Just west of the west end of Byers, UP 4014 is approaching the West Bijou Creek trestle. The train is headed for it's next scheduled stop at Strasburg, CO.
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UP's Big Boy rounds the curve at Cedar Point along the 5,000 stub-end siding. Once upon a time, there was actually a wye here at Cedar Point. I don't know the exactly history, but I assume helpers might have once cut off here at Cedar Point after helping up the grade. Feel free to comment if you know the history!
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UP 4014 slowly rounds the curve at Cedar Point, about 12 miles west of Limon. The siding of Cedar Point is just under 5,000 feet long, and is now a single ended track. The east switch has been completely removed, and it is now a 5,000 foot stub track, with access available only at the west end.
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UP 4014 climbs the (roughly) 1.3% grade west here at Cedar Point. This is one of the steepest climbs along the Limon Subdivision, and UP 4014 is letting a bit of smoke loose in response to the increased grade.
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UP 4014 heads west at track speed as it passes by a lot of viewers at the Limon Depot. The depot is now a railroad museum, and volunteers and patrons alike enjoyed seeing the Big Boy pass by.
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Roster shot of former KYLE 5006 (previously UTAH 5006). It is now SPTX 5006 and it is waiting for UP to transport it to South Morrill, NE.
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Roster shot of former KYLE 5005 (previously UTAH 5005). It is now SPTX 5005 and it is waiting for UP to transport it to South Morrill, NE.
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Roster shot of former KYLE 5003 (previously UTAH 5003). It is now SPTX 5003 and it is waiting for UP to transport it to South Morrill, NE.
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While waiting for UP 4014 to show up in Limon, I thought I'd take advantage of the extra time and get a few additional shots of SSRX 1503 and the trio of former Utah Railways MK50-3s waiting for transport their next owners now that the KYLE has sold them.
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It's station stop in Kit Carson complete, UP 4014 is picking up speed as it heads west toward Denver.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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