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1101-25 Eastbound Amtrak departs depot
Title:  1101-25 Eastbound Amtrak departs depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2007 11:49:21 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  134   Comments: 0
1101-26 Westbound UP unit stock train
Title:  1101-26 Westbound UP unit stock train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2007 11:50:34 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8031(SD40-2) UP 8073(SD40-2) UP 8056(SD40-2) UP 8048(SD40-2)
Views:  1412   Comments: 1
1101-27 UP 8048
Title:  1101-27 UP 8048
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2007 11:51:16 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 8048(SD40-2)
Views:  684   Comments: 0
1101-29 UP 2882
Title:  1101-29 UP 2882
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2007 11:52:26 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 2882(U30C)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
1101-34 Eastbound UP freight with caboose 25279
Title:  1101-34 Eastbound UP freight with caboose 25279
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2007 11:54:52 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  277   Comments: 0
1101-35 Overview of diesel shop with what looks like an MRS1 inside
Title:  1101-35 Overview of diesel shop with what looks like an MRS1 inside
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2007 12:00:11 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  529   Comments: 0
1101-36 Overview of turntable
Title:  1101-36 Overview of turntable
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2007 12:01:03 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  252   Comments: 0
1102-07 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1102-07 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 12:11:14 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
1102-10 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1102-10 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 12:11:49 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  687   Comments: 0
1102-15 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1102-15 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 12:12:24 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  713   Comments: 0
1102-24 Eastbound UP freight rolls through the yard
Title:  1102-24 Eastbound UP freight rolls through the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 12:12:53 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
1102-25 Yard engine readies a private car for the UP 8444 ferry move to Denver
Title:  1102-25 Yard engine readies a private car for the UP 8444 ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 12:13:19 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  169   Comments: 0
1102-31
Title:  1102-31
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 12:13:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  771   Comments: 0
1102-36 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1102-36 UP 8444 comes out of the roundhouse for its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 12:14:13 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
1103-01 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-01 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:38:53 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 3010(SD40)
Views:  959   Comments: 0
UP business car 104 in morning fog
Title:  UP business car 104 in morning fog
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:42:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1090   Comments: 0
1103-09 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-09 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:43:24 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
1103-11 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-11 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:43:47 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  638   Comments: 1
1103-12 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-12 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:44:13 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  1051   Comments: 0
1103-13 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-13 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:44:38 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 266(GP9)
Views:  1162   Comments: 0
1103-19 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-19 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:45:08 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  727   Comments: 0
1103-20 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-20 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:45:29 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
1103-27 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-27 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:45:50 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  812   Comments: 0
1103-29 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-29 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:46:16 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
1103-35 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-35 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:46:38 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  851   Comments: 0
1103-36 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Title:  1103-36 UP 8444 departs on its ferry move to Denver
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2007 6:46:59 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  884   Comments: 0
UP 6939
Title:  UP 6939
Description:  CHEYENNE WY Oct 19 1977 -- Union Pacific DA40X 6939 is west of Cheyenne with a mixed freight. EMD built the 6939 (b/n 35513 in June 1971. It was retired March 18 1985 and sokd for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding (East St. Louis IL) on Oct 24 1985. (Roster information from http://utahrails.net/all-time/all-time-62.php#dda40x-6900)
Photo Date:  10/19/1977  Upload Date: 4/13/2012 7:51:03 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Charles Stooke
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6939(DDA40X)
Views:  887   Comments: 3
West Green River Dispatcher
Title:  West Green River Dispatcher
Description:  Dispatcher George Hunter contemplates the railroad between Green River and Granger, WY with fountain pen at the ready for OSs. The smaller panel on the left controlled Strawberry to Ogden. The 4th Sub of the Wyoming Division had some 46 miles of CTC and 126 miles of ABS double-track territory. One of the speakers was for the radio and operators; the other for the Curvo annunciator - an open mike near Wahsatch where eastbounds would roar past, thus giving the DS an idea where his train(s) were between Echo and Altamont.
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:21:59 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  474   Comments: 4
UP #6924
Title:  UP #6924
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from a 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Exact date is approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:19:05 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown/Terry Wegmann Collection/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6924(DDA40X) UP 8015(SD40-2)
Views:  1183   Comments: 1
UP 3343
Title:  UP 3343
Description:  CHEYENNE WY Sept 24 1978 -- Union Pacific SD40-2 3343 handles a mixed freight. EMD built the 3243 (b/n 716056-09) in February 1977. (Roster information from http://utahrails.net/all-time/all-time-45.php#)
Photo Date:  9/24/1978  Upload Date: 9/18/2191 7:54:04 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3343(SD40-2)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
UP 4-8-4 8444
Title:  UP 4-8-4 8444
Description:  The famous 8444 poses for the camera outside the Cheyenne roundhouse sometime during the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 9:29:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
UP #6946 & #951
Title:  UP #6946 & #951
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from a 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Exact date is approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:19:59 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  P. Bell/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6946(DDA40X) UP 951(E9A)
Views:  1389   Comments: 1
3985 reborn
Title:  3985 reborn
Description:  UP Challenger 3985 was on static display at Cheyenne, WY for many years. Then some employees got the notion it might run again. Here, in September of 1979, a burro crane has laid panels to the Challenger, the fence has been removed and geep 327 shepherds the locomotive, with prodigious oiling of valve and driving gear, west to Tower "A" for a reverse move back towards the roundhouse where the capable steam crew will embark upon the process of readying the sleek beauty for many years of excursion service.
Photo Date:  9/10/1979  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:36:11 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 327(GP9) UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  3523   Comments: 3
Westbound DD-35 at Cheyenne
Title:  Westbound DD-35 at Cheyenne
Description:  A DD-35 assisting a westbound passing through Cheyenne
Photo Date:  10/12/1979  Upload Date: 1/29/2011 8:20:03 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Mark Dean
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 73B(DD35)
Views:  1343   Comments: 0
AMTK 622
Title:  AMTK 622
Description:  AMTK 622 was built in July 1974 and sold to Santa Fe becoming ATSF 5257.
Photo Date:  10/14/1979  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 5:07:42 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 622(SDP40F)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
UP 3165
Title:  UP 3165
Description:  UP 3165 was delivered in February 1972.
Photo Date:  10/14/1979  Upload Date: 6/16/2019 10:38:30 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3165(SD40-2)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
UP 838
Title:  UP 838
Description:  UP 838 must be one of only a handful of GP30s with the skinny lettering at the end of the 70's.
Photo Date:  10/14/1979  Upload Date: 4/2/2019 5:04:31 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 838(GP30)
Views:  181   Comments: 1
UP 3133
Title:  UP 3133
Description:  UP 3133 has been repainted at least once since being delivered in 1972.
Photo Date:  10/15/1979  Upload Date: 6/13/2019 2:19:47 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3133(SD40-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
UP 3613
Title:  UP 3613
Description:  Rear view of brand new UP 3613.
Photo Date:  10/15/1979  Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:55:34 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3613(SD40-2)
Views:  190   Comments: 1
UP 6918 in full stride
Title:  UP 6918 in full stride
Description:  Exhibiting what was more or less standard hotshot power at the time, a pair of Centennials sandwich a "fast forty" high geared SD-40-2 heading west on No.2 track between Cheyenne and Wycon, WY.
Photo Date:  12/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 3:27:37 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6918(DDA40X)
Views:  981   Comments: 1
UP 6926 leaving Cheyenne
Title:  UP 6926 leaving Cheyenne
Description:  The westbound van fleet hit Cheyenne in mid-afternoon and here DD-40AX 6926 is in charge of what is likely the OMN (Overland Mail Northwest) as it heads into the grade across Sherman Hill.
Photo Date:  12/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 3:18:26 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6926(DDA40X)
Views:  516   Comments: 2
Auto Railroad Overland
Title:  Auto Railroad Overland
Description:  Once the mail and van trains passed, the westbound afternoon fleet also included the ARRO, a consist of auto parts and set-up autos for GM in Warm Springs, CA. The train ran as Rock Island No.57 from Chicago to Council Bluffs and as SP symbol UPWSA from Ogden, with connections off CR, GTW, C&O and B&O at Chicago. On its heels would be the California Livestock. Here the ARRO is arriving at Cheyenne after a quick trip from North Platte.
Photo Date:  12/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:08:22 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8079(SD40-2)
Views:  725   Comments: 0
Merci Train Boxcar
Title:  Merci Train Boxcar
Description:  Merci Train Boxcar on display at the VFW Cheyenne WY
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 3/7/2014 7:05:46 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Don Hinchliffe
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Westbound on P-3
Title:  Westbound on P-3
Description:  The four mainlines through Cheyenne were generally full most all of the time, and at this time we were putting some ninety trains a day through town on the busier days of the week. Yet another manifest is getting ready to head over Sherman Hill.
Photo Date:  1/31/1980  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:11:06 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3381(SD40-2)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Recrew on P-2.
Title:  Recrew on P-2.
Description:  Centennials generally showed up on general manifest in an eastward direction as power was excessed back toward North Platte, however, one would occasionally be consisted in a westbound freight as is the case on this outfit recrewing at Cheyenne.
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 3:59:23 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6914(DDA40X)
Views:  669   Comments: 0
The California Livestock
Title:  The California Livestock
Description:  Hot on the heels of the westbound van trains came the CLS with its head end block of hogs - business which lasted until the mid-nineties. The train would be stopping out west of Rawlins to pick up additional hog traffic that came up off the Greeley Sub and was set-out online for the CLS later in the evening. There are a couple fast forties augmenting the imposing DD-40AX and the train will really roll across the high plains.
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 3:55:39 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6927(DDA40X)
Views:  839   Comments: 1
Anomaly at Borie
Title:  Anomaly at Borie
Description:  It is unusual to see a westbound general manifest using the steeper alignment over Sherman Hill via Borie. Most of them use No.3 track via Speer and Harriman with its 0.8% gradient. Every once in awhile ,however, a westbound will have ample power (>2hp/t) and a light enough consist to use the steeper but shorter route over the top at Sherman, as is the case with this fellow at Borie amidst the typically bleak landscape of wintertime.
Photo Date:  3/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:16:15 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2449(C30-7)
Views:  419   Comments: 1
UP 8044 West
Title:  UP 8044 West
Description:  The grade begins right in town and here a westbound van outfit with a snoot fast forty accelerates into Sherman Hill and a fast trip to Rawlins.
Photo Date:  5/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 4:13:30 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8044(SD40-2)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
UP Challenger X3985
Title:  UP Challenger X3985
Description:  UP Challenger"X3985 rests in the roundhouse at Cheyenne, WY in the winter of 1981. Scanned 3x5 print. By permission. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1981  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 4:39:34 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1018   Comments: 0
UP Challenger X3985
Title:  UP Challenger X3985
Description:  UP Challenger X3985 rests in the roundhouse at Cheyenne, WY in thy winter of 1981. Scanned 3x5 print. By permission. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1981  Upload Date: 3/11/2017 4:39:59 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  1186   Comments: 0


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