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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4007 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69578Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:8/1941
Notes:4-8-8-4, Schenectady 08/41, retired 08/61
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
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4007 and Castle Rock
Title:  4007 and Castle Rock
Description:  UP 4007 departs Green River with Castle Rock looming in the background. 4007 has only been on the job for a few weeks at this point, having been built in September of 1941. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  11/30/1941  Upload Date: 6/5/2021 9:03:19 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  O.C.Perry
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
UP 4007 On The Turntable
Title:  UP 4007 On The Turntable
Description:  Big Boy 4007 takes a spin on the turntable in Ogden, the former of which is operated by the woman on the left. After being turned, 4007 will top off on coal and water before departing for another run east. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1942  Upload Date: 6/4/2021 8:05:02 PM
Location:  Ogden, UT
Author:  Union Pacific Museum
Categories:  Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
UP 4007
Title:  UP 4007
Description:  Big Boy 4007 tops up on coal and water in Echo, Utah on an unknown day in 1947. Once 4007 has refilled its tank, it will continue with its stock train across the Wasatch range. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1947  Upload Date: 5/30/2021 12:25:41 PM
Location:  Echo, UT
Author:  Emil Albrecht
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4007
Title:  Big Boy 4007
Description:  Union Pacific 4007 is parked on a side track at Granite Canyon, Wyoming in June 1947. Test equipment and piping was mounted on the drivers side of the boiler while the engine simmers in the sun. 4007 was the 8th of UPs 25 Big Boys built, having been contructed by ALCO in September, 1941. This engine would serve with UP for around 18 years, finally being retired in 1959 along with the rest of UPs Big Boy fleet. 4007 would be cut up two years later, on October 31, 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  6/25/1947  Upload Date: 7/6/2022 2:29:01 AM
Location:  Granite, WY
Author:  J.H.Conant
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
Extra 4007
Title:  Extra 4007
Description:  UP 4007 coasts downhill at Buford with 110 cars in June, 1949. 4007 is more than capable of getting the train down the grade to Cheyenne. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  6/25/1949  Upload Date: 5/30/2021 12:37:33 PM
Location:  Buford, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
UP 4007
Title:  UP 4007
Description:  4007 waits for its turn at the coal chute in North Platte sometime in 1950. The engine had just arrived from Cheyenne, and will be serviced here before returning west. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 12:12:46 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  A.E.Stensvad
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4007
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4007
Description:  Surrounded by other large power, 4-8-8-4 4007 poses by the coaling tower in Cheyenne. 4007 had been built in September 1941 by ALCo and would be retired in August 1961.
Photo Date:  9/1/1950  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:22:41 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Timothy E. Kaufman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4007
Title:  Big Boy 4007
Description:  UP 4007 leads a stock train through Cheyenne in October of 1953. 4007 will be scrapped in October, 1961, at 20 years and one month of age. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  10/9/1953  Upload Date: 5/30/2021 8:29:21 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  C.T.Felstead
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
4007 and Crew
Title:  4007 and Crew
Description:  The crew of Union Pacific 4007 leans out of the cab of their engine as she is parked in the yard at Cheyenne. The Big Boy is nearing the end of its 18 year career at the time of this February 1954 image. The engine would be retired in 1959, and scrapped on October 30, 1961. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  2/1/1954  Upload Date: 7/7/2022 12:14:29 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Walter F.J. Krawiec
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Extra 4007 West at Dale
Title:  Extra 4007 West at Dale
Description:  Extra 4007 West rolls through a deep cut near Dale. This cut was deemed deep enough that rockslide fencing was installed along the right-of-way. This was the deepest cut on the alternate mainline, which was generally less steep that the original mainline. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/21/1955  Upload Date: 10/4/2022 12:02:03 AM
Location:  Dale, WY
Author:  J.L. Ehernberger
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
UP 4007
Title:  UP 4007
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/1958  Upload Date: 12/26/2020 12:09:04 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Jeffrey Lawrence Collection
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Extra 4007 Thundering Out Of Town
Title:  Extra 4007 Thundering Out Of Town
Description:  Big Boy 4007 leads Extra 4007 West out of Cheyenne. The 105 car train is mostly empty reefers returning west for another load of perishables. The train passes under the Colorado and Southern bridge and the west end signal bridge as it highballs out of town. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/31/1958  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 12:15:13 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  J.L.Ehernberger
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4007(4-8-8-4)
Views:  146   Comments: 0


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