Photo ID: 113762 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Two members of the Union Pacific steam team work on UP 4014 during a scheduled stop at Medicine Bow, WY. I am by no means a steam expert as I grew up in the diesel era, so I do not know precisely what is being down here. However, the crew has oil (or grease) and a funnel, so I assume they are greasing up some of the components. If you know for sure, please feel free to leave a comment! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113761 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The name "Big Boy" was not originally an official designation for the new 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive ALCO produced in 1941. As the history (or lore) goes, a shop worker at ALCO, impressed by the size of the locomotive, wrote "Big Boy" in chalk on the from of the unit. The name then stuck, and was even cast in metal on the smoke box. Today, with the restoration of UP 4014, the steam crew writes "Big Boy" in chalk on the front of the unit, honoring its history. You can clearly see it written here, as UP 4014 sits alongside the intermediate signal at MP 622.9 (on Main 2) on UP's Laramie Subdivision in Medicine Bow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113760 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is stopped across the grade crossing in Medicine Bow for a scheduled stop. Union Pacific had several of their police officers on scene for safety and crowd control, keeping people back from the tracks. Particularly from Main 1, which was still active and trains might pass through by the Big Boy on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113759 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Medicine Bow Medicine Bow, WY 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific As it typically the case, UP 4014 attracted a large crowd chasing it. Additionally, a boatload of people showed up at Medicine Bow to watch the train make one of two scheduled stops between Rawlins and Cheyenne. In this shot, you can see several of the people gathered, watching, as the train approaches from the west on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113758 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W633 (Como) to CP W639 (Ramsey) Carbon County, WY 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Between Hanna and Medicine Bow, the UP Big Boy (4014) and train are approaching the US-30 underpass on the journey east to Cheyenne under overcast skies (at the moment). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113757 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W633 (Como) to CP W639 (Ramsey) Carbon County, WY 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The winds were very strong in Wyoming today as UP 4014 and train headed east from Rawlins to Cheyenne. With partly cloudy skies, the wind was blowing the clouds in and out the area very quickly. Here, just as a cloud catches up, UP 4014 and train head east on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113756 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W643 (Hanna) to CP W650 (Durrant) Carbon County, WY 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and train departed Cheyenne westbound in March with UP 1616, UP 1776, and a dozen or passenger cars. However, on the return trip east, a lot of passenger cars were removed, along with UP 1616 and UP 1776 and they were sent to Council Bluffs, IA in preparation of the eastern tour. Covered hoppers were added to the back to help with braking. Here, the train is approaching Arch Road, in Carbon County. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113755 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 24, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Steele Carbon County, WY 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is wrapping up its semiquincentennial cross-country tour. After departing Rawlins, WY about 15 minutes earlier, the train is crossing the North Platte river at Fort Steele on Main 2, making its way east toward its home in Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113754 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In typical BNSF oil train fashion, a trio of unit lead an eastbound in Barbara's Gulch on the approach to a green intermediate signal at MP 16.1. The train met a Denver-Provo at Rocky, and will now get green signals the rest of the way in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113753 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil load rolls east through Barbara's Gulch on a pleasant spring day. Thick morning clouds have given way to thinner, higher clouds, providing some more-direct sunlight on the approaching eastbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113752 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific So close and yet so far away! UP 1996 and three other units lead Union Pacific's MNYGR. The train is currently picking up its DPU back in north yard. A utility crew is getting its air hose, etc hooked up. If the train were three or four cars shorter, Washington Street would have been cleared. Alas, traffic is going to have to wait a bit longer. While most motorists are probably not railfans, perhaps a few note the uniquely painted Espee heritage unit leading the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113751 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The Belt Industrial Lead, which is only four miles long, is often time a bit of a bottleneck in the Denver area. It connects North Yard to 36th Street Yard, the Limon Sub, and the Greeley Sub. The line also has numerous switches and industries that are regularly switched by a yard job. Since it is a single track main, one train can stop several others. At the moment, this MNYGR is slowing to a stop to pick up its DPU, way back in North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113750 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 1996 is technically moving away from the camera, making a reverse move back in to North Yard on the Belt Industrial Lead. The train needs to pick up its DPU before it officially departs and heads for the Greeley Subdivision. The grade crossing is Washington Street, and the overpass in the distance is I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113749 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 1996 and train have come to a stop on the Belt Industrial Lead. A North Yard utility crew is throwing a few switches behind the train, so it make a reverse move and pick up its DPU. At the moment, the train is crossing Broadway and Washington Street, likely aggravating a lot of motorists. Momentarily, the train will make a reverse move to pick up the DPU. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113748 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific In one of the more industrial parts of Denver, UP 1996 and the MNYGR pass by a billboard advertising Southwest Airlines. The train is on the 4-mile-long Belt Industrial Lead, which connects North Yard with the Greeley Subdivision (and the Limon Subdivision and 36th Street Yard). The train is just about the pass underneath I-25, the busiest highway in the state of Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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