Steam & Excursion > 4014 pulls freight up Archer Hill

Today's midday eastbound departure of UP Big Boy 4014 included 21 lucky loaded covered hoppers, here making easy work of the climb out of the Crow Creek valley and Cheyenne nearing Archer, WY. === === = === JLH



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/19 17:45 by highgreengraphics.

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Nice photo. Now if they loaded hopper cars.....



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/19 16:24 by CPRR.

I knew you would get a great photo. Thanks for sharing.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Great photo, thanks for taking to time to post.

Randy in PHX

Wow! Thanks for sharing that pic for those of us who didn't have enough vacation time to go.

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They are not empty!!! Loaded with 2100 tons of cement.

Posted from Android

I wonder what Month on Next years Union Pacific calender this photo will be in  ?

Nice catch! I bet that sounded great.

Posted from iPhone

Thanks for the nice photo, and I notice no 844, also Big Boy" chalked on front looks in a different location on smoke box door than before?

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

Cool! I was told the cars were empty. Thanks! Still made easy work out of them, and the diesel did not appear to be helping as it went by.

WaterBoy Wrote:
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> They are not empty!!! Loaded with 2100 tons of
> cement.

Please clarify, as to "cement", i.e. powdered "cement", or some other compound?

Appears the leaks are fixed!

Nice but not near as cool as UP 3985 dragging double stacks up the hill back in '90.

gandydancer4 Wrote:
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> Nice but not near as cool as UP 3985 dragging
> double stacks up the hill back in '90.

That was my point in the post above 

WaterBoy Wrote:
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> They are not empty!!! Loaded with 2100 tons of
> cement.
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> Posted from Android


Calm down Ed

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Great photo!  Really like the color and "depth."
GK

Really is a very nice shot, have to admit that the 4014 looks damn good.

Out

HotWater Wrote:
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> WaterBoy Wrote:
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> > They are not empty!!! Loaded with 2100 tons of
> > cement.
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> Please clarify, as to "cement", i.e. powdered
> "cement", or some other compound?

Probably Portland cement powder produced under the standards of ASTM C150.

Edit: Probably out of the Eagle Materials plant at Laramie.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/19 19:49 by WaterBoy.

Beautiful sight and shot.  Thanks for chasing and posting the photo.

Scott Griggs
Louisville, KY

I am not Ed.
I was standing right next to HGG when he took that photo ..

I hope some of the video takers that were filming next to us will post their work. The roar was almost deafening when 4014 went by.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/19 20:19 by WaterBoy.