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Title: |
UP 4008 |
Description: |
UP 4008 is still relatively new at the time of this image by UP sometime in 1942. 4008 was built in Sepember of 1941, and was scrapped in August of 1962. For now, it rests on the turntable at Ogden between runs. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
1/1/1942 Upload Date: 5/30/2021 8:31:11 PM |
Location: |
Ogden, UT |
Author: |
Union Pacific Museum |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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518 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 4008 |
Description: |
Big Boy 4008 trundles through the yard in Laramie with an outbound train. The big 4-8-8-4 will be more than capable of getting the train over the Wasatch. The engine was built in September of 1941, and scrapped in August of 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
9/30/1947 Upload Date: 7/8/2022 12:37:15 AM |
Location: |
Laramie, WY |
Author: |
J.A.Pfiefer |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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277 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Doubleheader In Granite |
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Big Boys 4001 and 4008 lead a 103-car freight drag into Granite Canon. Riding on board is Henry Griffiths Jr, a photographer who would publish a photo essay in "True" magazine of the UP operations over Sherman Hill. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
6/26/1952 Upload Date: 8/4/2022 12:21:17 AM |
Location: |
Granite, WY |
Author: |
R.H. Kindig |
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Locomotives: |
UP 4001(4-8-8-4) UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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194 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Doubleheader Exits The Tunnels |
Description: |
Big Boys 4004 and 4008 thunder out of Hermosa Tunnel in 1954. The Hermosa Tunnels were where the Overland Route punched through Sherman Hill heading west and begin their descent into Laramie on the other side. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
5/8/1954 Upload Date: 10/5/2022 12:00:35 AM |
Location: |
Hermosa, WY |
Author: |
J.L.Ehernberger |
Categories: |
Tunnel,Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 4004(4-8-8-4) UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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179 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big Boy 4008 |
Description: |
UP 4008 idles in Laramie in July of 1954. 4008 has lost its piping along the front handrails, and has 8 years left before becoming the 8th Big Boy to be scrapped. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
7/1/1954 Upload Date: 5/30/2021 8:33:15 PM |
Location: |
Laramie, WY |
Author: |
Walter F.J. Kraweic |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam,Track |
Locomotives: |
UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Right-of-Way Fire |
Description: |
UP 4008 stops at the signal at Granite, just outside the Morrison-Knudsen quarry, on an unknown date in 1956. The fireman is on the ground inspecting a right-of-way fire on the far left, a common occurrence in the days of steam. 4008 is new to RRPA. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
1/1/1956 Upload Date: 5/30/2021 12:32:15 PM |
Location: |
Granite, WY |
Author: |
David Martindell |
Categories: |
Steam,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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158 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ready For Another Eastbound Run |
Description: |
Having just been serviced, 4008 backs out of the engine terminal at Laramie. The big 4-8-8-4 behemoth will be backed on to an eastbound train, and will depart town in short order. The buildings of the engine terminal are visible in the upper left background. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
8/25/1956 Upload Date: 10/7/2022 12:00:04 AM |
Location: |
Laramie, WY |
Author: |
Emil Arbrecht |
Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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90 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 4008 |
Description: |
Big Boy 4008 passes through a rock cut west of Harriman as the sun sets in late October, 1956. 4008 will receive its last repairs in December, 1956, and will not survive the scrappers torch. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
10/26/1956 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 2:14:38 PM |
Location: |
Harriman, WY |
Author: |
H.R.Griffiths |
Categories: |
Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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113 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big Boy 4008 |
Description: |
Union Pacific 4008 rests in the yard at Laramie in late October, 1956. Steam is nearing the end on the UP and the rest of the nations railroads. In just two months, the Union Pacifics fellow western railroad Southern Pacific will end all steam operations on their lines, and in just two and a half more years UP will follow suit. 4008 would be retired at the end of steam in 1959, and scrapped on August 7, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
Photo Date: |
10/31/1956 Upload Date: 7/8/2022 12:38:32 AM |
Location: |
Laramie, WY |
Author: |
Stan Kistler |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
Locomotives: |
UP 4008(4-8-8-4) |
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215 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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202 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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653 Comments: 0 |
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