Photo ID: 107641 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Depot Cheyenne, WY 1181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Three members of UP's steam crew examine something on or around the piston that drives the rods on the engineers side of UP 844. No issue was found...or at least no major issue...as they were only there checking things out for a few minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107642 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Depot Cheyenne, WY 1114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific I do not claim to understand the details of how steam engines work. My elementary understanding stops at "fire is created to boil water to create steam to drive pistons". Periodically, a certain amount of water must be dumped via a valve underneath the cab. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107643 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Depot Cheyenne, WY 1224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The man in charge of UP's heritage operations, including the steam program, is Ed Dickens. Here, Mr Dickens checks the time as he discusses the train pending departure with one of the trains conductors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107644 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Depot Cheyenne, WY 1187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Around 4pm, a major thunderstorm rolled through Cheyenne and it started raining cats and dogs! The water visible in the shot was not present on the ground 45 minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107645 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Depot Cheyenne, WY 1172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific For awhile, it looked as though the Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train would be delayed departing Cheyenne. This was due to the buckets of rain that were coming down. UP did not want somebody to slip and get injured on the platform, so passengers would not be loaded until the rain let up. Fortunately, while it had not fully stopped, it had let up enough to allow passengers to board. UP 844 is steaming up and getting ready to depart in about 15 minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107646 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 1049 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound manifest sits at a red signal at CP W511 on Main 2. The train is waiting for the Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train, which will cross over from Main 1 to Main 3 CP W511. To expedite things, UP sent a fresh crew out to this train so, once clear, the train could continue east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107647 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 1211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 844 is on the roll again as it departs west from Cheyenne. Here at CP W511, the train crossed over from Main 1 to Main 3. The train will continue on Main 3 to Speer Jct and then continue on to the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107648 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W086 (North Carr) Carr, CO 1475 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train knocks down a clear signal at the north end of Carr. Engineer Ed Dickens looks out the cab of UP 844 as the train approaches the grade crossing at Carr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107649 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 844 crosses Weld County Road in downtown Carr, CO on its trip south back toward Denver. The population of Carr probably doubled as people showed up to checked out the Northern-type steam locomotive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107650 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 1364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 844 is entering a stretch of track where the top speed is 60 MPH, so the throttle is opened up, unleashing a bunch of smoke from the stack. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107651 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 1359 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific It has been a stormy afternoon and the Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train depart La Salle south under mostly cloudy skies, a bit a smoke from the stack drifting off. The train is accelerating up toward a track speed of 60 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107652 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Commerce City, CO 1570 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Unfortunately, this year's Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train ended in tragedy. The train struck a pedestrian at 124th Avenue in Commerce City. I was at 120th Avenue, four blocks to the south. The crew made an emergency call to DS86 to report the incident. The train came to a stop and first responders were there almost immediately. I left and headed home right after this quick shot showing a cop arriving on scene, having a bit of a hard time keeping it together on the car ride. Nothing but prayers for the family involved and the steam crew onboard UP 844. The train remained stopped for nearly four hours as police investigated. Passengers on the train were taken off at the scene and loaded onto busses for the remainder of the trip in to town. 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