RailPictures.Net Photo: UP 4019 Union Pacific Steam 4-8-8-4 at Hermosa, Wyoming by Center for Railroad Photography and Art

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» Union Pacific (more..)
» Steam 4-8-8-4 (more..)

» Unknown
» Hermosa, Wyoming, USA (more..)
» August 17, 1957

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An eastbound Union Pacific freight train has just exited one of the Hermosa tunnels on Wyoming's Sherman Hill on August 17, 1957. Road power is 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" no. 4019, assisted by 4-8-4 no. 829 as a headend helper. Photograph by Wallace W. Abbey and courtesy the Center for Railroad Photography & Art.

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