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Rolling to a signal
Title:  Rolling to a signal
Description:  There is a siding to the east of Kit Carson, with the typical "traffic light" signal used by the western roads, on each track. This one is guarding the siding as the 4014 approaches. It will make an unannounced stop here.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 4:58:02 AM
Location:  Kit Carson, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Splitting the boards
Title:  Splitting the boards
Description:  The 4014 splits the home signals at the west end of the siding east of Kit Carson. Note the Colorado flag on the pilot.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 5:01:07 AM
Location:  Kit Carson, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Under a cloud
Title:  Under a cloud
Description:  The 4014 gets underway after its public stop in Kit Carson as the clouds move in. The shadows will be temporary, as the sun will be back in charge at the next stop in Hugo, 45 miles on.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 5:22:01 AM
Location:  Kit Carson, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Panoramic scene
Title:  Panoramic scene
Description:  The 4014 rolls west under the US 40 overpass about five miles west of Sharon Springs, one of the few places allowing such a view. Sharon Springs is in the distance.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:09:27 AM
Location:  Sharon Springs, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
On display
Title:  On display
Description:  The locals arrive to see the train, coming from all around.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 5:29:36 AM
Location:  Hugo, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
The crowd gathers
Title:  The crowd gathers
Description:  Seems like just about everyone in town came out for the 4014, in a town that shows 742 population.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 5:43:56 AM
Location:  Hugo, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
Blowing off
Title:  Blowing off
Description:  The steam pressure has raised the pops as the 4014 is ready to move. It will blow this town shortly.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 5:46:17 AM
Location:  Hugo, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Colorful
Title:  Colorful
Description:  There arent many trees out here in the high plains, but there were a few here at Hugo, and in color yet. I was able to get the engine passing a couple of bright trees as it departed.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 5:58:03 AM
Location:  Hugo, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Laying it down
Title:  Laying it down
Description:  The 4014 lays down a plume of smoke as it picks up speed.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 6:03:12 AM
Location:  Hugo, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
A little more color
Title:  A little more color
Description:  Theres just a hint of color in the cottonwoods as the 4014 rolls away toward Limon
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 6:07:09 AM
Location:  Hugo, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Out of the trees
Title:  Out of the trees
Description:  I bypassed downtown Limon-its kind of a pest to get in and out of, and the tracks are on the back side of town, away from the highway-this is where US 40 rejoins I 70 to head into Denver, along with US 287 up from Amarillo-and I knew Id lose time against the train there, where there was no public stop. A few miles west, I found a side road with some trees, and caught the train rolling out from behind the ubiquitous cottonwood
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 6:13:28 AM
Location:  Limon, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
The whole shebang
Title:  The whole shebang
Description:  The entire train is seen at this spot a few miles west of my last photo, still only a few miles west of Limon, its four passenger cars, 11 freight and a caboose in tow. At this point, the line has gained over 2000 feet in elevation since leaving Sharon Springs.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 6:17:31 AM
Location:  Limon, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Hay in the field
Title:  Hay in the field
Description:  They dont grow much out here, and what they do grow is mostly irrigated. This part of Colorado is on the western edge of the Oglalla Aquifer, which waters most of the area from north to south, between the Missouri River and the Rockies. Hay, however, is grass, which grows here naturally, a good fit for the semi arid climate-about 14" of rain annually-and is seen where there isnt grazing. A small section of hay bales greets the train near Agate.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 6:23:55 AM
Location:  Agate, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
More train, less hay
Title:  More train, less hay
Description:  A wider view of the 4014 and train at Agate. As always in this part of the country, an elevator is in the distance.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 6:27:11 AM
Location:  Agate, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Colorful cottonwood
Title:  Colorful cottonwood
Description:  The cottonwood is a common tree here. It usually grows where there is underground water, a creek or pond. The leaves turn yellow in the fall, making for a good photo prop.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 6:31:10 AM
Location:  Deer Trail, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
More colot
Title:  More colot
Description:  The 4014 passes two cottonwoods, displaying their fall color
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:17:02 AM
Location:  Deer Trail, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
Just the engine
Title:  Just the engine
Description:  A close up of the 4014 as it passes through Deer Trail
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:23:26 AM
Location:  Deer Trail, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
More color
Title:  More color
Description:  The 4014 rolls past a few more cottonwoods, and a silo. The town here is on the other side of the tracks.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:26:43 AM
Location:  Deer Trail, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
The big stop of the day
Title:  The big stop of the day
Description:  The stop that was posted on the UP Steam Programs website was here at Strasburg, where it seemed everyone for 50 miles around turned out. The 4014 arrives, seen from the Wagner St overpass, just west of the station site, and where there is a now isolated yard full of relics.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:29:27 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) PFE 1048(NW2)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
Tight view
Title:  Tight view
Description:  A closer in look shows the crowd, as well as the lift truck, and some of the odds and ends that are now land locked here: a box car, a stock car, a former PFE NW 2, and tucked in behind the silos, a pair of DRGW reefers, one of which can be seen to the left of the silo. It seems all of Strasburgs 1402 residents are in attendance.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:40:56 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) PFE 1048(NW2)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
On display
Title:  On display
Description:  The assembled crowd looks over the 4014 and train.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:44:42 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) PFE 1048(NW2)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Pacing
Title:  Pacing
Description:  Actually, gaining on him. The cadre of chasers was rather thin on this part of the journey, as were 150 plus miles from Denver, the nearest large city, to the west. To the east, a lot of....grassland. Were over 400 miles from Kansas City here, and 140 from yesterdays starting point of Hays. Wallace County Kan has a population of 1400 or so; Cheyenne County Co, 1745. It will be an easy chase day, even in a Winnebago.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:19:25 AM
Location:  Sharon Springs, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
So slowly
Title:  So slowly
Description:  The time has come for the 4014 to roll out to its final stop in Denver. The crew, mindful of the large crowd at close quarters, moves up very slowly as it splits the sea of humanity before it.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:51:06 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) PFE 1048(NW2)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Still at a crawl
Title:  Still at a crawl
Description:  The 4014 slowly makes its way through town, still alert for the many locals who line the tracks taking selfies and phone videos. The scene has now expanded to show some trailers, two of which are ex DRGW.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 5:59:39 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
About to go under
Title:  About to go under
Description:  The 4014 approaches my perch on the overpass, and is now starting to pick up speed.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 6:03:50 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
The power and the glory
Title:  The power and the glory
Description:  The power, the protect engine, and the one getting the attention, the 4014, roll away, having now passed under the bridge. The chase is on for those who can get out-the road is two lane, accessing the I 70 ramp, but the congestion was pretty bad. If you werent parked near the top, you didnt have a chance at chasing the train.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 6:14:49 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
Away
Title:  Away
Description:  The last group of townfolk are in a photo line as the train leaves town, throwing a plume of smoke as it goes.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 6:18:56 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Heading for the mountains
Title:  Heading for the mountains
Description:  The 4014, dwarfed by the landsacape, now gets a roll on toward Bennett, the next town west, and Denver. At left is I 70, and in the distance, the Front Range looms in the haze, 40 miles to the west.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/29/2024 6:26:18 AM
Location:  Strasburg, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Rolling on
Title:  Rolling on
Description:  The 4014 rolls on near Weskan, the last town in Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:24:30 AM
Location:  Weskan, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Ever changing
Title:  Ever changing
Description:  One of the things I enjoy about the plains, aside from the expansive, wide open landscape, is the sky. It had rained about four hours the previous night, and that system was still moving off to the east, leaving a changing sky. It would become a feature for much of the days chase across eastern Colorado.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:29:58 AM
Location:  Weskan, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Windy day
Title:  Windy day
Description:  Another long view of the 4014 shows the smoke blowing off to the side as it fights the typical strong crosswinds in this part of the country, rolling under a big sky.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:35:18 AM
Location:  Arapahoe, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
In full cry
Title:  In full cry
Description:  The 4014 is running hard and smoking as it passes a newly plowed field.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:38:13 AM
Location:  Arapahoe, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Back to the chase
Title:  Back to the chase
Description:  Having shot the train at a road crossing, Im back in action, playing catch up as the train rolls toward Arapahoe.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:40:16 AM
Location:  Arapahoe, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
UP 9626
Title:  UP 9626
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2004  Upload Date: 3/14/2008 11:34:23 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
UP 9626 & UP 9471
Title:  UP 9626 & UP 9471
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad Company
Photo Date:  5/8/2005  Upload Date: 6/3/2005 12:26:20 AM
Location:  Wheelon, UT
Author:  Rodney J. Sorensen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W) UP 9471(C41-8W)
Views:  724   Comments: 1
UP 4144
Title:  UP 4144
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad Company
Photo Date:  6/19/2005  Upload Date: 6/21/2005 9:04:41 AM
Location:  Fossil, WY
Author:  Rodney J. Sorensen
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4144(SD40-2) UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
UP 9626
Title:  UP 9626
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad Company
Photo Date:  6/19/2005  Upload Date: 6/21/2005 8:59:56 AM
Location:  Fossil, WY
Author:  Rodney J. Sorensen
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
UP #9626 & 2200
Title:  UP #9626 & 2200
Description:  UP C44-9W #9626 & SD60 #2200 head North through Folkston
Photo Date:  9/14/2005  Upload Date: 6/4/2007 9:55:47 PM
Location:  Folkston, GA
Author:  John Perry
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W) UP 2200(SD60)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
UP 4091
Title:  UP 4091
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2006  Upload Date: 8/5/2006 2:49:31 PM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4091(SD70M) CEFX 2809(SD40-2) UP 9626(C44-9W) UP 4827(SD70M)
Views:  732   Comments: 1
UP 9626
Title:  UP 9626
Description:  NS 11E
Photo Date:  11/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/26/2006 3:54:42 PM
Location:  Berea, OH
Author:  Michael Rujak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
UP 9626
Title:  UP 9626
Description:  UP 9626
Photo Date:  6/10/2007  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 11:43:34 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Stan Lytle
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
UP 9626
Title:  UP 9626
Description:  UP 9626
Photo Date:  6/10/2007  Upload Date: 6/11/2008 11:43:52 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Stan Lytle
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
UP 9626 (C44-9W)
Title:  UP 9626 (C44-9W)
Description:  UP Nampa Yard
Photo Date:  8/8/2007  Upload Date: 8/10/2007 3:12:19 PM
Location:  Nampa, ID
Author:  Floyd Gordon
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
UP 9626 brings up the rear of four unit UP double stacktrain leaving Nampa Yard.
Title:  UP 9626 brings up the rear of four unit UP double stacktrain leaving Nampa Yard.
Description:  UP Nampa Yard. Freight is headed eastbound.
Photo Date:  8/8/2007  Upload Date: 8/10/2007 3:25:30 PM
Location:  Nampa, ID
Author:  Floyd Gordon
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
UP 9626 backing up to attach to double stack train
Title:  UP 9626 backing up to attach to double stack train
Description:  UP Nampa Yard
Photo Date:  8/8/2007  Upload Date: 8/14/2007 5:37:11 PM
Location:  Nampa, ID
Author:  Floyd Gordon
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Northbound freight passes green fields
Title:  Northbound freight passes green fields
Description:  This guy was slowing down for a meet with the 4820 South just ahead
Photo Date:  9/12/2007  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 8:48:09 PM
Location:  Coulam, ID
Author:  Tim Huemmer
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8548(SD90MAC-H2) UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  750   Comments: 2
UP 9626
Title:  UP 9626
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2007  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 9:42:15 PM
Location:  Coulam, ID
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  365   Comments: 1
A fast moving Z train
Title:  A fast moving Z train
Description:  There was no grass growing under this one.
Photo Date:  7/25/2008  Upload Date: 7/25/2008 11:20:01 PM
Location:  Junland, MO
Author:  Craig Meador
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4370(SD70M) UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
And there it goes
Title:  And there it goes
Description:  This intermodel was hauling the mail
Photo Date:  7/25/2008  Upload Date: 7/25/2008 11:20:03 PM
Location:  Junland, MO
Author:  Craig Meador
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4370(SD70M) UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
Q131
Title:  Q131
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/2008  Upload Date: 8/12/2008 6:34:00 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Tracy Bone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8357(SD70ACe) UP 9626(C44-9W)
Views:  519   Comments: 0


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