Roundhouse: (Satellite)
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Marty Bernard posted four photos with the comment: "Bill Howes' UP Winter Shots in Cheyenne."
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| Chris Ness posted Ferocious Skies Over Cheyenne Union Pacific Depot Wyoming always seems to have ferocious skies when I visit. An extremely busy station. In the half hour I was there, they had six trains. 02/08 John Payne: Over 100 trains a day go through Cheyenne on UPs Overland Route between Council Bluff and Oakland. Some trains head up to Portland/Seattle after the split at Granger Point west of Green River, WYThere is also a really good railroad museum in the station and on the top floor is a beautiful hand built HO scale model of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge RR. Cheyenne is one of my favorite train towns! Chris Ness: Such a quiet town. I stood in the middle of the main drag at high noon to take a pic from near the station to the Capitol bldg. other end of the street, Not one car on the street moving. THE ENTIRE LENGTH of the street. |
In 1993 the Union Pacific donated the building to the City of Cheyenne and Laramie County, and stabilization of the building was begun a year later. Since then, the building has undergone various stages of an extensive rehabilitation project. The first floor now houses the Cheyenne Depot Museum and a brewpub/restaurant. The upper levels house offices for various city and private concerns related to tourism, economic development and the museum. The museum tells the story of the Cheyenne beginnings during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Union Pacific Depot and the Railroad it is named after. You can view the Union Pacific Main Yard from the Coupler addition on the west end of the Depot, and experience more of the history of the Cheyenne Depot Museum. [CheyenneDepotMuseum]
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| Cheyenne Depot Museum posted An artist suggested removing the steeple during the renovations in the 1920s. So happy that they didn't do it! (UPRM) |
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| Cheyenne Depot Museum posted Great image from 1974! |
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| Cheyenne Depot Museum posted Photo from September 1937 shows the installation of a 100-foot subway tunnel and butterfly-style train sheds. These improvements greatly increased passenger safety and comfort. (Ehernberger Collection) |
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| 1. UP City of Portland westbound, Cheyanne, WY February 22, 1965, Bill Howes Photo. |
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| 2 and 3. UP City of SF left with City of Portland right, Cheyanne, WY February 22, 1965, Bill Howes Photo. |
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| 2 and 3. UP City of SF left with City of Portland right, Cheyanne, WY February 22, 1965, Bill Howes Photo. |
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| 4. UP westbound freight behind two units passing the passenger station at Cheyenne, WY in snow December 18, 1970. Bill Howes photo. Roger Puta was with Bill this day. |
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| Scott Brandon posted Old and New” —- Here we see Cheyenne in its hay day back around the 1950s, we can also see UP big boy 4011 and one of the original gas turbine engines that UP made pulling in to the once booming station of Cheyenne, WY. —- Credit to the taker of this photo. |
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| Patrick Doran posted This photograph is an aerial picture of the Cheyenne Wyoming Union Pacific Roundhouse and shop complex. It was taken sometime in 1953. This roundhouse was one of the largest in US railroad history. It had 48 stalls which had 2 sections a passenger house and freight house. The Passenger house maintained Pacifics, Mountain type locomotives and the FEFs. The freight house had everything else like the Big Boys, Challengers you name it. The freight house stalls were only ones long enough to handle the big boys since they were the largest steam engines in their railroad. [We can see the depot and the canopies for its platforms in the upper-left corner.] Caleb Gray: Every time I go there, I love to compare how it is now with how it used to be. It’s interesting to note, the width between the overhead crane supports in the shop building on the backside of the roundhouse were too short for the big boys to be moved by the overhead crane. They had to remove the tender, the whole front engine, and cut off a few feet from the end of the cab to get them to fit between the supports, and make them light enough for it to actually pick them up. Challengers also had to have the front engine removed, however, they didn’t need any of the cab cut off. Michael Kam: Fun fact, they were unable to install a larger turntable here, so instead of the full length 135 foot tables found at Ogden and Green River, Cheyenne got a 126 foot table, which was JUST long enough to fit the wheelbase of a 4000 within the table limits. Patrick Doran: Yup the Big boys could fit on it with 3 feet of overhang on either end. Kyle W Jeske Go to Google earth to view. Also check this out: |
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| Tim Starr posted The Union Pacific roundhouse in Cheyenne WY is believed to be the largest in the country at 48 stalls and 550 feet in diameter. Other roundhouses had more stalls but not more interior square footage. It was rebuilt in 1931 to handle Challenger and Big Boy articulated locomotives that had been ordered from ALCO. If anyone knows of a bigger one, I'd be interested in knowing it. The passenger side had twenty 120-foot stalls; while another section had eighteen 114-foot stalls for freight engines. The last section built was against the machine shop that had the drop tables. (Wyoming State Archives) |
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| 1961 Cheyenne North Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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| American-Rails posted Nearing the end of their careers, Union Pacific "Big Boys" and "Challengers" rest in Cheyenne on September 6, 1956. Note the workers washing #4024. J.E. Shaw photo. American-Rails.com collection. |
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| Taylor Rush posted The curtain is falling on Union Pacific steam operations, but the show is not yet over. A fleet of articulateds were captured at the massive coal tower in Cheyenne, Wyoming in July of 1957. Some are stored serviceable, and some are under steam. With their cab windows boarded up and their lights wrapped in canvas, a pair of 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" locomotives are awaiting an uncertain future. From left to right are 4664-5 class numbers 3936 and 3946. Both were built at the Schenectady plant of the American Locomotive Company in August of 1944, 3936 carrying construction number 72798, and 3946 carrying construction number 72808. Being serviced on the next track over is 4884-2 class "Wasatch/Big Boy" number 4021. The massive simple articulated 4-8-8-4 was built by the Schenectady plant of the American Locomotive Company, construction number 72778 in 1944. Another locomotive is under steam alongside her, and while it isn't identified, based on other photos in the group I believe it is the number 4023. Taylor Rush shared |
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| Cheyenne Depot Museum posted Steam Engine 844! Looks like this photo was taken when they were dismantling part of the Round House. Definitely between 1962 and 1989 when it was numbered 8444. |
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| 1 of 4 photos posted by Brandon Smith On my way home from Colorado yesterday I was able to make a brief stop in Cheyenne, Wyoming and lone and behold the UP 6936 was peaking out from the roundhouse so I was able to snag a couple of shots of it. [This is one of the locomotives that UP is donating to RRHMA.] |
This photo caused me to hunt for the backshop.
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| Bryan Burton Photography posted It was a star filled night with the Union Pacific steam locomotives 4014, 844, 3985 & 5511 at the Cheyenne Locomotive Steam Shop. 10/22 https://bryanburtonphotography.smugmug.com/Photography/Trains-Folder/Union-Pacific-Steam/UP-Steam-Cheyenne-October-2022/i-SJSzV99 James Orchard: THEY ONLY HAVE HALF OF THEM LEFT Bryan Burton Photography: James Orchard Yes, that’s why we were there. To document them before they were split up. |
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| Cheyenne Depot Museum posted In January 1981, No. 3985 (pictured) was taken out of the roundhouse for its first static fire-up after restoration. It sits on a track once enclosed by the northern part of the machine shop, which was razed in 1979-1980. (A.J. Wolff Photo) |
Note the rather tall water tower.
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| Cheyenne Depot Museum posted Interesting view of the Cheyenne yard showing the south side of the 1919 machine shop. The original building was 410 x 223 feet and was one of the largest buildings ever constructed in the UP system. |
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| Rick Shilling posted 1957 Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger Locomotive #3941 on Turntable at Cheyenne, Wyoming Roundhouse. |
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| Cheyenne Depot Museum posted East end of the Cheyenne yards in 1906. This is engine No. 15 passing an early semaphore, the arm position told the crew what to expect on the section of track they were entering. (WY State Archives) |
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