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UP 4000 |
| Description: |
UP 4000 sits in storage in Cheyenne. Time is running out for the original Big Boy. The photo date is September 16, 1961, and 4000 will be marked scrapped in November. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/1961 Upload Date: 5/28/2021 7:30:53 PM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
R.H.Kindig |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4000(4-8-8-4) |
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230 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4000 |
| Description: |
Workmen cut the bell from UP 4000 sometime in October, 1961. Big Boy has 1 month left. The number plate is already gone, and the piston pins have been cut for the dead-head move from Green River. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1961 Upload Date: 5/28/2021 8:43:51 PM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
J.L.Ehernberger |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4000(4-8-8-4) |
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563 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4014 on Cajon |
| Description: |
Union Pacific 4014 crests Summit on Cajon Pass as it nears its new home in Ponoma. Its January of 1962, and 4 Big Boys have already been scrapped, including sister unit 4015. 51 years later, 4014 will cross Cajon again, pulled by SD70Ms 4014 and 4884. 4014 is the only Big Boy in operable condition, as it was rebuilt by UP in 2016, becoming the first Big Boy to run on oil since 4005 70 years earlier. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1962 Upload Date: 5/29/2021 5:45:52 PM |
| Location: |
Summit, CA |
| Author: |
J.E.Shaw |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
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966 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
4022 Cab |
| Description: |
Union Pacific 4022 was in storage at Cheyenne when this picture of its cab was taken in 1962. Upon its retirement, 4022 would be promptly scrapped at the scrap dock in Cheyenne. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1962 Upload Date: 7/17/2022 12:28:06 AM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
R.H.Kindig |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4022(4-8-8-4) |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At The Scrap Dock |
| Description: |
UP 4009 has met its fate. Of the 25 Big Boys built, 8 survive today (4004, 4005, 4006, 4012, 4014, 4017, 4018, and 4023). Despite 17 being scrapped, the survival rate for the Big Boys is at 1 in 3, better than the N&W Y6Bs (apologies to N&W fans). Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
5/3/1963 Upload Date: 5/28/2021 8:37:33 PM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
A.J.Wolff |
| Categories: |
Steam,Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4009(4-8-8-4) |
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378 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Moving The Big Boy to Kenefick |
| Description: |
A pair of UP switchers push Big Boy 4023 along a skeleton track to its new home in Kenefick Park. 4023 still resides in Kenefick, along with one of its superpowered-engine doppelgangers, DDA40X 6900. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
4/29/1988 Upload Date: 5/30/2021 8:24:44 PM |
| Location: |
Omaha, NE |
| Author: |
M.Connor |
| Categories: |
Steam,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4023(4-8-8-4) |
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278 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4023 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific 4023 overlooks the UPs home town of Omaha from her perch with a DDA40X in Kenefick Park. 4023 was built in 1944, and is the only surviving example of the second group of Big Boys ordered that year. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2016 Upload Date: 5/11/2021 10:20:47 PM |
| Location: |
Omaha, NE |
| Author: |
K. Connor |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4023(4-8-8-4) |
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113 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4023 Preserved |
| Description: |
Union Pacific 4023 is one of 8 surviving Big Boy 4-8-8-4s still preserved. She was built in 1944, and is the only preserved example of the 5 4884-2 class units built. All seven other Big Boys are from the 1941 order of 20. Now, she overlooks Omaha, Nebraska from her perch in Kenefick Park |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2016 Upload Date: 5/11/2021 10:18:34 PM |
| Location: |
Omaha, NE |
| Author: |
K. Connor |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4023(4-8-8-4) |
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119 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4023 in Kenefick Park |
| Description: |
Union Pacific 4023 overlooks the UPs home town of Omaha from her perch with a DDA40X in Kenefick Park. 4023 was built in 1944, and is the only surviving example of the second group of Big Boys ordered that year. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2016 Upload Date: 5/11/2021 10:19:48 PM |
| Location: |
Omaha, NE |
| Author: |
K. Connor |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4023(4-8-8-4) |
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118 Comments: 0 |
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