Photo ID: 113763 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Since the retirement of Steve Lee at the end of 2010, the UP steam program has rested in the hands of this man: Ed Dickens. Dickens led the effort to reacquire and restore UP 4014 over a decade ago now, and he is still the main engineer behind the controls when the Big Boy is out on the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113762 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Two members of the Union Pacific steam team work on UP 4014 during a scheduled stop at Medicine Bow, WY. I am by no means a steam expert as I grew up in the diesel era, so I do not know precisely what is being down here. However, the crew has oil (or grease) and a funnel, so I assume they are greasing up some of the components. If you know for sure, please feel free to leave a comment! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113761 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The name "Big Boy" was not originally an official designation for the new 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive ALCO produced in 1941. As the history (or lore) goes, a shop worker at ALCO, impressed by the size of the locomotive, wrote "Big Boy" in chalk on the from of the unit. The name then stuck, and was even cast in metal on the smoke box. Today, with the restoration of UP 4014, the steam crew writes "Big Boy" in chalk on the front of the unit, honoring its history. You can clearly see it written here, as UP 4014 sits alongside the intermediate signal at MP 622.9 (on Main 2) on UP's Laramie Subdivision in Medicine Bow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113760 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is stopped across the grade crossing in Medicine Bow for a scheduled stop. Union Pacific had several of their police officers on scene for safety and crowd control, keeping people back from the tracks. Particularly from Main 1, which was still active and trains might pass through by the Big Boy on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113759 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific As it typically the case, UP 4014 attracted a large crowd chasing it. Additionally, a boatload of people showed up at Medicine Bow to watch the train make one of two scheduled stops between Rawlins and Cheyenne. In this shot, you can see several of the people gathered, watching, as the train approaches from the west on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113758 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W633 (Como) to CP W639 (Ramsey) Carbon County, WY 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Between Hanna and Medicine Bow, the UP Big Boy (4014) and train are approaching the US-30 underpass on the journey east to Cheyenne under overcast skies (at the moment). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113757 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W633 (Como) to CP W639 (Ramsey) Carbon County, WY 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The winds were very strong in Wyoming today as UP 4014 and train headed east from Rawlins to Cheyenne. With partly cloudy skies, the wind was blowing the clouds in and out the area very quickly. Here, just as a cloud catches up, UP 4014 and train head east on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113756 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W643 (Hanna) to CP W650 (Durrant) Carbon County, WY 192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and train departed Cheyenne westbound in March with UP 1616, UP 1776, and a dozen or passenger cars. However, on the return trip east, a lot of passenger cars were removed, along with UP 1616 and UP 1776 and they were sent to Council Bluffs, IA in preparation of the eastern tour. Covered hoppers were added to the back to help with braking. Here, the train is approaching Arch Road, in Carbon County. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113625 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie to Rock River Albany County, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific 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! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113615 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dale Jct Albany County, WY 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Coming off of Main 3 at Dale Jct, UP 4014 (the Big Boy), UP 1616 (Abraham Lincoln Unit), and UP 1776 (US 250th) head west on Main 2. I really liked the rocky features of the Wyoming landscape here, along with the snow fences along the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113614 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dale Jct Albany County, WY 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The train that we've been waiting for! UP 4014 (the Big Boy) leads a passenger special running west on the Overland. The train is headed to California. It will then return east to Cheyenne before departing east on Memorial Day for Washington DC to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial (250th birthday). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113605 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dale Jct Albany County, WY 151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific A very long manifest rolls west off of Main 3 at Dale Jct with three units on the head end. You can see a pair of mid-train DPUs in the distance on the S-Curve on Main 3. For those unfamiliar, Union Pacific has two different grades between Cheyenne and Dale Jct (near Hermosa Tunnel). Mains 1 and 2 (more or less) follow I-80, while Main 3 runs much further south. 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 356 (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 376 (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 388 (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.

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