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| Title: |
Through the trees |
| Description: |
One of the less appealing things about the ex MP route was the lack of overpasses, and that there were a number of places that were hemmed in by trees, a situation I would largely not have to deal with on a subsequent chase a week or so later in Kansas. Approaching a crossing north of Nowata. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2024 Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:02:51 AM |
| Location: |
Nowata, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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24 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Open field |
| Description: |
The 4014 rolls toward a crossing near Delaware, giving a good look at the train in late afternoon light. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2024 Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:05:07 AM |
| Location: |
Delaware, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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19 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First contact |
| Description: |
I went up to Kansas to follow UP 4014 from its overnight stop in Hays to Sharon Springs. The train was back in the yard at Hays, so I went out along the line hoping for a shot that would work for a westbound in the morning. I caught him here at Yocimento, along old US 40, which follows the tracks from Hays to Ellis. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/20/2024 5:47:59 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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15 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Past the grain bins |
| Description: |
The 4014 rolls past grain bins at WaKeeney. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:21:47 AM |
| Location: |
WaKeeney, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
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11 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passing another Kansas landmark |
| Description: |
The 4014 rolls past the elevator in the small town of Collyer. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:28:12 AM |
| Location: |
Collyer, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Whistling through |
| Description: |
The 4014 blasts between a pair of automatics as it whistles through Collyer |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:30:43 AM |
| Location: |
Collyer, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First one |
| Description: |
A telephoto shot shows the 4014 passing two elevators here in Park Kan. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:34:55 AM |
| Location: |
Park, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Then two |
| Description: |
The 4014, now a little farther through town, passes the second elevator as he makes his way west to a public stop in Grainfield. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:39:48 AM |
| Location: |
Park, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
And a pan shot, too |
| Description: |
The 4014 passes my position along "old 40" as it heads west. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:42:08 AM |
| Location: |
Park, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Public stop |
| Description: |
The 4014 made several public stops this day, as it would the next in Colorado. A couple were posted on the website; some, like Ellis earlier in the day, were not. All of them gave the legion of chasers a chance to catch their breath and get some local shots and get ahead. This would not be much of a factor in the chase strategy between Hays and Oakley, where I 70 was the chase road, but would make a difference later on. The train sits at its Grainfield stop, as depicted by the sign. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:46:51 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Quite a crowd |
| Description: |
The turnout for the steam train, even in some of the smaller towns along the route, was impressive.Grainfield isnt near much, but there was still a large crowd there. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:54:08 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
11 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close up |
| Description: |
A close up shot of 4014s smoke box, flanked by the US and Kansas flags, a UP special agent at the ready. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:58:50 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Popping off |
| Description: |
The pressure release valve was activated during its stop at Grainfield, resulting in a plume of steam, |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:24:51 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A wider view |
| Description: |
The 4014 rolls west in the morning near Yocimento as the world turns into the browns of winter, |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/20/2024 6:02:08 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
11 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Starting out |
| Description: |
The public viewing has concluded, and the is now getting underway west in a view of the grain elevator area, a common sight in this part of the system. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:26:50 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Prairie panorama |
| Description: |
The moves away from Grainfield ina wide angle view that show the ag facilities that mark much of the economic activity in towns such as this. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:31:55 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smoke box and flags |
| Description: |
The smokebox and lead truck of the 4014, adorned with the Kansas state flag. The engine flew the flag of each state it was in while it was there. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:13:58 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
2 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting a roll on |
| Description: |
The 4014 rolls west, gaining speed as it heads for Grinnell and west. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
2 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Away and some train |
| Description: |
Another going away shot, this time with some of the consist. The make up of the train changed west of Kansas City, now consisting of the canteens, a couple of tool cars, a pair of coaches for the crew, and 11 freight cars, a mix of covered hoppers and box cars. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:45:09 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Full train away |
| Description: |
A going away shot of the full train shows the new consist. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:49:20 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
More grain |
| Description: |
Another going away shot of the train, now approaching another small elevator just west of Grainfield. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:52:37 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Across the field |
| Description: |
As the train made its way toward the next town, I was able to get off the interstate and get a wide shot from a side road. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:55:24 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
8 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Broad view |
| Description: |
A broadside view of the train as it pulls away from me. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:59:25 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
The going away view of the train at Yocimento. The accompanying diesel is the same on I saw on the train a week earlier in Oklahoma. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/20/2024 6:14:46 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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6 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Clean fire |
| Description: |
The 4014 shows only a little smoke as it approaches Grinell. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/22/2024 7:02:27 AM |
| Location: |
Grinnell, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another town, another elevator |
| Description: |
There was a brief stop at Oakley, where theres a small yard. There was construction downtown, and access was difficult, especially for someone driving a Winnebago, as I was. I took up a position at the west end of town, near a typically tall elevator. The clouds had been building since Grainfield, and now were pretty heavy, making for a dark scene. Theyd clear by the time we got to Sharon Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:23:48 AM |
| Location: |
Oakley, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
1 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passing the signal |
| Description: |
The 4014 smokes as it passes the signal at the west end of Oakley. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:28:54 AM |
| Location: |
Oakley, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
1 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Framed |
| Description: |
West of Oakley, the tracks follow US 40 closely, making pan shots easy. I took this one out the window of the RV as I passed the head end, framed by my passenger side window. The sun gleams on the engine, the clouds now behind us. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:36:15 AM |
| Location: |
Winona, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
1 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wide open |
| Description: |
Now away from the interstate, the line crosses the high plains, and, aside from the road(and the marker for buried cable), is about the only sign of mankind in this remote country |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:38:54 AM |
| Location: |
Winona, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
2 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Blowin in the wind |
| Description: |
One of the main features of the high plains is the wind, which was strong, and you feel it constantly, especially in an RV. Its blowing the 4014s smoke as the train passes the signal and a lone cottonwood at McAllaster. Note the lineside pole at far left, with four stripes. UP marks its poles, where they still exist, with up to four stripes, each marking a quarter mile. This one is at a milepost, having four. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:42:07 AM |
| Location: |
McAllaster, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
2 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Two trees |
| Description: |
The high plains is noted for its lack of trees, though there are oftne many near creeks, where water is more plentiful. A pair of cottonwoods frame the 4014 as it makes its way through the rolling country near Wallace |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/25/2024 6:18:49 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
2 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through a sag |
| Description: |
Despite its reputation as being pool table flat, western Kansas is more rolling, however gently. The 4014 rolls through a sag near Wallace. US 40 is adjacent, and much less crowded than its farther east counterparts, largely due to the remoteness of the region. Traffic really thinned out west of Oakley as chasers cut off the effort. It would be a lot less stressful all the way to Kit Carson. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/25/2024 6:21:53 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
3 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bearing down |
| Description: |
A tele shot of the train seems to have it charging ahead purposefully as it approaches Wallace, the fireman, ever vigilant, looking forward. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/25/2024 6:23:59 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
4 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big sky |
| Description: |
One of the things I love about the plains is how the sky seems so expansive. Now that the rain has passed east of us, the sky is becoming that puffy cloud filled blue that is emblematic of the wide open spaces. The 4014 makes its way under the scenic blue dome. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/25/2024 6:28:54 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
4 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Opened up |
| Description: |
A wider view now really opens the sky as the 4014 rolls on, seeming to wade through the grass. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/25/2024 6:33:04 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
3 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Over the rise |
| Description: |
The train has now passed my position, and is about to top a rise just to the west. Ill catch up to it in a few miles. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/25/2024 6:36:57 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
3 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the river |
| Description: |
The 4014 crosses the Ellis River, whose water was once used to supply steam power when this was a division point. It had made a public viewing stop here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/20/2024 6:25:21 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wider view |
| Description: |
A wider angle shows the steam engine and the back up diesel crossing the Ellis River |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/20/2024 6:33:31 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
7 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Canteens |
| Description: |
Some roads called them cisterns. In todays world with its lack of watering facilities, steam trains need to carry a lot of water, which UP does by adding these two cars to the train, seen here on the Big Creek bridge at Ellis. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/20/2024 6:35:49 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
8 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
West at Speer |
| Description: |
Traveling along west at Speer, 4-8-8-4 4015 passes by with a mixed freight. 4015 arrived from ALCo in November 1941 and was retired in August 1961. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1958 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:01:43 PM |
| Location: |
Speer, WY |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4015(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
115 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4015 |
| Description: |
Parked at Cheyenne, having come in with a freight, is 4-8-8-4 4015. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1958 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:08:59 PM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4015(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
102 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4016 |
| Description: |
Passing the water spout at Granite, WY, 4016 rolls along with some reefers. 4016 came from ALCo in November 1941 and would be retired in January 1962. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1952 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:57:07 PM |
| Location: |
Granite, WY |
| Author: |
Timothy E. Kaufman |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4016(4-8-8-4) |
| Views: |
90 Comments: 0 |
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