Photo ID: 106109 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 (Cheyenne) Cheyenne, WY 1499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific It certainly seemed fitting to get a roster shot of UP 844 as it arrived in Cheyenne. After not having been under its own steam in three years, it sure looked good rolling in to Cheyenne on a beautiful Saturday morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106108 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 (Cheyenne) Cheyenne, WY 1442 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Running almost precisely on time, UP 844 arrives in Cheyenne with the Cheyenne Frontier Days train in tow. The train is currently on Main 4, but is about to cross over to Main 1 at CP W511. It will then pull in to the station and passengers will begin to disembark. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106029 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 3, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Borie (CP W519) Larimer County, WY 1381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific A couple of miles west of Cheyenne finds a manifest on the move on UP's Laramie Subdivision. The train is on UP's busiest route...the Overland Route. Traveling on Main 2 at the moment, the train will change crews in Cheyenne and the new crew will keep the train rolling east toward Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105371 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Laramie County, WY 1544 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific I should preface this shot by stating that I love UP's DDA40X. I think it is great that, in 2015, it is still operational. However, I like that you can barely see the DD40AX in this particular shot, because the E-units and the UP passenger cars are so streamlined and are a perfect match for each other. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105370 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP 951 Laramie County, WY 1506 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The process of wying the Cheyenne Frontier Days special is roughly halfway complete. The train is at Speer Jct, about eight miles outside Cheyenne. Here, the train is coming down one leg of the wye. This leg connects Mains 3 and 4 with the Greeley Subdivision toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105369 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Laramie County, WY 1501 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Once the Cheyenne Frontier Days special arrives in Cheyenne and its passengers detrain, the train needs to be wyed (turned around) in preparation for the return trip to Denver. The nearest why is at Speer, which is actually about eight miles away from Cheyenne. Rather than make a long (and slow) reverse move, the Granite switcher hooks on to the rear of the train. This allows the train to move at track speed. Here, UP 2525 (a fantastically shiny and new ES44AC) pulls the train through the curve, approaching the signals at Speer on Main 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105368 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 1671 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific A westbound ballast train pulls out of the Cheyenne Yard, ready to head west on the Laramie Sub. The train is on Main 4, crossing underneath the BNSF Front Range Sub. The train is on Main 4 because it will actually swing south and go through Speer Junction before heading west on Main 3 to Dale Jct. Main 3 is on a totally separate grade from Mains 1 and 2 between Cheyenne and Dale Jct (near Hermosa Tunnel). Main 3 is longer, but the grade is much lower, so heavy westbounds, such as this ballast train, frequently take Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105367 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Borie (CP W519) Laramie County, WY 1395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound grain train comes around the bend at Borie on Main 1. If you look closely, you'll notice a track running across the picture coming out left from the near the signals. This is the "Borie Cutoff", which runs from Mains 1 and 2 over to Speer and Mains 3 and 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105366 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 1910 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The journey is almost over! It has been a beautiful ride for passengers on Cheyenne Frontier Days, but the (morning) ride is nearly over. The train just received permission to enter "Form B" limits at Cheyenne and will cross over from Main 4 to Main 1 at CP W511. A "Form B" is a special form that allows train maintenance to occur on the tracks. No train can enter (or, once coming to a stop, move within) Form B limits without explicit verbal consent from the track foreman in charge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105365 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 1638 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Old meets new! On the right side of this picture, we find a trio of SD70s (an SD70ACe sandwiched by two SD70Ms) on a train stopped on Main 1. The power on that train is all from the 21st century. Meanwhile, on the left side of the picture, we have a trio of E9s (an E9B sandwiched, of course, by two E9As) and a DDA40X. The E9s haven't seen revenue service since the 1950s! The DDA40X is only slightly more recent, last seeing revenue service in the 1970s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105364 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 1514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The E-unit and the DDA40X on Cheyenne Frontier Days are "home". When not in use, they are typically kept and maintained in Cheyenne at the roundhouse. You may have noticed that there is no nose door on UP 951. UP welded it shut and painted over the seams a few years ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105363 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 1558 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The Cheyenne Frontier Days Special is closing in on its destination! The train is currently on Main 4 and approaching CP W511 at the west end of Cheyenne. At CP W511, the train will cross over all the way from Main 4 to Main 1 and pull in to the Cheyenne Depot to allow its passengers to detrain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103838 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 510 Cheyenne, WY 1876 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific This was the right way to wrap up a fantastic weekend trip with my dad! Literally 10 minutes prior to the sun setting, this manifest passed by heading east. An hour earlier, Cheyenne was pummeled by a torrential downpour that included nickel-to-quarter sized hail. That, however, result in the formation of this fantastic pond, allowing for a nice capture of an SD70ACe and an SD70M, both sporting the American flag. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103837 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 510 Cheyenne, WY 1382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP manifest with a fresh crew is approaching the Cheyenne Depot on "P2" (Main 2). Crews getting ready to move UP 844, which arrived a few hours earlier on the Cheyenne Frontier Days train, from "P1" back to the roundhouse. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102833 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 600 Rock River, WY 1566 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific There is a nice cut located above the highway (US-287) a few miles east of Rock River, WY. Here, an empty grain train approaches the cut on Main 2 heading east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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