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Viewing Album: Union Pacific Big Boys
By:
Lucas Connor
Dates:
9/1/1941 - 6/29/2016
Album Info:
Images taken by various photographers of UP's 25 4-8-8-4 Big Boy locomotives, along with my own images of the 8 preserved units across America.
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Title:
UP 4022
Description:
Big Boy 4022 trundles through the yard in Cheyenne in October, 1953. 4022 would be stored by December, 1958, and would be scrapped on New Years Eve, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/8/1953
Upload Date:
8/7/2021 7:56:17 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
C.T.Felstead
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4022(4-8-8-4)
Views:
189
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4000
Description:
4000 idles in the yard in Cheyenne. 4000 only has 5 years left in service. Big Boy would be stored as of 1958, and would finally be scrapped in late 1961. For now, it still has some years of service left. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/9/1953
Upload Date:
5/28/2021 8:46:37 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
C.T.Felstead
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
Views:
206
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4006
Description:
UP 4006 rests in Cheyenne as an F3 moves about the yard. Its 1953, and the Big Boys only have 6 more years of service with UP. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/9/1953
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 12:23:47 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
C.T.Felstead
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4006(4-8-8-4)
Views:
255
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4007
Description:
UP 4007 leads a stock train through Cheyenne in October of 1953. 4007 will be scrapped in October, 1961, at 20 years and one month of age. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/9/1953
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 8:29:21 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
C.T.Felstead
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:
175
Comments:
0
Title:
Servicing at Denver
Description:
UP 4019 takes on coal and water at Denver on Christmas, 1953. Note the 800-series number-plate. 4019 was the last of the original 20 Big Boys, built in December 1941. 17 and a half years later, on July 20, 1959, 4019 would make its last trip across the Wasatch to Cheyenne. It was scrapped on February 21 three years later in 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
12/25/1953
Upload Date:
7/5/2022 12:01:17 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:
173
Comments:
0
Title:
Varied Power at Green River
Description:
UP 4018 waits its turn at the coal tower in Green River Ahead of it is an unknown 3900-series Challenger. UP turbine 58 was one of the original set of 4500 GTELs built in the early 50s. They would be retired in 1964, only a decade into their service life. Also in the picture is a pair of F3s in Armour Yellow. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1954
Upload Date:
5/28/2021 8:56:37 PM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
Walter H. Thrall
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
UP 58(4500 GTEL)
UP 3959(4-6-6-4)
UP 1553(F3A)
Views:
773
Comments:
0
Title:
4007 and Crew
Description:
The crew of Union Pacific 4007 leans out of the cab of their engine as she is parked in the yard at Cheyenne. The Big Boy is nearing the end of its 18 year career at the time of this February 1954 image. The engine would be retired in 1959, and scrapped on October 30, 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
2/1/1954
Upload Date:
7/7/2022 12:14:29 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Walter F.J. Krawiec
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:
148
Comments:
0
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:
272
Comments:
0
Title:
At The Service Tracks
Description:
Big Boy 4006 rests between runs at the Laramie engine facilities. 4006 was built in September of 1941, and would be listed as laid aside waiting for repairs as late as November 30, 1958. However, by the end of 1960 it was marked as stored and unserviceable. It would stay on UP property for another five and a half months, before being donated to the National Museum of Transport in Missouri in May of 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
5/8/1954
Upload Date:
7/6/2022 2:26:05 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
F.G.Gschwind
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4006(4-8-8-4)
Views:
156
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4016
Description:
UP 4016 prepares to get underway at Cheyenne. The Big Boy will be in service for another 4 years or so before retirement at the time of this photograph. 4016 would be taken out of service in 1959, and scrapped on March 9, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
5/8/1954
Upload Date:
7/10/2022 4:25:01 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
A.E.Stensvad
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4016(4-8-8-4)
Views:
140
Comments:
0
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:
206
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4020
Description:
Big Boy 4020 is serviced at the coal plant at Laramie. Its May 8, 1954, 9 years since VE Day and 9 years until 4020 is scrapped, on May 24, 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
5/8/1954
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:50:08 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4020(4-8-8-4)
Views:
95
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4001
Description:
UP 4001 leads a train through Granite Canyon in May, 1954. 4001 was built in August 1941 by the American Locomotive Company, and was scrapped 20 years later in November, 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
5/9/1954
Upload Date:
7/5/2022 12:07:34 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
F.G.Gschwind
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4001(4-8-8-4)
Views:
214
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4023
Description:
Big Boy 4023 has a full coal bunker as it loiters in the yard at Laramie. 4023 was built in 1944, and was one of the six Big Boys to operate in 1959, the only one of the 4884-2 series. 4023 would pull its last train over the Wasatch on July 20, 1959, arriving in Cheyenne with 56 loads and 12 empties at 10:35 PM. After retirement, the engine would be placed on display at the Omaha shops. When the shops closed in 1988, the engine was donated to the city of Omaha, who put it on display at Kenefick Park, where it resides today. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/1/1954
Upload Date:
7/17/2022 12:30:39 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Walter F.J. Krawiec
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:
206
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4008
Description:
UP 4008 idles in Laramie in July of 1954. 4008 has lost its piping along the front handrails, and has 8 years left before becoming the 8th Big Boy to be scrapped. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/1/1954
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 8:33:15 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Walter F.J. Kraweic
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
192
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4010
Description:
UP 4010 rests among maintenance-of-way supplies in the yard in Laramie. Among the tie plates and joint bars is a switch stand. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/1/1954
Upload Date:
6/2/2021 9:39:17 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Walter F.J. Kraweic
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4010(4-8-8-4)
Views:
172
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4021
Description:
Big Boy 4021 departs Harriman with an extra westbound. Harriman was a small railroad community, and most of it is pictured here. The main housing were UP employee bunkhouses in a row on the north side of the tracks. The UP coal tower and water tower were located on the south side of the tracks, along with speeder shacks and a sding for incoming coal hoppers. With the dissappearance of steam from UP, Harriman became obsolete, as diesels did not require a fuel stop when crossing the Wasatch. The coal tower was gone by 1976, and today, the town is mostly abandoned. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/24/1954
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:13:59 PM
Location:
Harriman, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
174
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy Leads Passenger Equipment
Description:
In a cut west of Harriman, UP 4017 rolls through with 34 cars making 25 MPH. Save for the head end boxcars, this train is made up mostly of deadheading passenger equipment. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/17/1954
Upload Date:
10/5/2022 12:00:19 AM
Location:
Harriman, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:
159
Comments:
0
Title:
Moving Through The Yard
Description:
While moving near the engine terminal at Laramie, UP 4023 pauses for a signal. 4023 was the only member of the 4884-2 class to be preserved, the other 7 Big Boy survivors being from the earlier 4884-1 series. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/2/1954
Upload Date:
10/7/2022 12:00:22 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:
151
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4012
Description:
UP 4012 rests in Rawlins. 4012 will become one of the 8 preserved Big Boys when it was donated to Steamtown, USA, then located in Bellows Falls. In 1984, Steamtown relocated to its current home in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Today, I am happy to say, the Big Boy sees fellow ALCOs from the Delaware-Lackawanna on a regular basis, including several RS-3s and and the only remaining C636, not to mention the other ALCO products owned by Steamtown. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/1/1954
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 2:17:34 PM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
Walter F.J. Kraweic
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:
322
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4019
Description:
UP 4019 rests in Rawlins. 4019 was built in December of 1941, delivered by the end of January, 1942, and scrapped 20 years later on February 21, 1962. She made her last run on July 20, 1959, arriving in Cheyenne at 4:00 AM. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/1/1954
Upload Date:
8/7/2021 7:51:00 PM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
Walter F.J. Kraweic
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:
207
Comments:
0
Title:
Westbound Through The Junction
Description:
A Big Boy leads a westbound train through Dale Junction on Track 2. The head end reefer block on this train will be loaded, and promptly returned over the Wasatch grade to the east coast. The track curving off to the bottom left is Track 3, the alternate main through Harriman. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1955
Upload Date:
7/18/2022 12:18:48 AM
Location:
Dale, WY
Author:
B.F.Cutler
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
77
Comments:
0
Title:
Extra 4014 Westbound
Description:
UP 4014 leads a westbound extra into the yard at Green River. Green River was on the western end of the Big Boys territory. After 1957, the behemoths were confined almost exclusively to the Cheyenne-Laramie climb over Sherman Hill. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/25/1955
Upload Date:
6/25/2022 1:23:08 AM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
Emil Arbrecht
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
526
Comments:
0
Title:
Extra 4007 West at Dale
Description:
Extra 4007 West rolls through a deep cut near Dale. This cut was deemed deep enough that rockslide fencing was installed along the right-of-way. This was the deepest cut on the alternate mainline, which was generally less steep that the original mainline. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/21/1955
Upload Date:
10/4/2022 12:02:03 AM
Location:
Dale, WY
Author:
J.L. Ehernberger
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:
117
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 782 and 4024
Description:
SD7 782 and Big Boy 4024 lead a reefer train along track 1 just past Dale Junction. 782 was a regular of the Wasatch range area, and was eventually renumbered to 457 (although it kept the 222 number boards). Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/2/1955
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 2:06:50 PM
Location:
Dale Creek, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4024(4-8-8-4)
UP 782(SD7)
Views:
425
Comments:
0
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:
167
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boys at Laramie
Description:
Several Big Boys are parked at the coal tower in Laramie. At least three are visible in this shot, taken in October, 1955. The hoppers and gondolas on the tracks at right are for inbound bituminous Wyoming coal and outbound ash and cinders respectively. Behind the servicing tracks are the roundhouse and turntable. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/19/1955
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:52:09 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
268
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4002
Description:
The engineer of Union Pacific 4002 leans out of his engine at Cheyenne. 4002 was built by ALCO in late August of 1941, and was scrapped in February 1962. 4002 was laid aside for tire replacement in November 1958, although it would never operate again after 1958. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1956
Upload Date:
7/6/2022 2:30:12 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Neal Miller
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4002(4-8-8-4)
Views:
151
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4014
Description:
Union Pacific 4014 rests in the yard at Cheyenne sometime in 1956. 4014 was the 15th of the original 20 Big Boys, and had been on the rails for 15 years at the time of this photo. 4014 would be donated to a museum in Pomona, California after retirement. In 2012/2013, Union Pacific and the SoCal Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society negotiated a deal, wherein 4014 would be sent to UP for restoration, and in exxchange the society would get an SD40-2 and caboose. 4014 was towed back to Cheyenne, and restoration work would begin in 2016. After over two years of work, 4014 would emerge from the Cheyenne backshop fully operational. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1956
Upload Date:
7/10/2022 4:23:47 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
464
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4003
Description:
UP 4003 gets some lubrication at Rawlins in a shot from around 1956. The mechanics in Laramie might want to replace the number boards on 4003 when she arrives. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1956
Upload Date:
7/5/2021 9:36:30 PM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
R.H.Dale
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
182
Comments:
0
Title:
Right-of-Way Fire
Description:
UP 4008 stops at the signal at Granite, just outside the Morrison-Knudsen quarry, on an unknown date in 1956. The fireman is on the ground inspecting a right-of-way fire on the far left, a common occurrence in the days of steam. 4008 is new to RRPA. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1956
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 12:32:15 PM
Location:
Granite, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
174
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4015
Description:
Big Boy 4015 is parked on a side track at Rawlins in June, 1956. In just over three years, 4015 will pull the Big Boys last train over the Wasatch, arriving at Cheyenne at 7:55 PM on July 21, 1959.
Photo Date:
6/20/1956
Upload Date:
5/30/2022 12:22:10 AM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
R.J.Barry
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
173
Comments:
0
Title:
UP Extra 4010 West
Description:
Big Boy 4010 leads an extra westbound reefer drag towards Hermosa Tunnel. 4010 was one of the few Big Boys that wasnt scrapped in Cheyenne. 4010 met its fate at a steel mill in Geneva, Utah on May 24, 1963, the second-to-last Big Boy to be scrapped. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/5/1956
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:17:32 PM
Location:
Hermosa, WY
Author:
Dave Gross
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4010(4-8-8-4)
Views:
174
Comments:
0
Title:
Doubleheading Eastbound Empties
Description:
Big Boys 4018 and 4017 race along with a train of empty gondolas near Cooper Lake. The train did not require the second engine tonnage-wise, but instead the engine was added to transfer power back to Cheyenne to compensate for a spike in westbound traffic. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/18/1956
Upload Date:
10/7/2022 12:01:08 AM
Location:
Cooper Lake, WY
Author:
F.G.Gschwind
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:
247
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4020
Description:
UP 4020 takes on coal at Rock River in August, 1956. The 4020 was built in November, 1944, and was taken out of service after 1958. After five years in storage, she was scrapped on May 24, 1963 at Geneva, Utah. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/19/1956
Upload Date:
7/15/2022 10:45:04 PM
Location:
Rock River, WY
Author:
A.E.Stensvad
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4020(4-8-8-4)
Views:
129
Comments:
0
Title:
Ready For Another Eastbound Run
Description:
Having just been serviced, 4008 backs out of the engine terminal at Laramie. The big 4-8-8-4 behemoth will be backed on to an eastbound train, and will depart town in short order. The buildings of the engine terminal are visible in the upper left background. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/25/1956
Upload Date:
10/7/2022 12:00:04 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Emil Arbrecht
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
123
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy and Turbine
Description:
Big Boy 4009 and Veranda Gas Turbine 75 depart Laramie with a loaded coal train. The line of boxcars in the background is on Main Track 2, with the station on the other side. The depot has not seen passenger service since 1971, but is still maintained as a local historic site. Note the remnants of a torn-out switch next to 4009s 25,000 Gallon tender. Veranda 75 is the highest-numbered Veranda turbine, and is new to RRPA. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/25/1956
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:29:00 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Emil Arbrecht
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4009(4-8-8-4)
UP 75(4500 GTEL)
Views:
350
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4012
Description:
Union Pacific 4012 arrives in Laramie with a manifest freight. After being serviced, it will be turned on the turntable and placed on an eastbound freight. In the background are boxcars and reefers from SP and CN behind another Big Boy or 3900-series Challenger. In the far background, an early EMD switcher pushes a Frisco composite boxcar. This image was taken from the University Avenue Overpass. Out of frame to the left is the steam servicing area, and directly behind the camera is the Laramie depot. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/25/1956
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:44:06 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Emil Arbrecht
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:
329
Comments:
0
Title:
4000 Rolling Eastbound
Description:
Big Boy 4000 thunders through LaSalle with an eastbound freight extra. The train will arrive in Denver shortly, having departed North Platte or Omaha likely the previous day. Today, LaSalle is still a busy spot on the UP, with trains to and from Denver rolling through daily. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/1/1956
Upload Date:
7/19/2022 12:18:14 AM
Location:
LaSalle, CO
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
Views:
191
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4010
Description:
Big Boy 4010 rests in the yard at Laramie. The coal tower at the engine facility looms over the scene, 4010 was built in September 1941, and was scrapped on May 24, 1963, the second-to-last Big Boy to be scrapped. She was also one of three Big Boys cut up at Geneva, Utah that month, the others being 4003 and 4020. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits
Photo Date:
9/14/1956
Upload Date:
7/13/2022 4:41:17 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4010(4-8-8-4)
Views:
141
Comments:
0
Title:
Rolling out of Town
Description:
UP 4014 thunders past a switch as it departs the yard in Laramie in late 1956. 4014 is nearing the end of its service life, its first one, that is. In 2013, UP purchased the massive locomotive from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California. Over the next 6 years, workers brought 4014 back to life in UPs Cheyenne backshops. 4014 returned to service in May of 2019 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. After a tour of UP rails that year, 4014 returned to Cheyenne, just as the COVID-19 pandemic struck America. 4014 stayed in Cheyenne during the pandemic, but a new trip was planned for 2022.
Photo Date:
9/14/1956
Upload Date:
5/29/2022 12:43:32 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
487
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4009
Description:
Big Boy 4009 moves through the yard in Cheyenne on September 16, 1956. 4009 will recieve its last repairs in 5 months, and stored by November of 1958. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/16/1956
Upload Date:
5/31/2021 1:10:56 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4009(4-8-8-4)
Views:
210
Comments:
0
Title:
4021 To The Rescue
Description:
UP 4021 is the rear helper on a westbound train rounding the curve at Buford. The extra train, led by UP 4011 had departed Cheyenne with 37 cars of Bauxite ore, causing the train to stall near Granite. 4021 was sent by the dispatcher to rescue the train, and help push it the rest of the way up Sherman Hill. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/21/1956
Upload Date:
7/19/2022 12:16:29 AM
Location:
Buford, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
172
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4011 Rescue
Description:
On October 21, 1956, UP Extra 4011 West departed Cheyenne with 37 cars of bauxite ore. Even a Big Boy could not handle the extreme tonnage, and the train stalled just east of Granite. The dispatcher sent 4021 to push the train up the hill. Here, the train rounds the curve at Buford. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/21/1956
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 8:20:52 PM
Location:
Buford, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Scenic,RollingStock,Signal,Wreck,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4011(4-8-8-4)
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
283
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4008
Description:
Big Boy 4008 passes through a rock cut west of Harriman as the sun sets in late October, 1956. 4008 will receive its last repairs in December, 1956, and will not survive the scrappers torch. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/26/1956
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:14:38 PM
Location:
Harriman, WY
Author:
H.R.Griffiths
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
136
Comments:
0
Title:
Eastbound 4017
Description:
Big Boy 4017 rumbles through Rawlins with an eastbound train. 4017 was the first of 3 Big Boys built in December of 1941, and would become the first Big Boy to be donated for preservation. Today, 4017 is preserved at the National Rairoad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/30/1956
Upload Date:
6/23/2022 1:14:05 AM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:
198
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4011
Description:
UP 4011 has just topped off with coal and water in Rawlins on Halloween Eve, 1956. 4011 will be scrapped on June 14, 1963, the last Big Boy scrapped. By that point, only 8 remained, and, thankfully, they have all been saved, including 4014, which as since been returned to active service. Never did I think I would get to see a Big Boy running in the 21st Century with my own eyes, all thanks to the UP Steam Fleet. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/30/1956
Upload Date:
6/2/2021 10:56:07 PM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4011(4-8-8-4)
Views:
209
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4008
Description:
Union Pacific 4008 rests in the yard at Laramie in late October, 1956. Steam is nearing the end on the UP and the rest of the nations railroads. In just two months, the Union Pacifics fellow western railroad Southern Pacific will end all steam operations on their lines, and in just two and a half more years UP will follow suit. 4008 would be retired at the end of steam in 1959, and scrapped on August 7, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/31/1956
Upload Date:
7/8/2022 12:38:32 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
245
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4019
Description:
Union Pacific 4019 rests in the yard at Laramie late in 1956. 4019 was built by ALCO in late 1941. The behemoth would operate for UP for 18 years, pulling its last train over the Wasatch, 61 loads and 30 empties totaling 3961 tons, in late July, 1959. 4019 would spend two and a half years in storage in Cheyenne, finally being cut up on February 21, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/31/1956
Upload Date:
7/16/2022 1:10:28 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:
160
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4021
Description:
The engineer and fireman of 4021 lean out of the cab as she prepares to depart Cheyenne. 4021 had undergone maintenance in preparation for operation in 1959, but due to a strike this never came to fruition, and her last run would be in 1958. She was stored in Cheyenne, marked as unserviceable. Eventually, time would catch up to the 4-8-8-4, and the 4021 would be cut up for scrap on August 31, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/31/1956
Upload Date:
7/16/2022 1:14:14 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
231
Comments:
0
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