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Viewing Album: Union Pacific Big Boys
By:
Lucas Connor
Dates:
9/1/1941 - 6/29/2016
Album Info:
Images taken by various photographers of UP's 25 4-8-8-4 Big Boy locomotives, along with my own images of the 8 preserved units across America.
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Title:
Big Boy 4005
Description:
UP 4005 leads a train out of Laramie in April of 1948. 4005 will be donated to the Forney Museum in Denver after its retirement in 1959. 4005 was also the only Big Boy to get into a serious/deadly wreck. In April of 1953, it took a bad switch at 50 miles per hour, derailing. The engine flipped, killing the engineer and fireman, and mortally wounding the brakeman. Thse werent the only deaths, as severla of the head-end cars were hog cars, and many of the pigs were killed when their cars derailed. surpisingly, the engine would be rebuilt, and would continue in service until the end of steam service on the UP. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
4/17/1948
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 11:40:12 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
807
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4013
Description:
UP 4013 rests in the Green River yard in mid-1948. The massive 4-8-8-4 engine was built by ALCO in 1941, and would operate on the Union Pacific for 18 years before its retirement in 1959. Even after retirement, it would be another 4 years before 4013 would be cut up, eventually being scrapped on April 23, 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/2/1948
Upload Date:
7/14/2022 12:08:09 AM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
Lewis Harris
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4013(4-8-8-4)
Views:
218
Comments:
0
Title:
Union Pacific 4002
Description:
Big Boy 4002 loiters at the engine facilities in Laramie, as her crew fiddles with the water tower. The large building in the background is likely the coaling tower at Laramie. After servicing, the engine will back onto another long outbound freight ready to leave town. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/7/1948
Upload Date:
7/5/2022 12:04:27 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4002(4-8-8-4)
Views:
166
Comments:
0
Title:
Union Pacific 4006
Description:
Big Boy 4006 makes a switching move in the yard in Laramie. I assume the man riding on the cab steps is a brakeman, who will ride the Big Boy to the next switch that needs throwing. 4006 was donated to the National Museum of Transport in Kirkwood, Missouri in May, 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/7/1948
Upload Date:
7/8/2022 12:36:00 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
E.L. DeGolyer
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4006(4-8-8-4)
Views:
162
Comments:
0
Title:
Winding Downgrade
Description:
Union Pacific 4015 coasts down Sherman Hill with an eastbound extra. The 79-car train is making 35 MPH as it rounds a curve just east of Sherman station at around 11:00 AM. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/7/1948
Upload Date:
8/4/2022 12:26:36 AM
Location:
Sherman, WY
Author:
R.H. Kindig
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
185
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4014
Description:
UP 4014 rests in Laramie in August of 1948. After retirement, 4014 will be donated to Pomona, where it will remain until UP purchased it back and restored it to operating condition beginning in 2016. As part of the restoration, 4014 became the second Big Boy to be converted to oil. Its firebox grates were removed, and replaced with an oil pan. The firebox grates were kept, and later sent to Milwaukee Road 261.
Photo Date:
8/7/1948
Upload Date:
5/29/2022 12:28:23 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
578
Comments:
0
Title:
Extra 4001 East Through Dale Creek
Description:
Big Boy 4001 leads Extra 4001 East through Dale Creek with 90 cars. The 6 head end cars are hauling livestock, while the rest of the train is an 84 car reefer block loaded with fruit for eastern markets. 4001 is making 30 MPH on this final stretch of the grade to Sherman. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/15/1948
Upload Date:
10/3/2022 12:00:31 AM
Location:
Dale Creek, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4001(4-8-8-4)
Views:
152
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4017
Description:
UP 4017 rests under the pedestrian overpass across the yard in Laramie. Note that 4017 stil has the early front couple housing. By 1951, this had been replaced with a permanent fixture at the same time the brake cooling pipes on the front handrails were relocated behind the air-pump shield, on which the UP shield is mounted.
Photo Date:
8/15/1948
Upload Date:
5/30/2022 1:06:06 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:
241
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4000
Description:
Union Pacific 4000 roars through Dale Creek with 79 cars headed east as the engineer waves to the camera near mid-day. Its August, 1948, and 4000 is making 50 miles per hour on its journey. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/15/1948
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 1:58:31 PM
Location:
Dale Creek, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
Views:
251
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4021
Description:
Union Pacific 4021 and another Big Boy rest under the pedestrian overpass in Laramie. 4021 would be scrapped on August 31, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/5/1948
Upload Date:
6/7/2021 8:38:41 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Bridge,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
347
Comments:
0
Title:
4016 Being Serviced
Description:
Big Boy 4016 prepares to depart the yard at Rawlins, as a passenger train passes on the track behind it. 4016 was built in November 1941, and would be scrapped in March of 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/20/1948
Upload Date:
7/9/2022 12:58:48 AM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
G.M.Best
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4016(4-8-8-4)
Views:
112
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4010
Description:
Union Pacific 4010 rests in the yard at Laramie. The 1941-built unit was one of 20 such engines built in the 4884-1 series, numbered 4000-4019. These units differed slightly from the 4884-2 series of five engines (4020-4024) built in 1944 to fulfill wartime traffic demands. Both series of locomotives would meet their retirement in 1959, when UP would discontinue steam operations on the Wyoming Divison. 8 of the 25 would be preserved, although 4010 would not be so lucky. She would be cut up in Geneva, Utah, on May 24, 1963, one of the last Big Boys to be scrapped. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/21/1948
Upload Date:
7/9/2022 12:55:31 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
G.M.Best
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4010(4-8-8-4)
Views:
160
Comments:
0
Title:
4021 Helps 4014 Up The Hill
Description:
Extra 4014 West slogs up Sherman Hill near Granite Canon. The 4021 is the point helper for this train, and is fresh out of the shops. 4021 will doublehead the train along with 4014 (second engine) for the climb up the grade. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
6/25/1949
Upload Date:
10/6/2022 12:01:00 AM
Location:
Granite, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
438
Comments:
0
Title:
Doubleheader Big Boys
Description:
Big Boys 4018 and 4000 drag a 95 car train up the grade halfway between Buford and the summit. The 4018 is likely on the train as an engine move, transferrign the engine back to Laramie for another eastbound train. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
6/25/1949
Upload Date:
7/18/2022 12:16:18 AM
Location:
Buford, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
Views:
366
Comments:
0
Title:
Extra 4007
Description:
UP 4007 coasts downhill at Buford with 110 cars in June, 1949. 4007 is more than capable of getting the train down the grade to Cheyenne. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
6/25/1949
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 12:37:33 PM
Location:
Buford, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:
200
Comments:
0
Title:
Pushed Under The Coal Tower
Description:
Union Pacific 4017 is shoved under the coaling tower by a shop switcher at Cheyenne. Steam switch engines were often used when moving the Big Boys around the yards and engine terminals, and today is one such occassion. 4017 was one of 6 Big Boys to operate in 1959, and one of 8 Big Boys to eventually be preserved. After retirement, the engine would be donated to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin in May of 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/1/1949
Upload Date:
7/14/2022 12:13:11 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
H.K.Volrath
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:
145
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4007
Description:
4007 waits for its turn at the coal chute in North Platte sometime in 1950. The engine had just arrived from Cheyenne, and will be serviced here before returning west. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1950
Upload Date:
7/18/2022 12:12:46 AM
Location:
North Platte, NE
Author:
A.E.Stensvad
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:
120
Comments:
0
Title:
Eastbound Nears Hermosa
Description:
n around 1950, 4005 leads an eastbound extra towards Hermosa Tunnel past a semaphore signal. The signals would be retired by 1953, the Big Boy would follow them into retirement in just 9 years. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1950
Upload Date:
10/3/2022 12:03:42 AM
Location:
Hermosa, WY
Author:
J.H.Conant
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
168
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4011
Description:
UP 4011 moves through the yard in Laramie sometime in 1950. 4011 was built in October of 1941, and was the last Big Boy to be scrapped, in June of 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1950
Upload Date:
5/31/2021 12:50:00 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
B.F.Cutler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4011(4-8-8-4)
Views:
294
Comments:
0
Title:
4018 Taking On Coal
Description:
Big Boy 4018 gets serviced at the Cheyenne engine terminal in February of 1950. The big ALCO was one of 8 Big Boys to be preserved, being donated to the state fairgrounds in Dallas, Texas in July, 1962. The engine was built in 1941. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
2/18/1950
Upload Date:
7/15/2022 10:43:01 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
R.W.Andrews
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:
129
Comments:
0
Title:
Friendly Crew and Big Boy 4003
Description:
The crew of Big Boy 4003 poses with their locomotive as it rests on a yard track at North Platte. 4003 has likely just cut off of a cut of cars in the yard, and will now back down to the engine facility for servicing. The steam behemoth was built in August 1941, consecutively with 4000, 4001, 4002, and 4004. 4003 would be scrapped in mid 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
2/20/1950
Upload Date:
7/3/2022 2:06:54 AM
Location:
North Platte, NE
Author:
A.W.Madison
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
192
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy in North Platte
Description:
UP 4002 waits for some maintenance at the North Platte engine facility. Note that the EMD switcher behind it does not even match the tender alone in length or height. Big Boys tended to stay west of Cheyenne but would sometimes venture to North Platte during coal shortages. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
3/5/1950
Upload Date:
5/31/2021 1:00:58 PM
Location:
North Platte, NE
Author:
R.R.Ruhl
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4002(4-8-8-4)
Views:
277
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4010
Description:
UP 4010 leads an extra into the east end of Green River. The engine will be cut off there, and will be turned and refueled for another eastbound run. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
4/19/1950
Upload Date:
6/6/2021 9:32:00 PM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
H.R.Griffiths
Categories:
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4010(4-8-8-4)
Views:
227
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4015
Description:
Big Boy 4015 pauses on its journey near Hermosa Tunnel in mid-1950. Note the engineer taking the opportunity to clean his window of soot and debris. 4015 was built in November of 1941, and would pull the final train ever pulled by a Big Boy in regular service, arriving in Cheyenne at 7:55 PM on July 21, 1959, with 74 loads and 2 empties totaling 4930 tons. 4015 would also become the first Big Boy to be scrapped, meeting the torch on September 20, 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
4/23/1950
Upload Date:
7/13/2022 4:49:16 AM
Location:
Hermosa, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Tunnel,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
123
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4005
Description:
Big Boy 4005 thunders out of Green River with an 80 car train. The eastbound extra is mostly made up of loaded reefers returning to eastern markets. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
4/29/1950
Upload Date:
7/1/2022 1:18:38 AM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
H.R. Griffiths
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
259
Comments:
0
Title:
Coaling UP 4000
Description:
Big Boy 4000 idles at the coaling tower at Laramie on May 28, 1950. UP 4000 was the first Big Boy built, recieved its last repairs in 1957, and was the third Big Boy to be scrapped. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
5/28/1950
Upload Date:
7/5/2022 12:03:18 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
Views:
162
Comments:
0
Title:
Topped Off And Ready For Service
Description:
4005 rests in the engine terminal at Cheyenne. The Big Boy has just topped off on coal, and will have its tender filled with water for another westbound journey. The tender of each Big Boy was a behemoth of its own. Each one measured just over 47 feet long, and had a capacity for 56,000 pounds of coal and 24,000 gallons of water. A stoker engine and mechanical lubrication system were also located in the tender, directly behind the cab under the coal bunker. Despite this massive size, stops would still have to be made to complete the arduous journey over the Wasatch range. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
5/28/1950
Upload Date:
7/8/2022 12:32:13 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
F.G.Gschwind
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
219
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4019
Description:
Big Boy 4019 has just refueled with coal at the chute in Laramie on May 28, 1950. 4019 was the last of the 4884-1 group of 20 engines. Engines 4020-4024 would make up the 4884-2 series. Behind the Big Boy is a 3900 series Challenger, 3954. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
5/28/1950
Upload Date:
8/7/2021 7:49:52 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Gerald M. Best
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:
231
Comments:
0
Title:
4004 Ready For Service
Description:
Big Boy 4004 simmers in the yard at Laramie. The big 4-8-8-4 will soon depart on yet another long freight haul out of town. 4004 is the oldest Big Boy still in existance today. It was donated to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming in June 1963, just a month after sister unit 4003 was cut up at Geneva, Utah. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/15/1950
Upload Date:
7/6/2022 2:23:22 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:
239
Comments:
0
Title:
Rolling Through Buford
Description:
UP 4019 rolls through Buford in July 1950. 4019 would be in service for another 9 years at the time of this photo. 4019 would pull its last train over the Wasatch on July 20, 1959, arriving in Cheyenne at 4:00 AM, and was cut up three years later. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/15/1950
Upload Date:
7/10/2022 4:27:50 AM
Location:
Buford, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:
138
Comments:
0
Title:
Slugging It Out On The Hill
Description:
Extra 4010 Westbound crawls up Sherman Hill near Buford. The 46 car train, lugged by Big Boy 4010, is making 15 MPH up the hill. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/15/1950
Upload Date:
10/4/2022 12:01:02 AM
Location:
Buford, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4010(4-8-8-4)
Views:
94
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4004
Description:
UP 4004 leads a stock train into Dale Creek, Wyoming in July of 1950. 4004 is one of the 8 Big Boys that will survive into preservation, and will be displayed in its home town of Cheyenne. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/15/1950
Upload Date:
5/28/2021 8:53:00 PM
Location:
Dale Creek, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:
284
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4011
Description:
Union Pacific 4011 rests in the Laramie yard. It wont be long before the engine is backed onto another train for the run across the Wasatch. 4011 was one of 25 4-8-8-4 Big Boys Union Pacific would own, and would become one of the unlucky 17 to be scrapped. 4011 would be the last of those 17 to meet the torch, finally being cut up at Cheyenne on June 14, 1963, 3 years and 11 months after its last run. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/20/1950
Upload Date:
7/13/2022 4:44:31 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kennedy
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4011(4-8-8-4)
Views:
146
Comments:
0
Title:
Articulated In The Yard
Description:
Big Boy 4009 snakes through the yard in Green River. Green River was the original operating base for the Big Boys, before they were reassigned east to Cheyenne and Laramie. Big Boys would still run regularly to Green River as late as 1957, before they were confined to Cheyenne-Laramie service. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1951
Upload Date:
6/25/2022 1:25:14 AM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
R.H. Dale
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4009(4-8-8-4)
Views:
153
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4001 West
Description:
UP 4001 drags a westbound extra up Sherman Hill on an unknown day in 1951. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1951
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 8:15:02 PM
Location:
Sherman Hill, WY
Author:
Neal Miller
Categories:
Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4001(4-8-8-4)
Views:
481
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4018
Description:
Big Boy 4018 leads a train through Sinclair, Wyoming, on October 10, 1951. The first boxcar is a Northern Pacific 40" boxcar in the "Main Street of America" scheme. The Big Boy, meanwhile, is over three times the length of said boxcar. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/10/1951
Upload Date:
7/6/2021 7:17:30 PM
Location:
Sinclair, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:
265
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4021
Description:
UP 4021 leads a 56-car drag up Sherman Hill. The first 17 cars are empty stock cars headed for cattle farms. 4021 is making 20 MPH as it approaches Otto, Wyoming. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
12/22/1951
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 1:54:19 PM
Location:
Otto, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
220
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4004
Description:
Big Boy 4004 pulls into the ice rack at Laramie. Pacific Fruit Express used Laramie as the main icing facility for reefers heading east. Ice like the blocks on the racks were cut from local ponds or made artificially. Exact date unknown. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
7/11/2021 9:04:55 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Union Pacific Museum
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:
219
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4010
Description:
UP 4010 takes a spin on the turntable in Green River. After being turned, the massive engine will be placed in the roundhouse for minor repairs and maintenance. Green River is also home to Castle Rock, which looms over the UP facilities. Exact date is unknown, but is post 1951. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger).
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
6/5/2021 9:05:38 PM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
H.R.Griffiths
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4010(4-8-8-4)
Views:
610
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4005 Before The Accident
Description:
UP 4005 has little time before its accident the next year. On April 27 1953, the unit took a bad switch at Red Desert at 50 mph, flipping the locomotive, and piling the first 18 cars of the 62 car train in a 70 heap. The tender was pushed into the cab of the flipped engine, killing the engineer and fireman, and crushing the brakeman. Escaping steam shot 100 feet into the air, preventing the nearby section gang from approaching the roiling engine. The brakeman would be extracted from his cramped position between a seat and the side of the cab after 10 hours, but would later succumb to his wounds. Four of the first 18 cars had been full of hogs, and most of these were killed on impact, although some did survive, and escaped into the Wyoming desert. After the wreck, the mangled Big Boy was stored in the yard in Cheyenne until it was rebuilt. Exact date unknown. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 11:46:09 AM
Location:
Green River, WY
Author:
R.E.Prince
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
534
Comments:
1
Title:
Big Boy 4022
Description:
Big Boy 4022 takes a ride on the turntable in Cheyenne. The Big Boys extreme size made servicing them a complicated endeavor. In anticipation of the arrival of the first Big Boys in 1941, UP undertook a plan to improve their right-of-way from Cheyenne to Green River. Water towers were raised to accommodate the 47 foot tenders, and turntables like in Cheyenne were improved or replaced. The turntable in Cheyenne was 126 feet long. The Big Boys measured 135 feet, so, if aligned perfectly, the pilot and rear of the tender would overhang 4 and a half feet. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
6/2/2021 11:08:28 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
B.F.Cutler
Categories:
Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4022(4-8-8-4)
Views:
205
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4021
Description:
Union Pacific 4021 pops out of Hermosa Tunnel on an unknown date after 1951. Hermosa Tunnel is located at the summit if the Wasatch Grade. Just west of the tunnel, Tracks 1 and 2 converge with Tracks 3. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:24:34 PM
Location:
Hermosa, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
141
Comments:
0
Title:
Doubleheader In Granite
Description:
Big Boys 4001 and 4008 lead a 103-car freight drag into Granite Canon. Riding on board is Henry Griffiths Jr, a photographer who would publish a photo essay in "True" magazine of the UP operations over Sherman Hill. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
6/26/1952
Upload Date:
8/4/2022 12:21:17 AM
Location:
Granite, WY
Author:
R.H. Kindig
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 4001(4-8-8-4)
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
166
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4000s in Cheyenne
Description:
UP 4001 and 4005 sit in the yard at Cheyenne on June 26, 1952. 4001 was built in 1941, was scrapped in 1961, and is new to RRPA. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
6/26/1952
Upload Date:
5/12/2021 8:36:52 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
H.R Griffiths
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4001(4-8-8-4)
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
620
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4001
Description:
Union Pacific 4001 reaches the end of the center siding at the east end of Sherman. Its June 27, 1952, and 4001 has 6 years of service left before being stored. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
6/27/1952
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 1:57:27 PM
Location:
Sherman, WY
Author:
H.R.Griffiths
Categories:
Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4001(4-8-8-4)
Views:
165
Comments:
0
Title:
Refueling at Laramie
Description:
Four Big Boys are serviced at the coal chute in Laramie. Its around 1953, and the only diesel visible is an F-unit behind the coal chute. UP 4016 would be scrapped, but UP 4006 would survive and is now preserved in Kirkwood, Missouri Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1953
Upload Date:
8/7/2021 7:22:22 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
B.F.Cutler
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4016(4-8-8-4)
UP 4006(4-8-8-4)
Views:
281
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4024
Description:
Big Boy 4024 sits on a siding in Laramie in August of 1953. 4024 was the last Big Boy built, and was scrapped on October 31, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/23/1953
Upload Date:
9/18/2021 1:20:14 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4024(4-8-8-4)
Views:
231
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4020
Description:
The engineer and fireman lean out of the cab of Big Boy 4020 as it moves through the yard in Cheyenne. UP 4020 was built in November of 1944, was scrapped on May 24, 1963, and is new to RRPA. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/6/1953
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 8:18:06 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
C.T.Felstead
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4020(4-8-8-4)
Views:
151
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4016
Description:
UP 4016 rests in Cheyenne on October 7, 1953. 4016 was built in November 1941, the last Big Boy built that month. 4016 is the last Big Boy new to RRPA. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/7/1953
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 8:25:57 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
C.T.Felstead
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4016(4-8-8-4)
Views:
155
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4024
Description:
Union Pacific 4024 rests in Cheyenne in October, 1953. 4024 was one of three Big Boys in the 4884-2 series planned to operate in 1959, although due to a strike, only the 4023 would do so. 4024 would then be withdrawn from service, and scrapped on October 31, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/8/1953
Upload Date:
7/17/2022 12:29:30 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
C.T.Felstead
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4024(4-8-8-4)
Views:
162
Comments:
0
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