Chase of the Big Boy - Day 1

Hi, On May 4th I joined friends Jim and Jay Kleeman, and Bill Kalkman for a trip west to photograph UP #4014 (Big Boy) on its trip from Cheyenne, WY to Ogden, UT. The 4014 trip was part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first trans continental railroad.

I met Bill and Jim at BWI for a flight to Denver where we joined up with Jay when he arrived from Chicago. Our ride for the trip was a Chevrolet Tahoe which I really enjoyed driving.

Our first photo location was in Medicine Bow, WY where the special was scheduled to stop at 4:00 PM. It was the first place where we would have good sun. Before the special arrived a manifest freight and a double stack train went east (above and below).

A few minutes before 4:00 PM the special came into view for an on time arrival (above and two below).

While the special spent some time in Medicine Bow we headed west to the bridge where US 30 crosses the tracks. Here we photographed a couple of freights, this one in good sun, and

4014 (above and below).

Our last 4014 photo of the day was on the west side of Sinclair, WY.

We set up on the west end of the yard in Rawlins, WY hoping to get one more photo of 4014. It was not to be, however, as the special spent the night buried in the east end of the yard. While we were there this stack train came through.

Thanks for looking.