Big Boy steam locomotive being moved to Cheyenne, WY through Cajon Pass and paced by a video crew in a hi-rail truck

No nose doors on those noses: I'd always had a vague notion that there was 'something missing' on these units; a Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD E9(A)
Location: Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: UP 949
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 31, 2014

Standing at the back of the shops in Cheyenne

Standing at the back of the shops in Cheyenne

Open wide this won't hurt a bit!!

Challenger locomotive 3985 is undergoing attention inside the steam shops at the Cheyenne UP depot

Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 rolls west on the Sidney Subdivision east of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, on October 9, 2008.

Union Pacific/Denver Post Frontier Days train at Union Pacific Depot in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Northbound from Denver to Cheyenne.

A Union Pacific officer's special from Las Vegas stops briefly at Provo Yard on April 6, 1977. By sundown, the special will tie up at the UP depot in Salt Lake City.

UP 951 visits the UP North Yard in Denver and looks great after nearly 60 years of running the rails.

Streamliners at Spencer

I arrived at Harriman just as the train arrived and this was a real grab shot. But it has a dramatic quality that perhaps offsets the considerable technical faults. I had taken a previous shot ar... (more)

Still waiting at UP Armourdale Yard awaiting repairs to the wheels. Hard to believe 3 weeks ago this engine was shoving N&W 611 into the roundhouse for restoration in Spencer, NC.