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Photo ID: 108911
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
266
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
After a full day of chasing UP's hospital train east, I caught this eastbound autorack train in the final few minutes of sunlight just east of Pine Bluffs. Quite a nice ending to a very nice day.
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Photo ID: 108910
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
238
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Chicago North Western
A final look at the old CNW F7A #401 as it rolls east on the hospital train toward its new home in Silvas, IL.
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Photo ID: 108909
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
285
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
As the sun got closer and closer to the western horizon, the crowd following UP's hospital train definitely thinned out a bit. Here, you can see about ten or so cars stopped on the shoulders of the Lincoln Highway, parallel to a stopped UP 5716 and train. They got stopped at a red signal, but are just about to get a clear (green) signal to continue east. This would be as far east as I was able to chase the train.
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Photo ID: 108908
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
307
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
The UP hospital train has come to (yet another) stop due to a red signal ahead. The dispatcher informed the train that they'd be stopped temporarily to allow an eastbound to run around on Main 1.
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Photo ID: 108907
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
272
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific
This was an incredibly lucky catch for the day! A decade ago, patched Espee AC4400CWs were still fairly common. However, over the years, UP has managed to repaint all but three of these units in to full UP yellow. I just happened to coincidentally come across this scarlet and gray unit, serving as a mid-train DPU on an eastbound grain train. This unit was originally SP 264.
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Photo ID: 108906
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
260
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
After several hours of being stuck behind a UP hospital train, which is restricted to 20 MPH, the Sidney Sub dispatcher was finally able to cross this grain train over to Main 1.
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Photo ID: 108905
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
256
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Interestingly, this hospital train is configured with a manned mid-train helper, UP 8198. The crew on the unit was in constant contact with the crew at the end end. The equipment being donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America museum is all head of UP 8198. The train also had some gondolas and center beam flats in tow, for what purpose, I am not sure.
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Photo ID: 108904
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
276
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Seeing as how this is likely the last opportunity to get shots of UP 3985 on UP rails, here is one more roster shot of the Challenger in the light of setting Veteran's Day sun.
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Photo ID: 108903
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
268
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Cannot get enough of the fantastic low light offered up by the rapidly sinking November sun. The lighting on the side of UP 5716, UP 3985, and UP 5511 is wonderful.
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Photo ID: 108901
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
283
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
The light is starting to get low in the western sky as the hospital train makes its way out of Wyoming and in to Nebraska. I overheard the crew on the train mentioned that this is the first time in at least 70 years at UP 5511 has been in Nebraska!
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Photo ID: 108900
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
296
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Subdivision
Railroad
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
Times Viewed
Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
1263
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Subdivision
Railroad
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: 106135
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
1222
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Intermodal trains continue to grow in length in order to move more goods with fewer overall trains. As a result, it is not at all uncommon to find mid-train swing helpers in double stacks. Case in point is this ES44AC!
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Photo ID: 106134
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
1212
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
An eastbound double stack pulls east on Main 2 just east of Pine Bluffs, NE on the Wyoming-Nebraska border. Seeing so little intermodal traffic in Colorado, it is always interesting coming up to the Overland and seeing almost nothing but intermodal trains. An afternoon storm is rolling in to the area from the west.
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Photo ID: 106133
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Pine Bluffs
Kimball County, NE
1251
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
A westbound double stack (with a single DPU on the tail end) rolls slowly west on Main 1. Note the headlight of a eastbound in the distance. That train had to stop after tripping a hotbox detector. The conductor had to walk the train and the westbound is rolling by slowly as a result.
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