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Photo ID: 113861
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Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
14
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
I do not claim to know much about how steam locomotives work, but when UP 4014 starts pulling, it frequently lets a little steam free from the pistons, making for a cool scene. such is the case here at Pine Bluffs, WY as the train starts up to continue east.
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Photo ID: 113860
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
17
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
After close to a 90 minute stop on Main 2 in Pine Bluffs, WY, UP 4014 and train are steaming up and starting to roll, ready to continue the first leg of the journey east to the small yard in Sidney, NE.
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Photo ID: 113859
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
16
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
About 15 minutes prior to departing Pine Bluffs, the steam team standby as a westbound UP train rolls by at 30 MPH on Main 1.
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Photo ID: 113858
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
17
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Not too long prior to departure from Pine Bluffs, the steam team has replaced the Wyoming flag with the Nebraska flag on the front of Big Boy. This is one of the super classy things UP does, flying the flag of whatever state the Big Boy is (primarily) running in after a stop. Pine Bluffs, WY sits on the border with Nebraska, so in less than a mile, the train will be in Nebraska.
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Photo ID: 113857
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
18
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
The UP steam team works to replace a pipe that connects to the main air reservoir after replacing a gasket that blew. Once the pipe is reinstalled, a few more standard maintenance tasks will take place prior to departing eastbound.
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Photo ID: 113856
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
16
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
After blowing a gasket during its maintenance stop at Pine Bluffs, WY, the steam team took out the pipe with the defective gasket and replaced the gasket in the tool car. A member of the team now has the repair section of pipe, and is bringing it back to the head end of the Big Boy.
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Photo ID: 113855
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
17
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
UP's steam chief Ed Dickens and several members of the steam team are applying water to an air pipe on the front of the Big Boy. During the maintenance stop, a gasket blew on the main reservoir. The team is going to have to remove the pipe and replace the gasket. In order to remove the defective piece, it needs to be cooled down.
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Photo ID: 113854
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
17
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
While UP 4014 is stopped on Main 2 for its maintenance stop, a westbound local with a single SD40-2 and nine covered hoppers approaches from the east on Main 1 in Pine Bluffs, WY.
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Photo ID: 113853
Date Shot
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Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
17
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
UP 4014 has come to a stop on Main 2 in Pine Bluffs, WY so some standard maintenance can be done. The Big Boy stops every 50-75 miles when out on excursions to ensure everything is greased up and running as it should be.
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Photo ID: 108900
Date Shot
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Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
529
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
After making a stop on the western edge of Pine Bluffs, WY to check the equipment...and check on reports of a "green jacket" spotted in a coupler...the train continues to roll east through Pine Bluffs. The "green jacket" turned out to be some yellow tape that was part of the operation. The sun is starting to get low as the hospital train rolls past a small elevator.
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Photo ID: 106136
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
1467
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
A descent afternoon thunderstorm has the wind blowing and rain falling in Pine Bluffs, WY. Meanwhile, an eastbound manifest on Main 2 passes underneath the WY-215 overpass.
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Photo ID: 103350
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, April 2, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 467
Pine Bluffs, WY
2254
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
UP 844 and the Valley Eagle passenger special approach the town of Pine Bluffs, WY, just a few miles west of the Wyoming-Nebraska border.
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