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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:
Extra 4021 East
Description:
Extra 4021 East thunders past a signal near Rock River on Halloween, 1956. Due to the grade in this area, trains were allowed to run at restricted past red signals marked with a round, red sign with a "P" (Under the signal lens). Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/31/1956
Upload Date:
7/11/2021 9:03:19 PM
Location:
Rock River, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
159
Comments:
0
Title:
Two ALCOs at Pullman
Description:
UP 4008 drags a freight train through Pullman, a suburb of Denver. The exact date is unknown (except for the year, 1956), but I assume it is sometime in November or December. Note the ALCO switcher parked on the station track. The switcher is either an S2 or S4, built not long after the final Big Boys, and retired by 1970. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/1/1956
Upload Date:
6/2/2021 11:06:22 PM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
RollingStock,Winter,Station,Steam,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
143
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4012
Description:
UP 4012 thunders along between Speer and Emkay on the first day of November. The landscape is covered in snow, and more is falling still. The 4000s were most impressive during winter, when their massive plumes of smoke towered over the Wyoming landscape. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/1/1956
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:07:40 PM
Location:
Emkay, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:
244
Comments:
0
Title:
Early Winter Big Boy
Description:
A cloud of smoke and steam billows behind 4016 as it rolls through Lynch. The 4000s were known for their spectacular plumes of smoke, and these were especially prevalent in winter, the clouds of smoke and steam looming over the snowy landscape. 4016 has encountered light snow along the route, hence the snow on the pilot. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/3/1956
Upload Date:
10/3/2022 12:01:21 AM
Location:
Linch, WY
Author:
Lucas Connor
Categories:
Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4016(4-8-8-4)
Views:
96
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4006 In The Snow
Description:
UP 4006 passes under the Colorado and Southern bridge in Cheyenne in one of the most iconic scenes of the Big Boys. Extra 4006 West is a mixed freight that will have no trouble getting over the Wasatch with a big Boy on the head-end. The Big Boys were not afraid to lay on the smoke during the Wyoming winter. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/4/1956
Upload Date:
5/31/2021 12:58:18 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Scenic,RollingStock,Winter,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4006(4-8-8-4)
Views:
295
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy Outbound
Description:
4000 leads a train through the yard in Cheyenne. UP 4000 only has 2 years left in service. Big Boy would be stored as of 1958, and would finally be scrapped in late 1961. For now, it still has some years of service left. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/5/1956
Upload Date:
7/3/2022 2:02:42 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
Views:
166
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4018
Description:
Union Pacific 4018 prepares to depart Cheyenne yard with an outbound train. The 4-8-8-4 was built in 1941 by ALCO, and was stored out of service in Green River after 1958. The engine would later be donated to the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas in 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/10/1956
Upload Date:
7/16/2022 1:08:52 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:
143
Comments:
0
Title:
Light Engine 4005
Description:
In mid-November 1956, 4005 trundles through the yard in Laramie. The coaling tower looms over the cab of the engine. This tower, along with most of the other engine faclities in Laramie, is long gone today. 4005, however, would survive the end of steam on the UP. The unit was stored as of November 30, 1958, and was marked as unserviceable in 1960. Ten years would pass before the engine would donated to the Forney Museum in Denver, Colorado in 1970. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/11/1956
Upload Date:
7/3/2022 2:04:35 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
186
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boys and Turbine
Description:
Big Boy 4008 (right) leads a train past 4013 and an unidentified Gas Turbine at the PFE ice racks. 4008 and 4013 only have two years left before they will make their final runs. Both will be scrapped in 1962 and 1963 respectively. The Turbine is either X59, a standard turbine, or X69, a veranda turbine. If anybody knows which one, please feel free to comment. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/11/1956
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 8:03:24 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4013(4-8-8-4)
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
184
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4002
Description:
Big Boy 4002 rests in Laramie on a mid-November day in 1956. This image was taken by Stan Kistler 5 years and three months before 4002 was marked as scrapped by UP. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
11/11/1956
Upload Date:
5/28/2021 9:13:10 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4002(4-8-8-4)
Views:
170
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4013 at The Ice Racks
Description:
Union Pacific 4013 prepares to leave the PFE ice racks in Laramie with a loaded train. In the background is gas turbine X-69 a Veranda turbine. 4013 was built in 1941, and scrapped in 1963.
Photo Date:
11/11/1956
Upload Date:
5/29/2022 12:32:33 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4013(4-8-8-4)
UP 69(4500 GTEL)
Views:
270
Comments:
0
Title:
Short Extra 4001 Westbound
Description:
With 11 cars and a caboose, 4001 leads a westbound extra out of Denver. The train will likely make several stops along the route to Laramie, picking up cars from local yards. The train is made up of a CB&Q stock car, 9 boxcars, and a flatcar carrying a load of wood. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
12/25/1956
Upload Date:
7/20/2022 12:18:04 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Dave Gross
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4001(4-8-8-4)
Views:
320
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4009
Description:
Union Pacific 4009 trundles past a string of boxcars in the Cheyenne yard. The 4000-class behemoth was built in September 1941, and was equipped with all the lastest in steam technology. These units were equiped with a pressure lubrication system for the tender, 68" drivers, and roller bearings on all the axles. Despite this modernity, the 4000s were not immune from the march of progress. As diesels became ever more prominent on the Wyoming Division, the 4000s found their usefullness on the decline. By 1959, the final Big Boys were retired, and many, such as 4009, would be cut up for scrap. 4009 would meet the torch in May, 1963, after 18 years of service on the UP. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1957
Upload Date:
7/7/2022 12:17:16 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4009(4-8-8-4)
Views:
136
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4008
Description:
UP 4008 thunders past with a mixed freight, approaching Point of Rocks. 4008 will be scrapped 5 years later, on August 7, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1957
Upload Date:
6/7/2021 8:41:44 PM
Location:
Point Of Rocks, WY
Author:
H.R.Griffiths
Categories:
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
195
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy Wheel Lathe
Description:
To accommodate the massive wheels of the Big Boys, a massive wheel lathe was installed in the Cheyenne backshop. The wheels in the foreground are from Big Boy 4019, so this image is probably in January, 1957. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/1/1957
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 1:50:59 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
59
Comments:
0
Title:
4005 Visits Its Future Home
Description:
UP 4005 pays a visit to the Denver yard in January, 1957. 13 years later, 4005 will be donated to the Forney Museum in Denver, where it resides today. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
1/12/1957
Upload Date:
5/31/2021 1:02:57 PM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Dave Gross
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4005(4-8-8-4)
Views:
388
Comments:
0
Title:
Fresh In The Shops
Description:
Having just received its final class 4 repairs, 4009 rests in the roundhouse in fresh paint in February, 1957. These would be 4009s last major repairs in its lifetime, as it would be taken out of service in just a year, and scrapped in an additional 5 years. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
3/1/1957
Upload Date:
7/18/2022 12:15:17 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
R.H.Dale
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4009(4-8-8-4)
Views:
146
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4017 Undergoing Repairs
Description:
During the last shoppings at Cheyenne in 1957, UP 4017 sits disassembled with a cylinder boring machine attached. On the next track, UP 4021 is shown. 4017 was built in December of 1941, the 4021 was built in 1944. 4021 was scrapped in 1962, while 4017 was donated for display to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
3/1/1957
Upload Date:
5/11/2021 11:06:12 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
465
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4017
Description:
During the last shoppings at Cheyenne in 1957, UP 4017 sits disassembled with a cylinder boring machine attached. On the next track, UP 4021 is shown. 4017 was built in December of 1941, the 4021 was built in 1944. 4021 was scrapped in 1962, while 4017 was donated for display to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
3/1/1957
Upload Date:
5/28/2021 7:11:11 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
R.H.Dale
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:
366
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4015
Description:
UP 4015 rests in the engine terminal at Laramie. It is the summer of 1957, and 4015 has recieved its last major repairs just 7 months before. It will be another 2 years before 4015 is taken out of regular service, and an additional 2 years before she is cut up for scrap on September 20, 1961. Note the massive coaling tower behind the engine at the Laramie engine facility. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
6/24/1957
Upload Date:
7/14/2022 12:09:46 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.V.Dodge
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
114
Comments:
0
Title:
Servicing At Cheyenne
Description:
UP 4011 takes on a new load of coal prior to another run across the Wasatch in August, 1957. 4011 would stay in service until the very end of UP steam in 1959. The engine would pull the second-to-last freight train ever pulled by a Big Boy, arriving in Cheyenne on the morning of July 21 with 62 loads and 28 emptys from Laramie. 4011 even outlasted its brethren in retirement, being outlived only by its 8 preserved sisters. 4011 would meet its fate on June 14, 1963, just under 4 years since it pulled its last train into Cheyenne. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/18/1957
Upload Date:
7/14/2022 12:06:25 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Dave Gross
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4011(4-8-8-4)
Views:
189
Comments:
0
Title:
Waiting For Servicing
Description:
Big Boy 4023 waits to enter the roundhouse at Cheyenne. In order to support the massive Big Boys, the turntable at Cheyenne was replaced with a 126 version. Even so, the Big Boy would still overhang by three feet on each end. Roundhouse stalls were also extended, and water columns were raised to accomadate the nearly 16 foot tall tenders. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/1/1957
Upload Date:
8/4/2022 12:33:53 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:
155
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4008
Description:
Big Boy 4008 leads a reefer drag through a September snow in 1957. The bridge is the Colorado and Southern Railway bridge over the UP in Cheyenne. Just past the bridge is UPs Cheyenne Yard. The bridge is still in use today as part of BNSFs Front Range Subdivision. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/13/1957
Upload Date:
6/4/2021 2:15:08 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
Views:
141
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4003
Description:
UP 4003 couples onto its freight train in Cheyenne in September, 1957. 4003 received its last repairs in May of 1957, but was one of the few stored Big Boys labeled as operable as of New Years Eve, 1960. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/14/1957
Upload Date:
5/29/2021 5:49:00 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
212
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4024
Description:
Big Boy 4024 crosses from Track 3 to Track 4 as it passes under the Colorado & Southern overpass in Cheyenne. Just past the overpass is Tower A at the west end of the yard. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/14/1957
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:03:49 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4024(4-8-8-4)
Views:
156
Comments:
0
Title:
Passing Under The Signal Bridge
Description:
UP 4023 rolls under the west end signal bridge and into the yard at Cheyenne. The Colorado & Southern bridge over the UP tracks is visible in the background. These signals were controlled by Tower A, located on the other side of the bridge at the west end yard throat. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/15/1957
Upload Date:
7/19/2022 12:11:52 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:
122
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4020
Description:
Big Boy 4020 splits the signals two miles west of Cheyenne in September, 1957. 4020 is on Track 3, Tracks 1 and 2 have already broken off to the northwest. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/17/1957
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:06:16 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4020(4-8-8-4)
Views:
166
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4015
Description:
Big Boy 4015 leads a Denver ore train through Speer, Wyoming in October of 1957. Time is running out for the Big Boys. By December of 1958, half of the fleet will be stored. 4015 was the last Big Boy to pull a revenue train in July of 1959, and will be the first one scrapped in September of 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/5/1957
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 8:27:58 PM
Location:
Speer, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
230
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4013
Description:
UP 4013 takes a spin on the 135-foot turntable in Laramie. Laramie, Green River, Odgen, North Platte, and Cheyenne all recieved new turntables to accomodate the Big Boys when they first arrived. The latter two measured 126 feet, leaving 6 feet of the Big Boys hanging off the ends, while Green River, Ogden, and Laramie had 135 foot turntables, the only ones the Big Boys could fit on. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/5/1957
Upload Date:
8/7/2021 7:23:10 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
David Martindell
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4013(4-8-8-4)
Views:
156
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boys Refueling
Description:
UP 4003, 4002, 4008, and 4019 congregate at the coal tower in Rawlins. After 1957, Rawlins was not used as a regular terminal for steam power. UP 1441, an F3A, will replace the Big Boys in service over the Wasatch Range completely in the next two years. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/8/1957
Upload Date:
5/30/2021 8:36:31 PM
Location:
Rawlins, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4002(4-8-8-4)
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
UP 4008(4-8-8-4)
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
UP 1441(F3A)
Views:
601
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4013
Description:
Big Boy 4013 negotiates yard trackage in Cheyenne in late August, 1958. The gargantuan Big Boy was the pinnacle of UP steam, with a power matched by few. The 4000s would become famous with railfans for their massive size and tremendous pulling power for this reason. However, no amount of fame would save 4013 from the impending end of steam. In 1959, the engine would pull its last train, and was withdrawn from service. For nearly four years the engine would sit stored in Cheyenne, before finally being cut up in April, 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/30/1958
Upload Date:
7/13/2022 4:47:29 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4013(4-8-8-4)
Views:
99
Comments:
0
Title:
Doubleheader in Reverse
Description:
Two 4000s are running tender first, lugging 82 cars back to Speer after a broken knuckle on the lead car. The two Big Boys will run around the train for the remainder of the trip to Cheyenne. UP 4014 and 4019 lead the unusual move. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/30/1958
Upload Date:
8/4/2022 12:31:45 AM
Location:
Speer, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:
498
Comments:
0
Title:
Westbound On The New Main
Description:
Union Pacific 4004 leads a westbound extra along the alternate mainline between Perkins and Harriman. The alternate mainline, also known as main three, was built in the early 50s, and allowed trains to climb Sherman Hill without helpers. The route was farther south than the original mainline, passing through Harriman and Perkins before turning north to Laramie. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/30/1958
Upload Date:
10/4/2022 12:01:38 AM
Location:
Perkins, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:
115
Comments:
0
Title:
Refilling The Tanks At Red Butte
Description:
4004 idles at Red Buttes as the crew refills the engine with water. Due to delays on the hill, 4004 burned through water to make a straight run impossible, so the train was forced to stop here for a top-up. Trains did not usually stop at Red Buttes for water. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/30/1958
Upload Date:
10/5/2022 12:01:16 AM
Location:
Red Buttes Village, WY
Author:
Lou Schmitz
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
Views:
142
Comments:
0
Title:
Extra 4007 Thundering Out Of Town
Description:
Big Boy 4007 leads Extra 4007 West out of Cheyenne. The 105 car train is mostly empty reefers returning west for another load of perishables. The train passes under the Colorado and Southern bridge and the west end signal bridge as it highballs out of town. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
8/31/1958
Upload Date:
7/19/2022 12:15:13 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:
158
Comments:
0
Title:
Westbound To Harriman
Description:
UP 4015 rolls westbound as it approaches the refueling area at Harriman. Harriman was incorporated when the UP built their new third main track south of the original two. The townsite became a refueling area for UP steam, including the massive Big Boys. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/1/1958
Upload Date:
10/3/2022 12:02:29 AM
Location:
Harriman, WY
Author:
H.R. Griffiths
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
101
Comments:
0
Title:
Taking On Coal and Water
Description:
Big Boy 4015 takes on coal and water at the servicing facilities in Harriman. Once it is topped off, 4015 will continue with its westbound train for Laramie. 4015 has 11 months until it becomes the last Big Boy to pull a revenue train on July 21, 1959. Note the coal hopper in the unloading shed, and the MOW bunk car parked on the siding. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/1/1958
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:09:46 PM
Location:
Harriman, WY
Author:
H.R.Griffiths
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
92
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4002
Description:
Extra 4002 East passes the water tower in Colores in September, 1958. Colores is a Spanish name referring to the colored rocks in this area. 4002 is in its last year of service. After 1958, it will be stored, and will remain in storage until being scrapped on February 8, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/7/1958
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:26:07 PM
Location:
Colores, WY
Author:
Dave Straight
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4002(4-8-8-4)
Views:
204
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4003
Description:
UP 4003 rests between runs in the yard at Laramie. The massive 4000-series beast was one of the largest locomotives in the world, with an overall length of 133 feet and a tractive effort of 135,375 pounds. The 4003 would become the second-to-last Big Boy scrapped, being cut up on May 31, 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/18/1958
Upload Date:
7/4/2022 12:45:09 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
140
Comments:
0
Title:
Re-Iced And Ready To Depart
Description:
Union Pacific 4003 drags a train out of the ice racks in Laramie. The ice racks were used to re-ice reefers eastbound loaded with perishables. At the time of this 1958 photo, these icing facilities were listed as the largest of their kind on the UP. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/19/1958
Upload Date:
10/7/2022 12:00:41 AM
Location:
Granite, WY
Author:
H.R. Griffiths
Categories:
Locomotives:
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
122
Comments:
0
Title:
Trailing Smoke Eastbound
Description:
West of Colores, and billowing a cloud of steam above it, Extra 4003 East thunders up the grade. The eastbound has two flatcars of what appears to be farm equipment on the head end. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/19/1958
Upload Date:
10/5/2022 12:00:53 AM
Location:
Colores, WY
Author:
J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
110
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4003
Description:
Big Boy 4003 thunders under Third Street with an eastbound extra. The train is made up of 85 cars, including two flatcars on the head end. Im no expert on machinery, so if anybody knows what that is on the flatcar, please feel free to leave a comment. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/19/1958
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:27:47 PM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
H.R.Griffiths
Categories:
RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4003(4-8-8-4)
Views:
169
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boys at Perkins
Description:
Two Big Boys cross a road just west of Perkins in September, 1958. 4004 will be the oldest Big Boy to be preserved, 4015 will pull the last revenue train pulled by a Big Boy. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
9/21/1958
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 2:16:02 PM
Location:
Perkins, WY
Author:
Dave Straight
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4004(4-8-8-4)
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:
272
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boy 4022
Description:
UP 4022 has just over a month left before she is placed in storage. The 4000-series engine was built in 1944 by ALCO. With the arrival of new diesels, 4022 was placed in storage just weeks after this photo was taken, never to return to service. Four years would pass before the engine would be retired and scrapped on December 31, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/2/1958
Upload Date:
7/17/2022 12:26:32 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Lou Schmitz
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4022(4-8-8-4)
Views:
118
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4012
Description:
Big Boy 4012 rests in the yard at Laramie late in 1958. The 4000-series behemoth was built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company, and would become the 13th of 25 Big Boys Union Pacific would come to own. The 4012 would be retired in 1959 with the rest of UPs Big Boy fleet. The engine would then be donated in 1962 to Steamtown, USA, a tourist operation in Bellows Falls, Vermont. The 4012 was originally to be accompanied by a 4-6-6-4 Challenger and office car as part of the donation, but only the 4012 would make it to Vermont. In 1984, the engine would be moved to its current home in Scranton, Pennsylvania at the Steamtown National Historic Site. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/25/1958
Upload Date:
7/10/2022 4:22:49 AM
Location:
Laramie, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:
231
Comments:
0
Title:
Taking On Water At Cheyenne
Description:
UP 4013 prepares to take on water at the engine terminal at Cheyenne. The Poague water column was raised so the massive tenders of the 4000s and 3900-class Challengers could fit. Note the standard turbine on an adjacent track behind the Big Boy. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/26/1958
Upload Date:
10/4/2022 12:00:29 AM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4013(4-8-8-4)
Views:
121
Comments:
0
Title:
Big Boys Refueling
Description:
4 Big Boys line up for servicing at the massive coaing tower in Cheyenne. 4012 will depart for Green River, while 4015 and 4017 have just arrived from Laramie. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/26/1958
Upload Date:
6/2/2021 11:13:51 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:
563
Comments:
0
Title:
4012 leaving Cheyenne
Description:
UP 4012 thunders out of Cheyenne and past Tower A westbound in October, 1958. Clouds of smoke on the east end of the yard means steam still has a presence in Cheyenne, although that will not last until next year. 4012s train has 4 stock cars on the head-end. Taken from the Colorado & Southern bridge over the UP tracks. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
10/26/1958
Upload Date:
5/31/2021 12:54:59 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
Stan Kistler
Categories:
RollingStock,Bridge,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:
296
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4019 at Cheyenne
Description:
UP 4019 waits at a signal at the west end of the Cheyenne Yard in July of 1959. The Big Boys only have 10 days left before 4015 pulls the last train over the Wasatch on July 21, 1959. 4019 will be scrapped 2 years and 7 months from that date, on February 21, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
7/11/1959
Upload Date:
5/31/2021 12:05:04 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
F.G.Gschwind
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:
251
Comments:
0
Title:
UP 4021
Description:
Big Boy 4021 sits forlorn and abandoned on a siding in Cheyenne just after Christmas, 1959. Steam is all but extinct on the UP. A Big Boy will not run again until 4014 is repaired and restored in 2019. Note that the rear light door is open and the windows are covered in 4021, and the number boards and pistons have been removed from the Big Boy ahead of it. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:
12/27/1959
Upload Date:
8/7/2021 7:52:33 PM
Location:
Cheyenne, WY
Author:
R.H.Kindig
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:
247
Comments:
0
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