Photo ID: 113618 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hermosa Albany County, WY 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific You know I just had to get a nice overhead shot of UP 4014 and train as it approaches the east portal of Hermosa Tunnel on Main 2 on a beautiful Wyoming morning. It is about 60°F out this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113619 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Anybody that has ever chased a UP steam train before knows that it can be very difficult to get ahead of the train due to the number of people interested in pacing the train on the highway rather than get ahead of it. After shooting the train at Hermosa, I could not get ahead of it again until Laramie. Here, the train has crossed over from Main 3 to Main 1 and is approaching it's first stop so it can get greased up. The flags look very classy, as does the new eagle the steam crew added to the nose for the 250th birthday of the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113620 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The Big Boy is going to be spending a lot of time on the rails in the next few months! Today is the first day of a tour that will take the train from California to Washington DC! The Big Boy sure looks good as it rolls by the camera here on Main 1 in Laramie, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113621 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Last year, UP unveiled an SD70M painted in a special scheme honoring Abraham Lincoln. The unit was renumber UP 1616 (as Lincoln was the 16th President). The unit is on the train with the Big Boy, seen here behind the "water bottle" arriving in Laramie. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113622 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific is working on painting a unit, which will be number UP 4547, in a red, white, and blue scheme for the 250th Anniversary of the United States. However, there is some controversy out there as the unit will include President Donald Trump's name on the unit (note UP 4547, for the 45th and 47th President). However, that unit was not yet ready for the western leg of the cross-country tour of UP 4014. UP 1776, which is freshly painted in UP's scheme, but has an "America 250" decal on the nose, was used on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113623 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lower Pine Ridge Albany County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific There are some really cool rock formations 30 or so miles west of Laramie on UP's Overland. I thought the rocks might make for a cool subject in a shot that include UP 4014 and train on its journey west. Now that we are west of Laramie, the special is running on Main 1 as it passes through a double crossover here at CP W601, not far east of Rock River, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113624 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lower Pine Ridge Albany County, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The Big Boy special hit a few delays getting out of Cheyenne, and again at Dale Jct. That turned out to work well here at Lower Pine Ridge as the sun had made it a bit further west in the sky, allowing for some really nice light as the train skirts the rock formations on the way west on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113625 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie to Rock River Albany County, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific I had some commitments back home in Denver in the evening, so this was the farthest west I was able to chase UP 4014 on this trip. I included this shot to give an idea of the number of steam fans the Big Boy always draws! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113626 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific As you may be aware, Union Pacific has a lot of locomotives stored all throughout its system right now. Laramie, WY is no exception, as there are nearly two dozen SD70Ms in storage here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113627 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific I'm not sure, but this SD70M might hold the record for the most amount of "tagging" (graffiti) that I've seen applied to a single unit! While it is being stored in Laramie, WY now, I'm guessing it must have spent some time in Southern California or the Houston, TX area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113628 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Talk about graffiti! If UP 4357 is put back in to active service (it is currently being stored in Laramie, WY in this shot), I certainly hope that one of the first stops will be at the paint shop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113629 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific This particular SD70M, currently in storage in the yard in Laramie, WY, is one of 25 SD70Ms that Southern Pacific received prior to the merger with Union Pacific. In fact, UP 3999 here was the last of the 25 units, SP 9824, delivered in August 1994. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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