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| Title: |
Getting The Train Underway |
| Description: |
The engineer gets UP 4003 underway sometime in 1942. 4003 would be scrapped in mid 1963, 22 years after it was built in Schenectady. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1942 Upload Date: 7/4/2022 12:42:21 AM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
Union Pacific Museum |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Big Boy 4003 |
| Description: |
UP 4003 has just topped off on water in Rawlins on September 2, 1947. 4003 will make its last run in 1958, and will be scrapped on May 31, 1963, one of the last Big Boys to be scrapped. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1947 Upload Date: 5/28/2021 9:14:13 PM |
| Location: |
Rawlins, WY |
| Author: |
R.H.Kindig |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Friendly Crew and Big Boy 4003 |
| Description: |
The crew of Big Boy 4003 poses with their locomotive as it rests on a yard track at North Platte. 4003 has likely just cut off of a cut of cars in the yard, and will now back down to the engine facility for servicing. The steam behemoth was built in August 1941, consecutively with 4000, 4001, 4002, and 4004. 4003 would be scrapped in mid 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/1950 Upload Date: 7/3/2022 2:06:54 AM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
A.W.Madison |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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180 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big Boys at Laramie |
| Description: |
Several Big Boys are parked at the coal tower in Laramie. At least three are visible in this shot, taken in October, 1955. The hoppers and gondolas on the tracks at right are for inbound bituminous Wyoming coal and outbound ash and cinders respectively. Behind the servicing tracks are the roundhouse and turntable. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/1955 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 2:52:09 PM |
| Location: |
Laramie, WY |
| Author: |
David Martindell |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4000(4-8-8-4) UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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206 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4003 |
| Description: |
UP 4003 gets some lubrication at Rawlins in a shot from around 1956. The mechanics in Laramie might want to replace the number boards on 4003 when she arrives. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1956 Upload Date: 7/5/2021 9:36:30 PM |
| Location: |
Rawlins, WY |
| Author: |
R.H.Dale |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big Boy 4003 |
| Description: |
UP 4003 couples onto its freight train in Cheyenne in September, 1957. 4003 received its last repairs in May of 1957, but was one of the few stored Big Boys labeled as operable as of New Years Eve, 1960. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1957 Upload Date: 5/29/2021 5:49:00 PM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
David Martindell |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Bright One |
| Description: |
While 4-8-8-4 4003 waits with a train at Cheyenne, the bright, sun like headlight of oncoming 4013 illuminates the horizon. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/1957 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:19:58 PM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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57 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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561 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big Boy 4003 |
| Description: |
UP 4003 rests between runs in the yard at Laramie. The massive 4000-series beast was one of the largest locomotives in the world, with an overall length of 133 feet and a tractive effort of 135,375 pounds. The 4003 would become the second-to-last Big Boy scrapped, being cut up on May 31, 1963. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1958 Upload Date: 7/4/2022 12:45:09 AM |
| Location: |
Laramie, WY |
| Author: |
J.L.Ehernberger |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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121 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Re-Iced And Ready To Depart |
| Description: |
Union Pacific 4003 drags a train out of the ice racks in Laramie. The ice racks were used to re-ice reefers eastbound loaded with perishables. At the time of this 1958 photo, these icing facilities were listed as the largest of their kind on the UP. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1958 Upload Date: 10/7/2022 12:00:41 AM |
| Location: |
Granite, WY |
| Author: |
H.R. Griffiths |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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112 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Trailing Smoke Eastbound |
| Description: |
West of Colores, and billowing a cloud of steam above it, Extra 4003 East thunders up the grade. The eastbound has two flatcars of what appears to be farm equipment on the head end. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1958 Upload Date: 10/5/2022 12:00:53 AM |
| Location: |
Colores, WY |
| Author: |
J.L.Ehernberger |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4003 |
| Description: |
Big Boy 4003 thunders under Third Street with an eastbound extra. The train is made up of 85 cars, including two flatcars on the head end. Im no expert on machinery, so if anybody knows what that is on the flatcar, please feel free to leave a comment. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger) |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1958 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 2:27:47 PM |
| Location: |
Laramie, WY |
| Author: |
H.R.Griffiths |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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155 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big Boy at Sunset |
| Description: |
With the sun going down, 4-8-8-4 4003 rolls along with a freight at Granite, WY. 4003 was built by ALCo in August 1941. It would be placed in storage in February 1962. 4003 would be sold for scrap in May 1963. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/1958 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:21:07 PM |
| Location: |
Granite, WY |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4003 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1962 Upload Date: 2/1/2006 2:36:57 PM |
| Location: |
Cheyenne, WY |
| Author: |
mark mcdowell |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4003(4-8-8-4) |
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6817 Comments: 2 |
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