Nostalgia & History > Few UP E Cheyenne . . .

 . . in August '75 during a cross country jaunt my Dodge Colt blew a ring crossing the Rockies so headed to Cheyenne to get it fixed ($350 short block) getting a motel close to UP main and while waiting a day and a half walked down to the east end of UP's Cheyenne yard, some of what was seen was westbound entering yard (top) eastbound departing yard (middle) westbound SP runthrough passing (bottom).
JB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/15 08:50 by 3rdswitch.

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Those were some good old days! Eclectic UP consists that never ceased to amaze...

Lance

What's with those cool 40' boxcars of various BN family roads in the background? Was that the remains of the CB&Q branch that ran southeast from Cheyenne to Sterling (?). Did it cross the UP at grade on the east side of town?

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cdub Wrote:
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> What's with those cool 40' boxcars of various BN
> family roads in the background? Was that the
> remains of the CB&Q branch that ran southeast from
> Cheyenne to Sterling (?). Did it cross the UP at
> grade on the east side of town?
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> Posted from Android

No, the "Q" went under the UP at the east end on the old Burlington and Missouri River right of way. That former trackage is now along a gravel road. behind the Sierra Trading Post.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

santafe199 Wrote:
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> Those were some good old days! Eclectic UP
> consists that never ceased to amaze...
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> Lance

Those were indeed the good old days in more ways than one. He got his car fixed for $350.00!!

Chico43 Wrote:
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> santafe199 Wrote:
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> > Those were some good old days! Eclectic UP
> > consists that never ceased to amaze...
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> > Lance
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> Those were indeed the good old days in more ways
> than one. He got his car fixed for $350.00!!

$350 was a lots of bucks in those days.

Nice shots, Joe, thanks for posting.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

cdub Wrote:
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> What's with those cool 40' boxcars of various BN
> family roads in the background? Was that the
> remains of the CB&Q branch that ran southeast from
> Cheyenne to Sterling (?). Did it cross the UP at
> grade on the east side of town?
>
> Posted from Android

Just looked at Historiaerials dot com and noted the 1950 Topo map has a decent veiw of the CB&Q trackage. Also explains how the UP Big Boy ended up in the City Park, there had been a wye out there. There's a lot more turns in the trackage than I had recognized.

Basically, the CB&Q trackage followed the UP into town with a small yard near the location of the classic depot, at the base of the present double bridges over the UPRR yard. I would guess the old line was torn out and gave the City that open area right along what was is now Lincoln Way. The sharp turn where today's BNSF ballast trains turn west onto the UPRR main was apparently where the CB&Q turned north onto the present trackage, then past the newspaper building and onto another wye and then the modern trackage.

Definitely those were the days of incredible UP consists--seems they tried some of almost every model available and its sad the consists are not available anymore. Great photos JB.
Brian Stevens

the Q line had car storage of the sterling end too

Wow. They ADDED the signal bridge on the east end of town. See my pics on western board I just posted to compare.

And to the poster above, the modern trackage you are referring to is the C&S.

Posted from Android

...yes, the older maps label it as the C&S. Kinda cool.

The map I was looking at also showed quite a few industrial tracks all through town.

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> And to the poster above, the modern trackage you
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> Posted from Android

You can see around some of the older locations in town, there's a place called 'Old Men's Home'. Looks like where Arby's is now, kinda fitting.



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TCnR Wrote:
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> Basically, the CB&Q trackage followed the UP into
> town with a small yard near the location of the
> classic depot, at the base of the present double
> bridges over the UPRR yard. I would guess the old
> line was torn out and gave the City that open area
> right along what was is now Lincoln Way. The sharp
> turn where today's BNSF ballast trains turn west
> onto the UPRR main was apparently where the CB&Q
> turned north onto the present trackage, then past
> the newspaper building and onto another wye and
> then the modern trackage.

The CB&Q/C&S track ran down the alley between 15th St. and Lincolnway (US 30)(16th St.), which is why the alley is so much wider, and turned north onto the current UP/BNSF interchange track that runs down Reed.  The CB&Q had a depot at the corner of Lincolnway & Capitol where the current depot plaza is and I believe that was where the line was between CB&Q (east) and C&S (west).  CB&Q in turn had a small roundhouse and servicing facility across from Holliday Park, very near the current business offices of the UP Historical Society.

Nathan Beauheim
Cheyenne, WY