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Photo by: Kevin Morgan
Pretty amazing to be able to witness a standard gauge steam engine operating in 2016! This UP 4-8-4 "Northern" class steam engine is almost 72 years old! Of those 72 years, the engine spent roughly 15 years in actual active service. It has spent the next 57 years in the excursion business.
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Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 17:05:15
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Location Information

City or County and State
Cheyenne, WY

Subdivision
Laramie (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
CP W511 (Cheyenne)



Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific 		Model
4-8-4 		Primary Unit Number
UP 844

Paint Scheme
Symbol
PDVDV2-23 		Train Type
Special

Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 7D 		ISO
400
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
18 mm 		Shutter
1/500 seconds 		Aperture
f/9