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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4019 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69590Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:9/1941
Notes:retired 1/62
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
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UP 4019
Title:  UP 4019
Description:  Union Pacific Photo Part of my personal collection
Photo Date:  1/1/1941  Upload Date: 10/30/2016 6:27:47 PM
Location:  Echo, UT
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  846   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-8-4 as seen in 1942
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 as seen in 1942
Description:  Exact date unknown, sometime in 1942
Photo Date:  1/1/1942  Upload Date: 4/24/2007 11:13:03 PM
Location:  Echo, UT
Author:  Lyman E. Cox
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  4176   Comments: 7
New Big Boy Rolling Into Town
Title:  New Big Boy Rolling Into Town
Description:  UP 4019 rolls into North Platte, fresh from the ALCO factory in Schenectady, New York. It is the first day of the new year, and 4019s delivery in North Platte completes the delivery of the first 20 Big Boys. An additional five units (4020-4024) will be delivered in 1944. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1942  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 12:32:39 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  A.E.Stensvad
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Refueling at Echo
Title:  Refueling at Echo
Description:  UP 4019 takes on coal and sand at Echo, Utah. During the war, UP photographers took sevreral images of the Big Boys hauling war material over the Wasatch. The hopper on the far left is a EA-50-3 class hopper. No info is known about the car. Big Boy 4019 would be one of the last Big Boys to operate, pulling the 5th-to-last train pulled by a Big Boy over the Wasatch on July 20, 1959. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1942  Upload Date: 6/4/2021 8:14:40 PM
Location:  Echo, UT
Author:  Union Pacific Museum
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
"Big Boy" Makes The Grade
Title:  "Big Boy" Makes The Grade
Description:  Union Pacific Advertisement. This advertisement was on the back cover of the Union Pacific Public Timetable dated February 6, 1944, promoting the Big Boys. Note the Union Pacific "Diamond Anniversary" logo in the top right, celebrating 75 years of service on the Transcontinental route. The logo is made up of the UP Shield, a 4-4-0, and a steam turbine. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  2/6/1944  Upload Date: 7/6/2021 7:16:19 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Union Pacific Railroad
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  391   Comments: 1
Big Boy with Smoke Deflectors
Title:  Big Boy with Smoke Deflectors
Description:  Its 1946, and 4019 wears its one-of-a-kind smoke deflectors as it leads a Pacific Fruit Express train through Echo Canyon. 4019 only wore smoke deflectors for a short period of time in 1946, and Gilbert Bennet used that as inspiration for this painting. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1946  Upload Date: 5/28/2021 7:17:49 PM
Location:  Echo Canyon, UT
Author:  Gilbert Bennet
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
UP 4019 with Smoke Deflectors
Title:  UP 4019 with Smoke Deflectors
Description:  UP 4019 thunders through East Ogden in January, 1946. 4019 was equipped with smoke deflectors reminiscient of the FEF series for a short period of time in 1946. The experiment is not completely documented, but it seems like the 1946 UP knew that in 2021, the UP Steam Fleet would consist of a Big Boy and an FEF. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/19/1946  Upload Date: 5/28/2021 9:17:05 PM
Location:  Ogden, UT
Author:  Emil Albrecht
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
UP 4019
Title:  UP 4019
Description:  Big Boy 4019 has just refueled with coal at the chute in Laramie on May 28, 1950. 4019 was the last of the 4884-1 group of 20 engines. Engines 4020-4024 would make up the 4884-2 series. Behind the Big Boy is a 3900 series Challenger, 3954. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  5/28/1950  Upload Date: 8/7/2021 7:49:52 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Gerald M. Best
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Rolling Through Buford
Title:  Rolling Through Buford
Description:  UP 4019 rolls through Buford in July 1950. 4019 would be in service for another 9 years at the time of this photo. 4019 would pull its last train over the Wasatch on July 20, 1959, arriving in Cheyenne at 4:00 AM, and was cut up three years later. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  7/15/1950  Upload Date: 7/10/2022 4:27:50 AM
Location:  Buford, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-8-4 4019
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 4019
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/25/1953  Upload Date: 6/6/2024 8:44:13 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  R. H. Kindig
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Servicing at Denver
Title:  Servicing at Denver
Description:  UP 4019 takes on coal and water at Denver on Christmas, 1953. Note the 800-series number-plate. 4019 was the last of the original 20 Big Boys, built in December 1941. 17 and a half years later, on July 20, 1959, 4019 would make its last trip across the Wasatch to Cheyenne. It was scrapped on February 21 three years later in 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  12/25/1953  Upload Date: 7/5/2022 12:01:17 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
UP 3987 and 4019 Press photo
Title:  UP 3987 and 4019 Press photo
Description:  Date only listed as 1954 and location unknown. 3987 was built Jun 1943 vacated Apr 1960. Mrs johnson, a native of Brussels Belgium was a noted female photographer and the first woman to take photographs inside the arena at Cheyenne Frontier Days....A task formerly conducted by men due to the dangerous setting. Her photos appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, automotive periodicals, London Times, Daily Mirror, US Camera Annual, British Bhotography Yearbook, Popular Photography Annual while her esteemed son's work appeared in Life magazine, Fortune magazine and many advertisements in the 1950s and 1960s. Together their work spans decades 1940s through the 1970s..
Photo Date:  5/15/1954  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 3:30:05 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Marguerite Baker Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4) UP 3987(4-6-6-4)
Views:  2224   Comments: 2
UP 4019 Press photo
Title:  UP 4019 Press photo
Description:  Date only listed as 1954 and location unknown. Mrs johnson, a native of Brussels Belgium was a noted female photographer and the first woman to take photographs inside the arena at Cheyenne Frontier Days....A task formerly conducted by men due to the dangerous setting. Her photos appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, automotive periodicals, London Times, Daily Mirror, US Camera Annual, British Bhotography Yearbook, Popular Photography Annual while her esteemed son's work appeared in Life magazine, Fortune magazine and many advertisements in the 1950s and 1960s. Together their work spans decades 1940s through the 1970s.
Photo Date:  5/15/1954  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 3:29:19 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Marguerite Baker Johnson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  915   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4019
Title:  Big Boy 4019
Description:  UP 4019 rests in Rawlins. 4019 was built in December of 1941, delivered by the end of January, 1942, and scrapped 20 years later on February 21, 1962. She made her last run on July 20, 1959, arriving in Cheyenne at 4:00 AM. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  11/1/1954  Upload Date: 8/7/2021 7:51:00 PM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Walter F.J. Kraweic
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
UP 4019
Title:  UP 4019
Description:  Date & Location Unknown
Photo Date:  2/20/1955  Upload Date: 6/6/2015 9:29:39 AM
Location:  Pueblo, CO
Author:  Glenn V. Smith
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  996   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-8-4 #4019 Big Boy
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 #4019 Big Boy
Description:  Absolutely stunning slide taken by an unknown photographer of UP #4019 in action on a cold wintery day in 1955 at Cheyenne, WY..
Photo Date:  12/3/1955  Upload Date: 8/29/2015 5:37:31 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1460   Comments: 4
UP 4-8-8-4 #4019
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 #4019
Description:  Absolutely gorgeous photo by an unknown photographer of Union Pacific Big Boy #4019 in action near Cheyenne, WY. This may be a duplicate slide by the unknown photographer. Anyone recognize this photo?
Photo Date:  12/3/1955  Upload Date: 12/27/2018 6:24:42 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4019
Title:  Big Boy 4019
Description:  Union Pacific 4019 rests in the yard at Laramie late in 1956. 4019 was built by ALCO in late 1941. The behemoth would operate for UP for 18 years, pulling its last train over the Wasatch, 61 loads and 30 empties totaling 3961 tons, in late July, 1959. 4019 would spend two and a half years in storage in Cheyenne, finally being cut up on February 21, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  10/31/1956  Upload Date: 7/16/2022 1:10:28 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Stan Kistler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
Big Boys Refueling
Title:  Big Boys Refueling
Description:  UP 4003, 4002, 4008, and 4019 congregate at the coal tower in Rawlins. After 1957, Rawlins was not used as a regular terminal for steam power. UP 1441, an F3A, will replace the Big Boys in service over the Wasatch Range completely in the next two years. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  10/8/1957  Upload Date: 5/30/2021 8:36:31 PM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Stan Kistler
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4002(4-8-8-4) UP 4003(4-8-8-4) UP 4008(4-8-8-4) UP 4019(4-8-8-4) UP 1441(F3A)
Views:  685   Comments: 0
Doubleheader in Reverse
Title:  Doubleheader in Reverse
Description:  Two 4000s are running tender first, lugging 82 cars back to Speer after a broken knuckle on the lead car. The two Big Boys will run around the train for the remainder of the trip to Cheyenne. UP 4014 and 4019 lead the unusual move. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/30/1958  Upload Date: 8/4/2022 12:31:45 AM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  652   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4019
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4019
Description:  Steaming it up under the coaling tower at Laramie is 4-8-8-4 4019. Having been built by ALCo in December 1941, 4019 was retired in January 1962.
Photo Date:  9/7/1958  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:04:39 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
UP 4019 at Cheyenne
Title:  UP 4019 at Cheyenne
Description:  UP 4019 waits at a signal at the west end of the Cheyenne Yard in July of 1959. The Big Boys only have 10 days left before 4015 pulls the last train over the Wasatch on July 21, 1959. 4019 will be scrapped 2 years and 7 months from that date, on February 21, 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  7/11/1959  Upload Date: 5/31/2021 12:05:04 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  F.G.Gschwind
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  291   Comments: 0


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