Photo ID: 114136 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs Sharon Springs, KS 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific About 20 minutes before the sun crests the horizon, UP 4014 sits quietly on the North Pass track in Sharon Springs, KS. In a little under four hours, the train will be steamed up and ready to head to Denver. But for now, it sits in the relatively cool morning air. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114137 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs Sharon Springs, KS 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific On a beautiful Monday morning, the sun is just over the horizon, creating a beautiful sunrise as UP 4014 and train sit on the North Pass here at Sharon Springs. The UP steam crew is just showing up, getting ready to warm up the Big Boy for departure in just over three hours. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114138 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs Sharon Springs, KS 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific Sharon Springs, KS is the away terminal for UP crews coming west from Denver as well as east from Salina. The town of 751 people is also the home of the Wildcats (the local high school). This morning, just after sunrise, an eastbound coal load is pulling in to town. The 105-car train loaded at the West Elk Mine in Western Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114139 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs Sharon Springs, KS 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP 7771 has slowed to a stop on the main track at the east end of Sharon Springs. You might note that there are two SD70Ms trailing behind the other two lead units. The SD70Ms will be set out on the South Pass Track, likely for use on a local out of Sharon Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114140 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs Sharon Springs, KS 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific This trip to go after UP 4014 in Kansas was really my first time chasing in Kansas. In several locations, I noticed these interesting derails that include a derail sign that is over the rails when the derail is set. Not a bad idea as it clearly makes the fact the derail is aligned against the train. An eastbound UP coal train has slowed to a stop on the main. A new crew will take the train east to Salina, KS. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114141 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs Sharon Springs, KS 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific A nice morning shot of an eastbound coal load stopped on the main at Sharon Springs. After setting out a pair of SD70Ms here, a crew van will pick up the inbound crew and drop off an outbound crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114142 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs to McAllister Gove County, KS 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP has a slow order across this bridge just east of Wallace. The train is moving at 20 MPH under partly cloudy skies. The skies are mostly cloudy to the east, blocking out the sun for this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114143 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sharon Springs to McAllister Gove County, KS 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the siding of McAllister, UP 7771 crosses over Turkey Creek on a concrete trestle that is relatively new, built in 2002. On April 12, 2002, an eastbound coal train tripped a hotbox detector. Following regulations, the crew stopped the train to walk the train an examine it for a hotbox. Unknown to the crew, the car with the hotbox stopped on the wooden trestle that was located here, over Turkey Creek. The hotbox caused the trestle to catch fire and burn down! The train was still on the bridge, and multiple hoppers fell with the collapsed bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114144 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed McAllister to Hackberry Gove County, KS 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP 7771 and UP 5701 leads an eastbound coal load by a field of growing corn. In a month or two, the corn will likely be ready for harvest. In the meantime, the green crops backs for a great background! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114145 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jim to Sharon Springs Wallace County, KS 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A lot of additional traffic (compared to the previous day) is now on US-40, chasing the UP 4014 Big Boy westbound. Here, the train is approaching the Colorado/Kansas border. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114146 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jim to Sharon Springs Wallace County, KS 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific We are right at the Kansas/Colorado state line, and UP 4014 is about to leave Kansas (and Wallace County) behind as it heads into Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114147 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jim to Sharon Springs Cheyenne County, CO 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Welcome to Colorful Colorado! A lot of traffic on US-40 crosses from Kansas into Colorado in pursuit of UP 4014 and train. In addition to road traffic, the train even attracted a handful of planes, including one that you can just see above and slightly to the left of the bayside caboose. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114148 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Wells Cheyenne Wells, CO 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and train are on the move through the small town of Cheyenne Wells, CO. There is no stop for the Big Boy today in the town of 702 residents. Things are pretty rural out here on the high plains. All of Cheyenne County (for which Cheyenne Wells in the county seat) only has 1,713 residents! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114149 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kit Carson to Jim Cheyenne County, CO 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 crosses over a creek bed on a wooden trestle a couple of miles east of Kit Carson. Once reaching Kit Carson, the train will make the first of two scheduled maintenance stops on the trip west to Denver. In the wide open plains, there is a nice little bunch of trees here at the trestle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114150 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kit Carson Kit Carson, CO 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A crowd of folks gather around UP 4014 as it makes a scheduled maintenance stop in Kit Carson, CO. Folks have come from all over Colorado, western Kansas, and states beyond to see the huge steam machine on its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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