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Photo ID: 106111
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne Depot
Cheyenne, WY
1490
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Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Passengers from the Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train are disembarking and getting ready to ride some buses to the Frontier Days celebration. However, several are taking advantage of the opportunity to get some pictures of UP 844, sitting on Main Track P1 at the station.
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Photo ID: 106110
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W511 (Cheyenne)
Cheyenne, WY
1721
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Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Hello old friend! The Rio Grande heritage unit has done a great job of avoiding Denver for the past few years. This is the first time I've seen it since July 2011. Hard to believe that it just celebrated its 10th birthday in June. Today, it got the honor of assisting on the Cheyenne Frontier Days train.
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Photo ID: 106109
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP W511 (Cheyenne)
Cheyenne, WY
1499
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Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
It certainly seemed fitting to get a roster shot of UP 844 as it arrived in Cheyenne. After not having been under its own steam in three years, it sure looked good rolling in to Cheyenne on a beautiful Saturday morning.
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Photo ID: 106108
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP W511 (Cheyenne)
Cheyenne, WY
1442
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Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Running almost precisely on time, UP 844 arrives in Cheyenne with the Cheyenne Frontier Days train in tow. The train is currently on Main 4, but is about to cross over to Main 1 at CP W511. It will then pull in to the station and passengers will begin to disembark.
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Photo ID: 106028
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Speer Junction
Cheyenne, WY
1688
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Front Range (BNSF) RIT
Happy passengers! The first leg of the day's journey is nearly complete as the Front Range Explorer, a specially chartered train, rolls north past the siding of Speer toward Cheyenne. There, a BNSF Pilot will board the train for the continued trip north. The train will run up the Orin Subdivision through the Powder River Basin and ultimately tie up in Gillette, WY for the night.
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Photo ID: 106027
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Speer Junction
Cheyenne, WY
1618
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) RIT
Riding in style! These passengers have been sitting on the open vestibule for most of the trip from Denver up to Cheyenne. Not that I blame them...that is likely exactly where I'd be sitting as well if I were on the train.
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Photo ID: 106026
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Cheyenne, WY
1737
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) RIT
We are about four miles north of the Colorado/Wyoming border as the Front Range Explorer glides by on the main track at Speer. In the distance, you can just see a few cars on I-25, which the train just passed beneath.
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Photo ID: 106025
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Speer Junction
Cheyenne, WY
1732
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) RIT
Now in Wyoming, the Front Range Explorer pulls through the south switch of Speer. This siding is relatively short and seldomly used. In the distance, you can see tracks on a bridge. This is UP's Greeley Sub, which the BNSF Front Range Sub crosses underneath.
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Photo ID: 105368
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W511
Cheyenne, WY
1671
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
A westbound ballast train pulls out of the Cheyenne Yard, ready to head west on the Laramie Sub. The train is on Main 4, crossing underneath the BNSF Front Range Sub. The train is on Main 4 because it will actually swing south and go through Speer Junction before heading west on Main 3 to Dale Jct. Main 3 is on a totally separate grade from Mains 1 and 2 between Cheyenne and Dale Jct (near Hermosa Tunnel). Main 3 is longer, but the grade is much lower, so heavy westbounds, such as this ballast train, frequently take Main 3.
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Photo ID: 105366
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W511
Cheyenne, WY
1910
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
The journey is almost over! It has been a beautiful ride for passengers on Cheyenne Frontier Days, but the (morning) ride is nearly over. The train just received permission to enter "Form B" limits at Cheyenne and will cross over from Main 4 to Main 1 at CP W511. A "Form B" is a special form that allows train maintenance to occur on the tracks. No train can enter (or, once coming to a stop, move within) Form B limits without explicit verbal consent from the track foreman in charge.
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Photo ID: 105365
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W511
Cheyenne, WY
1638
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Old meets new! On the right side of this picture, we find a trio of SD70s (an SD70ACe sandwiched by two SD70Ms) on a train stopped on Main 1. The power on that train is all from the 21st century. Meanwhile, on the left side of the picture, we have a trio of E9s (an E9B sandwiched, of course, by two E9As) and a DDA40X. The E9s haven't seen revenue service since the 1950s! The DDA40X is only slightly more recent, last seeing revenue service in the 1970s.
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Photo ID: 105364
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP W511
Cheyenne, WY
1514
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
The E-unit and the DDA40X on Cheyenne Frontier Days are "home". When not in use, they are typically kept and maintained in Cheyenne at the roundhouse. You may have noticed that there is no nose door on UP 951. UP welded it shut and painted over the seams a few years ago.
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Photo ID: 105363
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP W511
Cheyenne, WY
1558
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
The Cheyenne Frontier Days Special is closing in on its destination! The train is currently on Main 4 and approaching CP W511 at the west end of Cheyenne. At CP W511, the train will cross over all the way from Main 4 to Main 1 and pull in to the Cheyenne Depot to allow its passengers to detrain.
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Photo ID: 104881
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Cheyenne
Cheyenne, WY
1503
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Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
In Cheyenne, BNSF's north/south Front Range Subdivision crosses over UP's Overland Route. A BNSF Coal empty is approaching the BNSF yard (the train is ultimately headed for the Powder River Basin in northern Wyoming) while all four UP main tracks currently lie empty and quiet.
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Photo ID: 104880
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne
Cheyenne, WY
1464
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) BNSF
A northbound coal empty glides along the fill that will take it across UP's Overland Route in Cheyenne. This crews journey is nearing their end as they have taken the train from Denver to Cheyenne.
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