A very long westbound stack train is current in Hermosa Tunnel on Main 1. The headlight of the lead unit is lighting the way as the train is about to emerge from the west portal. Note that you can see the stacks through the Main 2 tunnel.
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An AC4400CW and an ES44AC lead a stack train that is close to two miles long through the 1,800 foot long Hermosa Tunnel on Main 1. The train is about 20 minutes ahead of UP 4014, the Big Boy, leading a westbound special.
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It is 9:50am and UP 7202 and UP 5497 are two of three units on this two mile long westbound double stack train at Hermosa. There is a mid-train swing helper, buried about a mile back in the train.
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UP 7394 is the sole mid-train swing helper on this two mile long double stack train. As the train is coming up and over the grade at Hermosa, the train is starting to pick up some speed.
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One company that UP ships a lot of container traffic for is Ocean Network Express, or ONE. Their pink containers certainly stand out, and it is interesting just seeing the color pink on a train! Such is the case with this westbound two mile long double stack train between Hermosa Tunnel and Tie Siding.
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It has been a few years (2021, to be exact) since I last got out and shot UP 4014. With the train leaving Cheyenne west on the final day of June, it was time to get some shots. The sole headlight on the Big Boy is illuminated in Hermosa Tunnel on Main 1, about to emerge from the tunnel.
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UP 4014, the Big Boy, kicks up some smoke and blasts out some steam as it leads a westbound special out of Hermosa Tunnel on Main 1.
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This shot almost looks like it could've shot 70 years ago, when Big Boys were found in regular service on the Overland. UP is running this special run of UP 4014 without a diesel helper. Just the Big Boy, a couple of passenger cars, and some pristine UP freight equipment.
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UP 4014 is headed west on Main 1 after emerging from Hermosa Tunnel on a summer run that will take the train through several western states over the next month or so. This was definitely one of my favorite shots of the day, and a great way to start the chase to Rawlins, WY.
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UP 4014 is on a westbound special on Main 1 at Tie Siding. There is no diesel helper on this trip as it was allegedly bad ordered in Cheyenne. The train has three passenger cars, five box cars, seven covered hoppers, and a bay side caboose.
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Many people, myself included, were expecting UP 4014 to head west from Tie Siding to Laramie on Main 3. But UP instead decided to send it west on Main 1. Here, just east of Laramie, engineer Ed Dickens looks at the window as the train is approaching its stop in Laramie.
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I grew up in the diesel era, but I am not going to lie that there is nothing like seeing the 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" in command of a train. UP is taking the engine to Roseville and back over the next several weeks. The train will operate over Donner Pass and it will run through Feather River Canyon as well.
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There's a lot of straight stretches of track on UP's Overland in Wyoming, but there are also several areas that are quite scenic. One such spot is Rock River. UP 4014 is coming around the curve in front of the rocky ridge on Main 1.
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The tracks of the Overland Route skirt the rocks of Lower Pine Ridge, providing a great backdrop for UP 4014 and train. Afternoon clouds are starting to move in, nice as "fluffy" now, but thunderstorms will roll through later in the day.
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A eastbound covered hopper train has come to a stop on Main 2 between Hanna and Ramsey. Another eastbound needs to steal the second unit on the head end of this train to make the climb. The other train will pull along next to this train on the south siding in the foreground.
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