Photo ID: 113856 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pine Bluffs Pine Bluffs, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific After blowing a gasket during its maintenance stop at Pine Bluffs, WY, the steam team took out the pipe with the defective gasket and replaced the gasket in the tool car. A member of the team now has the repair section of pipe, and is bringing it back to the head end of the Big Boy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113855 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pine Bluffs Pine Bluffs, WY 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP's steam chief Ed Dickens and several members of the steam team are applying water to an air pipe on the front of the Big Boy. During the maintenance stop, a gasket blew on the main reservoir. The team is going to have to remove the pipe and replace the gasket. In order to remove the defective piece, it needs to be cooled down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113854 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pine Bluffs Pine Bluffs, WY 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific While UP 4014 is stopped on Main 2 for its maintenance stop, a westbound local with a single SD40-2 and nine covered hoppers approaches from the east on Main 1 in Pine Bluffs, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113853 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pine Bluffs Pine Bluffs, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 has come to a stop on Main 2 in Pine Bluffs, WY so some standard maintenance can be done. The Big Boy stops every 50-75 miles when out on excursions to ensure everything is greased up and running as it should be. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113852 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Egbert Laramie County, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and train are just about nine miles away from their first maintenance stop at Pine Bluffs, WY. here at Egbert, the train is on Main 2 as it passes by a 10,000 foot siding (off of Main 1) and the connection to the Yoder Subdivision. The Yoder line cuts north through Wyoming connecting the Laramie Sub to the South Morrill Sub western Nebraska. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113851 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale to CP W481 Laramie County, WY 5 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific After briefly stopping to wait for a westbound Z-train to come by at the crossover at Hillsdale, UP 4014 has the train on the move at 50 MPH (or so) on Main 2, just about 20 miles east of Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113850 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale to CP W481 Laramie County, WY 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific This westbound Z-train has a single SD70ACe bringing up the rear as it hustles toward a crew change in Cheyenne on Main 2. Most of the train consist of COFCs (Container of Flat Car), but there are a few TOFCs (Trailer on Flat Car) with UPS trailers as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113849 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale to CP W481 Laramie County, WY 4 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP Z-Train is on Main 2 about 20 miles east of Cheyenne. Generally speaking, trains follow the "right hand rule" on the Sidney Sub. However, due to maintenance on Main 1, Main 2 is the only main open here at the moment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110385 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Burns, WY 370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific, VIA, Amtrak UP 5875, transporting some Siemens-built equipment that will be delivered to VIA rail (the first six units) and Amtrak (last two units) meets a very long westbound intermodal train (the ZG2BRB) at Burns, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110384 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Burns, WY 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific Passing by an industry in the small town of Burns, WY (population 356 in 2020), an eastbound UP special rolls along near track speed on Main 2. A single C44AC-CTE is pulling a VIA trainset and two Amtrak commuter cars, built by Siemens, for transport to Chicago where they will be turned over to other railroads. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110383 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Ar Laramie County, WY 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) VIA VIA 2214 is an SCV-42, built by Siemens in Florin, CA. The unit is a variant of the Charger series of locomotives produced by Siemens, similar to the ALC-42s that Amtrak is currently receiving. VIA rail, the Canadian counterpart to Amtrak, ordered 32 of these trainsets in December 2018, which are slowly being delivered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110382 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie County, WY 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) VIA You are looking at a Siemens-made cab control commuter rail unit. This unit alone has no prime mover or traction motors. It is indeed just a cab control car that passengers can ride in. It is headed for VIA rail in Canada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110381 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Archer Curve Laramie County, WY 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific A trainset built by Siemens and destined for VIA Rail (Canada's passenger railroad) is on the move on Main 2 at Archer Curve just east of Cheyenne. The equipment will be turned over from UP to either Canadian National or Canadian Pacific at Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110380 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Archer Curve Laramie County, WY 398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific The reason for my journey to Wyoming on this Sunday! UP is transporting a VIA rail trainset and two Amtrak commuter cars from Florin, CA (the Siemens plant) to Chicago, IL. A single UP units leads the rather unique trainset through Archer Curve just east of Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110379 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Archer Curve Laramie County, WY 288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP 7249 and three other units are on the point of an eastbound manifest. The train is wrapping through the S-Curves known as Archer Curve on Main 2, headed east on the Sidney Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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