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Photo ID: 107626
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Speer Jct
Laramie County, WY
1162
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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.
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Photo ID: 107627
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Speer Jct
Laramie County, WY
1246
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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.
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Photo ID: 107628
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Speer Jct
Laramie County, WY
1316
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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.
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Photo ID: 107629
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Speer Jct
Laramie County, WY
1181
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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!
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Photo ID: 107630
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Speer Jct
Laramie County, WY
1196
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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.
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Photo ID: 107631
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Speer Jct
Laramie County, WY
1234
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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.
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Photo ID: 107632
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Borie Jct
Laramie County, WY
1073
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Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
A westbound UP intermodal train heads west on Main 1 just east of Borie Jct. Note the top container on the first doublestack has a slightly different shape as it is designed to be aerodynamic and reduce wind resistance.
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Photo ID: 107633
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Borie Jct
Laramie County, WY
1098
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
Four units lead a westbound doublestack train on Main 1 west of Cheyenne. UP hauls a lot of green "EMP" containers on their intermodal trains, as is evident in this shot.
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Photo ID: 107634
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
East of Borie Jct
Laramie County, WY
1126
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Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
An eastbound intermodal train, the third in the past half hour, charges west through Borie Jct (out of frame to the left) on Main 2. The train will stop in Cheyenne in order to get a crew change. The lead unit is an ES44AH, although UP designates it as a ET44AH-T4C. Basically, it is an ES44AH that was received as a Tier-4 "credit unit" after the Tier 4 deadline started.
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Photo ID: 107635
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne Depot
Cheyenne, WY
1178
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
UP 844 sits under partly cloudy skies on Main P1 at the Cheyenne Depot. It'll wait here for another three hours until it is time to depart for Denver.
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Photo ID: 107636
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne Depot
Cheyenne, WY
1066
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
While waiting on Main P1 at the Cheyenne Depot, an eastbound intermodal (which I shot earlier in the day near Borie Jct) sits on Main P3. The train is waiting for a fresh crew to continue east. A single SD70AH is cut in as a mid-train swing helper.
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Photo ID: 107637
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne Depot
Cheyenne, WY
1201
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
While stopped at the Cheyenne Depot on Main P1, the train is under "blue flag protection". Said blue flag is hanging on the engineer's side of the cab.
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Photo ID: 107638
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne Depot
Cheyenne, WY
1200
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
UP 1943 sits idle on Main P1 as part of the Cheyenne Frontier Days consist. The Spirit of Union Pacific was unveiled last November in tribute to the brave men and women of the armed services of the United States. The paint scheme includes colors that represent the Air Force, Navy, Army, and Marines.
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Photo ID: 107639
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne Depot
Cheyenne, WY
1178
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
A look at UP's shield and the builders sticker on the engineer's side of the cab of UP 1943.
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Photo ID: 107640
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Cheyenne Depot
Cheyenne, WY
1261
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Subdivision
Railroad
Laramie (UP) Union Pacific
A close up look at the Electro Motive builders sticker on the cab of UP 1943. Its serial number is 20146115-030 and it was built in April 2016. It was originally in UP's standard SD70AH roster series, but was renumbered 1943 when it was painted in the armed forces colors.
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