of coal and water. 4004 would become the oldest Big Boy to be preserved in June, 1963, when it was donated to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  10/16/1955  Upload Date: 7/7/2022 12:12:51 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  R.F. Collins
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
UP 4004 - 4-8-8-4
Title:  UP 4004 - 4-8-8-4
Description:  Collection of Mario Stefani - This is a duplicate of a slide by an unknown photographer already posted but I am adding this as the color is restored on this version - No idea why slide has slightly different date
Photo Date:  10/16/1955  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 11:26:12 AM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Model,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1728   Comments: 0
UP 4004 - 4-8-8-4 Big Boy in 1955
Title:  UP 4004 - 4-8-8-4 Big Boy in 1955
Description:  Collection of Mario Stefani
Photo Date:  10/16/1955  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 11:28:21 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster,Model,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  6590   Comments: 1
Westbound On The New Main
Title:  Westbound On The New Main
Description:  Union Pacific 4004 leads a westbound extra along the alternate mainline between Perkins and Harriman. The alternate mainline, also known as main three, was built in the early 50s, and allowed trains to climb Sherman Hill without helpers. The route was farther south than the original mainline, passing through Harriman and Perkins before turning north to Laramie. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/30/1958  Upload Date: 10/4/2022 12:01:38 AM
Location:  Perkins, WY
Author:  J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Refilling The Tanks At Red Butte
Title:  Refilling The Tanks At Red Butte
Description:  4004 idles at Red Buttes as the crew refills the engine with water. Due to delays on the hill, 4004 burned through water to make a straight run impossible, so the train was forced to stop here for a top-up. Trains did not usually stop at Red Buttes for water. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/30/1958  Upload Date: 10/5/2022 12:01:16 AM
Location:  Red Buttes Village, WY
Author:  Lou Schmitz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Big Boys at Perkins
Title:  Big Boys at Perkins
Description:  Two Big Boys cross a road just west of Perkins in September, 1958. 4004 will be the oldest Big Boy to be preserved, 4015 will pull the last revenue train pulled by a Big Boy. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  9/21/1958  Upload Date: 9/19/2021 2:16:02 PM
Location:  Perkins, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4) UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-8-4 #4004 - Union Pacific Big Boy
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 #4004 - Union Pacific Big Boy
Description:  Here is a Robert Larson photo of Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 #4004 - a well photographed locomotive since it now resides as a static display in Holliday Park, Cheyenne, WY. Note on the back of the photo says - "I rode this loco Cheyenne to Laramie in 1957. Rode back at night on a turbine. Robert Larson" Date of this photo is approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1960  Upload Date: 2/12/2017 7:41:17 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1401   Comments: 2
Front ends of UP 4-6-6-4 #3985 and 4-8-8-4 #4004 in roundhouse
Title:  Front ends of UP 4-6-6-4 #3985 and 4-8-8-4 #4004 in roundhouse
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/1973  Upload Date: 8/15/2020 9:04:17 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4) UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1292   Comments: 0
1099-24 UP "Big Boy" 4004 on display in the park
Title:  1099-24 UP "Big Boy" 4004 on display in the park
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/7/2007 11:49:08 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2211   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy 4004
Title:  UP Big Boy 4004
Description:  UP Big Boy 4004 on display at Cheyenne, WY in the winter of 1981. Scanned 3x5 print by permission. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1981  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 4:41:39 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  687   Comments: 1
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  Big Boy 4004 on display
Photo Date:  8/16/1994  Upload Date: 9/30/2009 5:56:58 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1249   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  not sure on date.
Photo Date:  6/25/2002  Upload Date: 12/6/2007 6:56:47 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Steven McKay
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1155   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/2003  Upload Date: 4/18/2005 6:55:52 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dennis Andariese
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  959   Comments: 0
UP 4004 "Big Boy"
Title:  UP 4004 "Big Boy"
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad Company
Photo Date:  8/31/2003  Upload Date: 12/1/2005 12:26:57 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rodney J. Sorensen
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2933   Comments: 0
UP 4004 2004
Title:  UP 4004 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/25/2004 5:16:01 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1325   Comments: 0
UP 4004 2004
Title:  UP 4004 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/25/2004 5:16:24 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1090   Comments: 0
UP 4004 2004
Title:  UP 4004 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/25/2004 5:16:51 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  970   Comments: 1
UP 4004 2004
Title:  UP 4004 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/25/2004 5:17:13 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1418   Comments: 0
UP 4004 2004
Title:  UP 4004 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/25/2004 5:17:39 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1510   Comments: 0
UP 4004 2004
Title:  UP 4004 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/25/2004 5:17:59 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1299   Comments: 0
UP 4004 2004
Title:  UP 4004 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/25/2004 5:18:25 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  959   Comments: 0
Wave Guys
Title:  Wave Guys
Description:  My dad and I wave to my mom in front of the "BIG BOY"
Photo Date:  7/23/2004  Upload Date: 10/26/2004 12:02:11 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Steven Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  5052   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/2006  Upload Date: 11/7/2006 5:02:40 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Collin Reinhart
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  713   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/2008  Upload Date: 2/19/2009 6:27:25 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Sean Rodkey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  834   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/19/2008  Upload Date: 7/18/2009 1:18:33 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  J d
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2008  Upload Date: 10/4/2008 1:18:32 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Kevin Gaudet
Categories:  Steam,Track
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  822   Comments: 0
Displayed Big Boy - UP 4004
Title:  Displayed Big Boy - UP 4004
Description:  It was really nice to visit the place these monsters were once maintained, and get to see a retired example all in the same day.
Photo Date:  6/3/2009  Upload Date: 6/10/2009 6:26:06 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Zach Pumphery
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2009  Upload Date: 6/13/2009 1:51:40 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Alex Gillman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
UP 4004 Sunbathing
Title:  UP 4004 Sunbathing
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2009  Upload Date: 6/13/2009 1:53:40 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Alex Gillman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
True Cab
Title:  True Cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2009  Upload Date: 6/13/2009 1:58:15 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Alex Gillman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  UP 4004 "Big Boy" Cheyenne, Wy
Photo Date:  5/17/2010  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 8:32:12 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Danford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  UP 4004 "Big Boy" Cheyenne, Wy
Photo Date:  5/17/2010  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 8:33:00 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Danford
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  744   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  UP 4004 "Big Boy" Cheyenne, Wy
Photo Date:  5/17/2010  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 8:33:46 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Danford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  UP 4004 "Big Boy" Cheyenne, Wy
Photo Date:  5/17/2010  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 8:34:35 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Danford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description:  UP 4004 "Big Boy" Cheyenne, Wy
Photo Date:  5/17/2010  Upload Date: 6/7/2010 8:36:21 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Danford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  789   Comments: 0
UP 4004
Title:  UP 4004
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/2010  Upload Date: 9/25/2010 5:32:54 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Joe Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  714   Comments: 1
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Title:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Description:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004 at Holiday Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 5:40:28 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Mark Dinkel
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Title:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Description:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004 at Holiday Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 5:43:42 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Mark Dinkel
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Title:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Description:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004 at Holiday Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 5:44:04 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Mark Dinkel
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Title:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004
Description:  Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4004 at Holiday Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Photo Date:  4/20/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 5:44:37 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Mark Dinkel
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:  565   Comments: 0


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