Photo ID: 113842 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W508 Cheyenne, WY 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is start west at CP W508, and will cross over from Main 2 to Main 1. It will continue to Speer where it will wye and then return east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113841 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W508 Cheyenne, WY 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is making out of the east end of the Cheyenne Yard at CP W508 on to Main 3, crossing over to Main 2. The train will need to head west to Speer to wye, before heading east to its first overnight stop of Sidney, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113840 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 2 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Five new TTX boxcars were painted in this patriotic scheme to join Big Boy on its journey east to Philadelphia for the 4th of July. The train is backing out of the Cheyenne Yard here at CP W508. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113839 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014 is getting ready to embark on a two month journey that will take it to Philadelphia for the 4th of July (the semiquincentennial of the United States). Here, the Big Boy is backing out of the roundhouse toward a freight consist that will be included on the train for (air) braking purposes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113835 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Swan Ranch Cheyenne, WY 2 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SRRR Swan Ranch is a logistics hub that started operations in 2011 southwest of Cheyenne. It started with around 3 miles of track, and has now expanded to nearly 21 miles of track, with multiple industries moving in. The park interchanges with both Union Pacific and BNSF. Swan Ranch Railroad handles the switching, and has five units on the roster. Two of them are positioned here, ready to start switching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112802 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP always runs the Big Boy with a diesel unit as backup, as well as to help with dynamic braking on downhill grades. This year, it was UP 1616, the Abraham Lincoln unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112801 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The UP Steam Team announced that there would only be one run of the Big Boy in 2025. That run is between Cheyenne, WY and Denver, CO (and back) over the course of three days. The train just came out of the yard on Main 4, and is passing by CP W511. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112800 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of the Cheyenne yard, a westbound UP manifest passes through the OS at CP W511. It is only 55ºF (11ºC) out this morning, and very overcast, as the train departs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111233 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 329 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One final shot of the Big Boy with its train as they back down and into the yard at Cheyenne. After two months on the road, UP 4014 is back at home base to rest before the next trip, whenever that may be. Over the course of two months, the train visited ten states including Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111232 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014 and train are now clear of all main tracks as they back down "the old way" toward the Cheyenne Yard. In the yard, the freight cars will be dropped off before the passenger cars placed on their storage track and the Big Boy is taken to the roundhouse. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111231 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 613 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific One last close up profile shot of UP 4014 as it backs off Main 4 and into the Cheyenne Yard via "the old way". The steam crew will put the old gal in the round house and shut her down, likely for the rest of 2024. After two months on the road, there is likely some upkeep that will be necessary before the next tour, hopefully in 2025. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111230 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific A look down from BNSF's Front Range Sub at UP 4014 and train, backing off Main 4 and into the west end of the Cheyenne Yard. UP's tracks were here in Cheyenne before the C&S Line, meaning the C&S Line had to climb a fill to use a bridge to cross over UP's transcontinental mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111229 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific If only there had been a BNSF train crossing above right at this point! Indeed, the bridge does carry BNSF's Front Range Subdivision across UP's (far busier) Laramie Subdivision on the west side of Cheyenne. UP 4014 and train are backing up on Main 4 to enter the yard through "the old way" to complete their day and their tour for 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111228 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and train are backing up into the yard at Cheyenne at the conclusion of the Heartland Tour for 2024. The grade crossing at Southwest Drive is a pretty popular spot for railfans (and, in particular steam fans) to stop for some shots, and today is no exception. The train is on Main 4 as is back underneath the signal bridge at CP W511. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111227 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Bridge Cheyenne, WY 240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of Cheyenne, a westbound coal load that originated in the Powder River Basin is on Main 3, passing underneath BNSF's Front Range Subdivision. The train will take Main 3 from Speer Jct to Dale Creek Jct. Main 3 follows a completely different alignment from Mains 1 and 2, and heavier trains are often west on Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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