Photo ID: 108898 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Burns, WY 476 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific If there is one thing you can count on, it is that a steam engine on the mainline is always going to attract a crowd! Whether the engine (or engines) are "under steam" (powered) or not! Case-in-point is the not insignificant crowd gathered here to watch UP 5716 pulling UP 3985 (4-6-6-4) and UP 5511 (2-10-2) along with the rest of a hospital train heading for donation to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America museum in Silvas, IL. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108897 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Burns, WY 509 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific After developing a problem that required some significant attention, UP 5716 has the hospital train back on the roll again at Burns, WY. After dealing with the latest issue, it was decided that the train be restricted to 20 MPH for the duration of its trip. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108896 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Burns, WY 454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP manifest, with some pipe on the point, approaches the Hwy 213 underpass on Main 1 as it makes its way toward Cheyenne (and its next crew change). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108895 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific The 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" class steam engine is a relatively short 72 feet (including its tender) when compared to a lot of its big brothers from steam history. For example, the 4-6-6-4 "Challenger", which is also on this hospital train, is 121 feet long (including its tender), nearly 50 feet longer! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108894 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific I am no steam expert by a long shot, but I believe UP 3985 is missing quite a bit of its skin that would be used to cover the boiler and firebox. I am not sure why it was removed, or if it is being included with the donation of the unit to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America museum. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108893 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 495 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific There's not a lot to be found in southeastern Wyoming. Plains, fencing, tumbleweeds, and the occasional train! A tumbleweed is stuck in a barbed wire fence as UP 5716 leads an eastbound hospital train on Main 2. The crew just completed an inspection of the old equipment and have determined it is okay to continue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108892 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 490 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific "Hot rail on Main 1!" As the crew of UP's hospital train looks over the equipment on Main 2, they are notified of a "hot rail" on Main 1, an indication that a train is coming by. Said train is a westbound intermodal with four units on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108891 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 470 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific A westbound intermodal train, with a quartet of elephant-style units on the point, highballs west through the tiny town of Hillsdale, WY under blue skies on a pleasant Veteran's Day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108890 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 571 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific I consider myself quite privileged that I had the opportunity - on more than one occasion - to witness UP 6936 operating on special trains on the UP. This even includes a couple occasions I saw it run on the Moffat. While I am glad that it is going to be maintained at the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America museum in Silvas, IL, I am sad that it will no longer roam free on throughout UP's system. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108889 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 432 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific A slightly elevated look at UP 5511 as it sits on the turnout to the (stub) house track off of Main 2 in Hillsdale, WY. The heritage crew is checking out the hold equipment and, as such, is temporarily stopped. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108888 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hillsdale Hillsdale, WY 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UP 5716 has come to a stop on Main 2 at Hillsdale, WY. The UP heritage crew is making frequent stops on the trip east to check out the hospital train and make sure the old equipment is in okay shape for the continued journey. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108887 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Archer Curve Cheyenne, WY 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Chicago North Western One of the units being donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America museum by UP is Chicago Northwestern F7A #401. Two of its sister units, 402 and 403, were sold to the Royal Gorge Route Railroad in Canon City, CO. 401 was not lucky enough to be included in that deal, and so here it rolls east on the Sidney Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108886 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Archer Curve Cheyenne, WY 509 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific UPB 966 has seen better days! This is an E9B that was originally UP, then sold to Amtrak when Amtrak was first formed. Once Amtrak received newer equipment, it was sold back to UP where it was stored at the roundhouse in Cheyenne and used for parts for the operable E9s UP still has on the heritage fleet. It appears that no more cannibalism is possible as it is being donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America museum in Silvas, IL. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108885 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Archer Curve Cheyenne, WY 480 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific One of the smaller donations UP is making to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America museum in Silvas, IL is classic UP caboose UP 25740. Hopefully, it'll find a happy home in Silvas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108884 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Archer Curve Arvada, CO 510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific You can see a crewman in the cab of UP 5511 and a crewman looking out of the "tool car" ahead of two more passenger cars and UP 6936 as the hospital train pulls east toward Archer on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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