Photo ID: 113848 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and completed its reverse move, wying at Speer Jct. It is now on Main 4 and is headed back east toward Cheyenne and points beyond. The train will briefly stop on Main 1 at the Depot at Cheyenne to officially kick off the epic two month journey east to Philadelphia and back. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113847 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Ed Dickens is leaning out the window and checking something out on the Big Boy as the train slowly makes a reverse move toward Main 4. The train has a diverging approach to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113846 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 5 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and train are backing up the west leg of the wye at Speer Jct, which also serves as a connection track between the Laramie Sub and the Greeley Sub. UP's Z-train from Los Angeles to Denver (and vice versa) use this track, among others. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113845 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 5 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 makes a reverse move on the west leg of the wye at Speer Jct. The train is leaving Cheyenne without a diesel, which is very cool to see and rather uncommon! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113838 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific On Main 3, a single ES44AC brings up the rear of a monster westbound train. You can see it wrapping west above and to the right. The train will take Main 3 to Dale Jct, avoiding the steeper grades of Mains 1 and 2 west of Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113837 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Something that has become more and more common these days is for railroads to mix manifest trains wither intermodal trains. The first part of this train is a manifest, while the second part is intermodal. A pair of mid-train swing helpers assist on the journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113836 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific A monster westbound is on Main 3 at Speer Jct, headed for the less direct, but also less steep, Main 3 to Dale Jct. Two units lead the train that is roughly two miles long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107631 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific West of Cheyenne, UP has four main tracks (for a distance). Mains 1 and 2 follow a very different grade from Mains 3 and 4. The latter go to Speer Jct toward the Greeley Sub and the single main track (Main 3) that goes to Dale Jct. Here, the Cheyenne Frontier Days train backs down from Speer Jct on Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107630 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1468 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The lighting is just perfect for this view of the Cheyenne Frontier Days train as it backs down Main 3 from Speer Jct. For the eight mile reverse move, the train was good for 30 MPH, except through crossovers where it was restricted to about 15 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107629 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific It is simply amazing that UP takes the time and money to keep steam running in 2018. UP 844 is a Northern-type 8-4-8 locomotive that was built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in December 1944 as the last steam engine delivered to UP. It ran in revenue service until 1959. In 1960, it was saved from scrapping, to be preserved. Soon after, it started running in excursion service and has now running much larger (and far more miles) in excursion service than it did in revenue service in the 1940s and 1950s! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107628 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1585 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific A good, elevated roster shot of UP 1943 after Cheyenne Frontier Days was wyed at Speer Jct. The train is now backing up the eight miles to the depot in Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107627 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific A look at UP 1943 as it blows out some exhaust, really throttling up to move the train up the grade around the west leg of the wye at Speer Jct. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107626 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1445 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific With the 1.2% grade coming off the Greeley Sub and in to Speer Jct, UP 1943 throttles up to help out UP 844 in pulling the train up and around the west leg of wye. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107625 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1501 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The dispatcher has thrown the switch to the west leg of the wye and given a signal to UP 844. It is kicking up some smoke as it start pulling up the grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107624 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1449 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific With the Wyoming flag unfurled on the front of UP 844, the engine (and train) roll backward on the east leg of the wye at Speer Jct. It is, of course, necessary to turn the train around for the evening trip back to Denver. The nearest wye is at Speer, roughly eight miles away from the depot in Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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