Photo ID: 112800 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of the Cheyenne yard, a westbound UP manifest passes through the OS at CP W511. It is only 55ºF (11ºC) out this morning, and very overcast, as the train departs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112801 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The UP Steam Team announced that there would only be one run of the Big Boy in 2025. That run is between Cheyenne, WY and Denver, CO (and back) over the course of three days. The train just came out of the yard on Main 4, and is passing by CP W511. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112802 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP always runs the Big Boy with a diesel unit as backup, as well as to help with dynamic braking on downhill grades. This year, it was UP 1616, the Abraham Lincoln unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112803 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr to Speer Weld County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific North of Carr, UP 4014 leads a UP passenger special southbound on a very overcast July morning. UP auctioned off a few cab rides on UP 4014 for this trip...to the tune of $25,000 per ticket! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112804 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W086 (North Carr) Weld County, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is putting on a decent show as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the north switch of Carr. The trees have grown quite high here, so a bit of elevation is needed to avoid blocking the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112805 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W071 (South Nunn) Weld County, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and UP 1616 lead UP's passenger equipment on a special excursion at the south end of Nunn. It is overcast and a bit cooler that it has been, helping the steam coming off the Big Boy to show up a bit better. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112806 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W071 (South Nunn) Weld County, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Between the small plains towns of Ault and Nunn, UP 4014 is moving along at track speed (around between 50 and 60 MPH) as the train charges south along the two lane US-85 and several open fields. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112807 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 crosses 10th Street in Greeley and is slows to a stop, a crowds of several hundred (if not a thousand or more) watch the ALCO 4-8-8-4 slow to a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112808 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific During its 30 minute stop here in Greeley, the steam crew will do several things. They will check UP 4014's exterior, as well as add oil where necessary. They also swap out the Wyoming state flag with a Colorado state flag. This one of the classy things the steam team does on their excursions, changing out the state flags as they go. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112809 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The Big Boy has come to a stop on the main right by the Colorado Model Railroad Museum, which contains a massive HO layout inside. Greeley police have 10th Street completely closed at the grade crossing to allow admirers of the Big Boy to stand and check out the massive machine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112810 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific It is always amazing just how many people the Big Boy draws trackside. People from all over the state (and even country) have come to Greeley to check out the excursion. People were set up with camp chairs, some had ladders, while others were just on foot, happy to be there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112811 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The UP steam team has changed out the Wyoming state flag with a Colorado state flag here at the station stop in Greeley. Another 10 minutes or so and the train should be ready to start steaming south toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112812 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific On this particular excursion, UP auctioned off some cab rides to a handful of lucky patrons. There were four legs for (I believe) four passengers on each leg: Cheyenne to Greeley, Greeley to Denver, and on the return trip, Denver to Greeley, and Greeley to Cheyenne. Right here, the Cheyenne to Greeley riders have detrained, and the Greeley to Denver riders have boarded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112813 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle to Greeley La Salle, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The high summer sun breaks through the clouds at UP 4014 and UP 1616 lead a passenger excursion across the South Platte River in between the towns of Evans, CO and LaSalle, CO. A wave of cars is soon to show up on southbound US-85, chasing after the steam engine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112814 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville to La Salle Platteville, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific There is a very decent curve just north of Platteville where the tracks curve around from a southwest heading to a southern heading (for southbounds). UP 4014 and train are rounding that curve here, coming up on a clear (green) signal at the north end of Platteville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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