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Photo ID: 113874
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Brush
Brush, CO
133
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Brush (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF runs a local out of Brush, CO, and the power on that local (currently just being stored as the local is not running today, Memorial Day) is an GP60M and a GP38-3 (former GP35). In fact, this is the first GP60M that I have shot in 17 years! Not since 2009 have I managed to catch one.
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Photo ID: 113873
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sterling to Peetz
Logan County, CO
129
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Angora (BNSF) BNSF
A pair of ES44ACs lead a southbound BNSF coal load by an irrigation pond in northeast Colorado on the Angora Subdivision. There was a little breeze, creating ripples in the pond, disrupting what would have otherwise been the perfect reflection shot. Ripples or not, this might have been my favorite shot of the day.
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Photo ID: 113872
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Lorenzo to Sidney
Lorenzo, NE
125
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Angora (BNSF) BNSF
Just north of the siding of Lorenzo, a northbound BNSF coal empty has just a single SD70ACe on the point of the train as it passes by a farmer working in the field.
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Photo ID: 113871
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sidney
Sidney, NE
110
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Final shot from the day of UP 4014, now stopped in the yard in Sidney, NE, where it will "sleep" for the night. The tanker truck is filled with water and will fill the Big Boy's "water bottle" back up for the next leg of the trip to North Platte, NE tomorrow. Ultimately, the train will move from Union Pacific to Norfolk Southern in Chicago, running on NS tracks (in anticipation of the proposed merger between UP and NS) to Philadelphia. The steam train returns to Cheyenne at the end of July.
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Photo ID: 113870
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Sidney
Sidney, NE
137
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
UP 4014 is letting off a bit of smoke as it has come to a stop in the yard at Sidney, NE. UP actually does run a local out of a Sidney, and keeps a handful of units in town for that local. UP 4014 has completed the first 100 miles of its journey from Cheyenne to Philadelphia. It will be in Philadelphia on July 4th to celebrate the Semiquincentennial.
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Photo ID: 113869
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W408 (Sidney)
Sidney, NE
141
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
UP 4014 is creeping along at about 10 MPH as it is preparing to come to a stop for the first night of many to come on this incredible journey to Philadelphia and back.
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Photo ID: 113868
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W408 (Sidney)
Sidney, NE
133
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
UP 4014 has left Main 2 behind and is now on one of the yard tracks here in the small yard at Sidney, NE. The signals on the bridge, from left to right, are for Main 2, Main 1, and the 11,000-foot siding at Sidney. No signal head for Big Boy as the train is out of CTC and now in yard limits.
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Photo ID: 113867
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W424 to Sidney
Potter Precinct, NE
118
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
A lot of folks really enjoy pacing the Big Boy as it is moving along at track speed! You can see the line of cars here on US-30 that are doing precisely that, taking in the sights and sounds of the train as it heads east.
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Photo ID: 113866
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Point of Rocks
Potter Precinct, NE
150
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Looks east from Point of Rocks, the red, white, and blue boxcars really make a strong statement on the semiquincentennial train led by the Big Boy.
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Photo ID: 113865
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Point of Rocks
Potter Precinct, NE
127
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
One of my personal favorite shots of the day came at the location known as Point of Rocks just east of Potter, NE. Nebraska is, of course, a relatively flat state, and Point of Rocks is one of the places that has a few significant hills (with a lot of rocks!). Partly cloudy skies help create a bit of a dramatic scene here along US-30.
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Photo ID: 113864
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Point of Rocks
Potter Precinct, NE
125
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Subdivision
Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Working to outrun the clouds drifting across the sky, UP 4014 makes its way through an S-curve at the location know as "Point of Rocks". One of the more interesting terrain features in the relatively flat terrain of Nebraska.
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Photo ID: 113863
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W459 to CP W449
Bushnell Precinct, NE
106
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
UP 4014 never fails to attract a huge crowd. Not only those who might characterize themselves as railfans, but even the general public that find steam cool will often make their way trackside. This afternoon, the parade of cars paralleling the train on US-30 is long as the train continues east.
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Photo ID: 113862
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
CP W459 to CP W449
Bushnell Precinct, NE
150
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
Under partly cloudy skies, UP 4014 follows along US-30 in western Nebraska between Bushnell and Kimball. It was pretty great watching the train move east with the Big Boy as the only power on the train!
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Photo ID: 113861
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
126
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Railroad
Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
I do not claim to know much about how steam locomotives work, but when UP 4014 starts pulling, it frequently lets a little steam free from the pistons, making for a cool scene. such is the case here at Pine Bluffs, WY as the train starts up to continue east.
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Photo ID: 113860
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs, WY
130
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Sidney (UP) Union Pacific
After close to a 90 minute stop on Main 2 in Pine Bluffs, WY, UP 4014 and train are steaming up and starting to roll, ready to continue the first leg of the journey east to the small yard in Sidney, NE.
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