I had some commitments back home in Denver in the evening, so this was the farthest west I was able to chase UP 4014 on this trip. I included this shot to give an idea of the number of steam fans the Big Boy always draws!
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The Big Boy special hit a few delays getting out of Cheyenne, and again at Dale Jct. That turned out to work well here at Lower Pine Ridge as the sun had made it a bit further west in the sky, allowing for some really nice light as the train skirts the rock formations on the way west on Main 1.
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There are some really cool rock formations 30 or so miles west of Laramie on UP's Overland. I thought the rocks might make for a cool subject in a shot that include UP 4014 and train on its journey west. Now that we are west of Laramie, the special is running on Main 1 as it passes through a double crossover here at CP W601, not far east of Rock River, WY.
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