Photo ID: 114114 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grinnell Grinnell, KS 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific After going through a slow order, UP 4014 is starting to accelerate a bit here in Grinnell, KS, and a bit of smoke is being kicked up as a result. A UP ballast cleaning crew sits at the east end of an agricultural siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114113 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grinnell Grinnell, KS 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) SSRX SSRX is S&S Locomotive Leasing, a leasing company that seems to lease to a lot of agriculture businesses in the plains. Once such leased unit is this Pathway Ag SD40 in Grinnell, KS. Not too often you come across an SD40 (rather than an SD40-2) these days! Granted, it might be an SD40-2 internally, but the car body is still that of an SD40. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114112 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific Most railroads painted a unit in red, white, and blue and renumbered it 1776 (and/or 2026) for the 250th Anniversary of the United States. Union Pacific, however, just applied an "American 250" patch to this freshly painted SD70M. I think they chose to do this to keep the consist of the special more uniform with UP Armour Yellow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114111 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific With its maintenance stop in Grainfield, KS now complete, folks have moved back from the tracks and UP 4014 is kicking up some smoke as the throttle is opened and the train starts pulled west. From here, it will continue on to Sharon Springs, KS, where it will stay overnight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114110 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific A UP special agent speaks with a member of the steam team as a maintenance stop continues here in Grainfield, KS. UP special agents are fully deputized police, with law enforcement abilities including (but not limited to) making arrests if necessary. Many railroads, including all the Class 1 railroads, have such special agents on the payroll. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114109 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific Getting down low along the rails for a shot of UP 4014 during its maintenance stop in Grainfield. Two Union Pacific special agents (UP police) were on the scene to make sure people were staying safe. They were very polite and had not issue with people crossing the main to get pictures, etc on either side of the tracks. During this maintenance stop, a (diesel) fuel truck met the train to top off the fuel tank in UP 1776 (the SD70M joining the Big Boy on the journey). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114108 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific The Kansas State Flag is flapping in the breeze on the front of UP 4014 during a scheduled maintenance stop. It is a scorcher of a day, with temperatures already 100ºF (38ºC) just before noon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114107 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific Two members of UP's steam team are working to grease up all the components required to make UP 4014 run. These maintenance stops happen very frequently to ensure the Big Boy stays in perfect running order. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114106 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific A roster shot of UP 4014 as it is stopped in Grainfield, KS for a maintenance stop. In another 15 minutes (give or take), the train will be ready to continue west toward Sharon Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114105 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific "Grainfield: Where Dreams Grow in Fields of Gold". Not a bad slogan for the rural farming community! Many people, no doubt include a lot of local farmers, have gathered to check out the massive 4-8-8-4 Big Boy that stopped in the tiny community for about 30 minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114104 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific So far as I know, nobody was actually riding on the bayside caboose on the back of the Big Boy special. I think it was present only for display purposes. But it makes for a great site here at the Grainfield sign! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114103 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific The population of the small Kansas town of Grainfield, KS is 322, according to the most recent census. Looks like there is a good chance the population of the town at least doubled on this Sunday morning, as a lot of people flocked in to see the Big Boy up close and personal during its scheduled maintenance stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114102 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 blows off a bit of steam as it has come to a stop across the main grade crossing in Grainfield, KS. As always, even in rural areas like the Kansas country side, Big Boy attracts a crowd! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114101 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific If there is one things Kansas (and the plains in general) have in abundance, it is grain elevators! UP's Big Boy is slowing to a stop in Grainfield, KS as it rolls by the Heinrich Feeds grain elevator. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114100 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 26, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grainfield Grainfield, KS 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharon Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 kicks up a plume of smoke as the train slows towards a maintenance stop in Grainfield, KS. The train will stop for roughly 30 minutes for grease to be applied to the drivers (and other components). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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