Nostalgia & History > WAG running extra (#53): Dueling steam in Topeka

Even though this image was scanned from a B/W print, I really like the resulting texture. The raw feel of the photo leads the casual observer to imagine a sort of ‘showdown’ scene from the Old West. We have a pair of Union Pacific’s huge and apparently hungry 9000s looking at each other at the ‘feeding trough’, otherwise known as the coaling tower in Topeka Yard. What a RR world it was, 7 decades ago…

1. UP 4-12-2 #9036 in Topeka, KS in the 1940s (my estimation). Scanned from a B/W print.
Original photo by William A. (Art) Gibson (WAG) Jr.

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels (santafe199)
Art Gibson (wag216)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/22 23:08 by santafe199.

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And, another under the coal dock?

Did they have tenders with 8 wheel trucks?

Trainhand Wrote:
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> Did they have tenders with 8 wheel trucks?

Not to my knowledge. Pretty sure all the UP 9000 class locomotives had 6 wheel Commonwealth trucks.

tomstp Wrote:
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> And, another under the coal dock?

Yes, that’s why he said a pair of 9000’s in the original post

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