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Photo ID: 113629
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Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
42
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
This particular SD70M, currently in storage in the yard in Laramie, WY, is one of 25 SD70Ms that Southern Pacific received prior to the merger with Union Pacific. In fact, UP 3999 here was the last of the 25 units, SP 9824, delivered in August 1994.
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Photo ID: 113628
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
42
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Talk about graffiti! If UP 4357 is put back in to active service (it is currently being stored in Laramie, WY in this shot), I certainly hope that one of the first stops will be at the paint shop.
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Photo ID: 113627
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
39
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
I'm not sure, but this SD70M might hold the record for the most amount of "tagging" (graffiti) that I've seen applied to a single unit! While it is being stored in Laramie, WY now, I'm guessing it must have spent some time in Southern California or the Houston, TX area.
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Photo ID: 113626
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
47
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
As you may be aware, Union Pacific has a lot of locomotives stored all throughout its system right now. Laramie, WY is no exception, as there are nearly two dozen SD70Ms in storage here.
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Photo ID: 113622
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
50
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Union Pacific is working on painting a unit, which will be number UP 4547, in a red, white, and blue scheme for the 250th Anniversary of the United States. However, there is some controversy out there as the unit will include President Donald Trump's name on the unit (note UP 4547, for the 45th and 47th President). However, that unit was not yet ready for the western leg of the cross-country tour of UP 4014. UP 1776, which is freshly painted in UP's scheme, but has an "America 250" decal on the nose, was used on the train.
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Photo ID: 113621
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
46
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Last year, UP unveiled an SD70M painted in a special scheme honoring Abraham Lincoln. The unit was renumber UP 1616 (as Lincoln was the 16th President). The unit is on the train with the Big Boy, seen here behind the "water bottle" arriving in Laramie.
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Photo ID: 113620
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
82
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
The Big Boy is going to be spending a lot of time on the rails in the next few months! Today is the first day of a tour that will take the train from California to Washington DC! The Big Boy sure looks good as it rolls by the camera here on Main 1 in Laramie, WY.
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Photo ID: 113619
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Laramie
Laramie, WY
59
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Anybody that has ever chased a UP steam train before knows that it can be very difficult to get ahead of the train due to the number of people interested in pacing the train on the highway rather than get ahead of it. After shooting the train at Hermosa, I could not get ahead of it again until Laramie. Here, the train has crossed over from Main 3 to Main 1 and is approaching it's first stop so it can get greased up. The flags look very classy, as does the new eagle the steam crew added to the nose for the 250th birthday of the United States.
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Photo ID: 110628
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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East of Laramie
Laramie, WY
326
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
I grew up in the diesel era, but I am not going to lie that there is nothing like seeing the 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" in command of a train. UP is taking the engine to Roseville and back over the next several weeks. The train will operate over Donner Pass and it will run through Feather River Canyon as well.
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Photo ID: 110627
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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East of Laramie
Laramie, WY
304
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Many people, myself included, were expecting UP 4014 to head west from Tie Siding to Laramie on Main 3. But UP instead decided to send it west on Main 1. Here, just east of Laramie, engineer Ed Dickens looks at the window as the train is approaching its stop in Laramie.
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Photo ID: 102817
Date Shot
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Saturday, April 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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MP 565 (Laramie)
Laramie, WY
2484
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
The train is about to pass underneath Clark Street not far north of the Laramie Depot. The train is heading west on Main 1, and will remain on Main 1 all the way to Rawlins, about 120 miles further down the tracks.
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Photo ID: 102816
Date Shot
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Saturday, April 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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MP 565 (Laramie)
Laramie, WY
2897
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Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
After a stop in Laramie to lube up the gears, UP 844 and crew are ready to head west. Quite a show is put on for spectators as the brakes are released and the train steams up (quite literally) to depart. Note the crowd of people gathered to witness the event.
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