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Pictures of UP 4017
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4017 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69588Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:9/1941
Notes:Schenectady 09/1941, donated to Natl. RR Museum, Green Bay 5/61
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
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Big Boy 4017
Title:  Big Boy 4017
Description:  UP 4017 rests under the pedestrian overpass across the yard in Laramie. Note that 4017 stil has the early front couple housing. By 1951, this had been replaced with a permanent fixture at the same time the brake cooling pipes on the front handrails were relocated behind the air-pump shield, on which the UP shield is mounted.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 5/30/2022 1:06:06 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
Big Boy Leads Passenger Equipment
Title:  Big Boy Leads Passenger Equipment
Description:  In a cut west of Harriman, UP 4017 rolls through with 34 cars making 25 MPH. Save for the head end boxcars, this train is made up mostly of deadheading passenger equipment. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/17/1954  Upload Date: 10/5/2022 12:00:19 AM
Location:  Harriman, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Doubleheading Eastbound Empties
Title:  Doubleheading Eastbound Empties
Description:  Big Boys 4018 and 4017 race along with a train of empty gondolas near Cooper Lake. The train did not require the second engine tonnage-wise, but instead the engine was added to transfer power back to Cheyenne to compensate for a spike in westbound traffic. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/18/1956  Upload Date: 10/7/2022 12:01:08 AM
Location:  Cooper Lake, WY
Author:  F.G.Gschwind
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4) UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
Eastbound 4017
Title:  Eastbound 4017
Description:  Big Boy 4017 rumbles through Rawlins with an eastbound train. 4017 was the first of 3 Big Boys built in December of 1941, and would become the first Big Boy to be donated for preservation. Today, 4017 is preserved at the National Rairoad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  10/30/1956  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 1:14:05 AM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Stan Kistler
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
UP 4017 Undergoing Repairs
Title:  UP 4017 Undergoing Repairs
Description:  During the last shoppings at Cheyenne in 1957, UP 4017 sits disassembled with a cylinder boring machine attached. On the next track, UP 4021 is shown. 4017 was built in December of 1941, the 4021 was built in 1944. 4021 was scrapped in 1962, while 4017 was donated for display to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  3/1/1957  Upload Date: 5/11/2021 11:06:12 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  David Martindell
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4) UP 4021(4-8-8-4)
Views:  695   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4017
Title:  Big Boy 4017
Description:  During the last shoppings at Cheyenne in 1957, UP 4017 sits disassembled with a cylinder boring machine attached. On the next track, UP 4021 is shown. 4017 was built in December of 1941, the 4021 was built in 1944. 4021 was scrapped in 1962, while 4017 was donated for display to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  3/1/1957  Upload Date: 5/28/2021 7:11:11 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  R.H.Dale
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. I got my Dad to take a shot of me in the cab of my favorite locomotive at the time.
Photo Date:  7/27/1980  Upload Date: 11/15/2006 12:36:35 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Chris Clouser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2117   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  Front end shot at National Railroad Museum. There is a guy painting the smokebox front visible just behind the headlight.
Photo Date:  7/27/1980  Upload Date: 11/15/2006 12:36:35 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Chris Clouser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1887   Comments: 0
UP 4017--Big Boy
Title:  UP 4017--Big Boy
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/4/1985  Upload Date: 11/23/2010 7:51:50 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Tom Kidd
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  4315   Comments: 1
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/28/2021 6:40:41 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  853   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 2/15/2015 3:59:08 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  996   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 2/15/2015 4:09:41 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1018   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1993  Upload Date: 11/7/2010 8:11:38 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Mike Conn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1397   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  On display at the National Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/6/1993  Upload Date: 1/4/2015 8:58:06 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1112   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  On display at the National Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/6/1993  Upload Date: 1/10/2015 4:24:15 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  On display at the National Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  9/6/1993  Upload Date: 9/6/1993 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  972   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1995  Upload Date: 2/22/2010 3:49:07 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  C.T. Bruce Collection
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1060   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/18/1996  Upload Date: 10/21/2016 9:10:15 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1151   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  A close up of the Union Pacific logo on Big Boy #4017 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay
Photo Date:  3/28/2003  Upload Date: 10/3/2010 8:40:16 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1005   Comments: 0
#4017 Big Boy
Title:  #4017 Big Boy
Description:  Green Bay, Pisconsin Railway Museum
Photo Date:  9/26/2003  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 2:59:53 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  W G Peterson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1000   Comments: 0
#4017 Big Boy
Title:  #4017 Big Boy
Description:  Green Bay, Wisconsin Railway Museum
Photo Date:  9/26/2003  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 2:56:56 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  W G Peterson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1128   Comments: 0
#4017 Big Boy
Title:  #4017 Big Boy
Description:  Green Bay, Wisconsin Railway Museum
Photo Date:  9/26/2003  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 2:58:49 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author: 
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1178   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  (steam 4-8-8-4) the conductor's view from the cab of the union pacific big boy engine # 4017
Photo Date:  6/18/2004  Upload Date: 11/25/2004 12:42:51 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2147   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  the Union Pacific bigboy this one i believe was built in 1941
Photo Date:  6/18/2004  Upload Date: 11/25/2004 12:58:34 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2288   Comments: 3
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  (steam 4-8-8-4) nose shot of UP engine # 4017
Photo Date:  6/18/2004  Upload Date: 11/25/2004 2:16:57 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1884   Comments: 0
UP 4017
Title:  UP 4017
Description:  ( steam 4-8-8-4) these are the controls union pacific engine # 4017 which is in the world's largest steam engine model
Photo Date:  6/18/2004  Upload Date: 11/24/2004 10:20:44 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1912   Comments: 0
UP 4017 THE BIGBOY
Title:  UP 4017 THE BIGBOY
Description:  (steam 4-8-8-4) this is the world's largest class of steam engines ever built to this day they were nick named (bigboy0 by union pacific becase of there hudge size
Photo Date:  6/18/2004  Upload Date: 11/24/2004 11:57:12 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2014   Comments: 0
PRR 4890, USAX 101 & UP 4017 both Display
Title:  PRR 4890, USAX 101 & UP 4017 both Display
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2005  Upload Date: 12/12/2013 12:20:04 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  PRR 4890(GG1) USAX 101(2-8-0) UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1398   Comments: 0
UP 4017 on Display
Title:  UP 4017 on Display
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2005  Upload Date: 12/12/2013 12:22:15 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  938   Comments: 1
UP 4017 & 2 of Us in Cab
Title:  UP 4017 & 2 of Us in Cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2005  Upload Date: 9/3/2014 12:10:46 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  749   Comments: 0
ME AND THE UP BIG BOY
Title:  ME AND THE UP BIG BOY
Description:  Me standing on the frount of the UP Big boy The worlds largest steam llcomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 8:02:41 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1331   Comments: 0
The Coal Tender
Title:  The Coal Tender
Description:  The huge coal tender on the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 10:04:18 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  913   Comments: 0
UP Steam Engine # 4017 (The Big Boy)
Title:  UP Steam Engine # 4017 (The Big Boy)
Description:  A shot of the UP Big Boy
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 8:13:22 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1053   Comments: 0
A CLOSE UP OF THE BIG BOY
Title:  A CLOSE UP OF THE BIG BOY
Description:  A close up shot underneath the cab of the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 9:55:01 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1181   Comments: 0
The Big Boy
Title:  The Big Boy
Description:  This is were the coal passes under the cab from the coal tender to the firebox of the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/16/2006 9:54:47 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1323   Comments: 0
The Breakmen's Side
Title:  The Breakmen's Side
Description:  The firemans view from the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 10:53:43 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4) PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:  1579   Comments: 0
The Engineer's View
Title:  The Engineer's View
Description:  The engineer's view out of the cab of the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 10:25:57 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1048   Comments: 1
The Engineer's View
Title:  The Engineer's View
Description:  The engineer's view out of the cab of the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 10:32:17 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  877   Comments: 0
Underneth The Coal Tender
Title:  Underneth The Coal Tender
Description:  A view underneth the Coal tender on the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/16/2006 8:55:01 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  989   Comments: 0
Under The Cab
Title:  Under The Cab
Description:  Another shot under the cab of the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/16/2006 10:12:37 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  991   Comments: 0
LIZ IN THE CAB
Title:  LIZ IN THE CAB
Description:  My Girlfriend LIZ sits in the cab fo the worlds largest steam locomotive the Union Pacific BIG BOY.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 9:12:05 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  976   Comments: 0
MY GIRLFRIEND IN THE CAB
Title:  MY GIRLFRIEND IN THE CAB
Description:  My Beautfull Girlfriend LIZ in the cab of the Worlds Largest Steam Locomotive the Union Pacific Big Boy
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 9:23:20 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1041   Comments: 0
MY GIRLFRIEND IN THE CAB
Title:  MY GIRLFRIEND IN THE CAB
Description:  My Girlfriend LIZ in the cab of the Worlds Largest Steam Locomotive the Union Pacific Big Boy
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 9:43:24 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1233   Comments: 0
MY GF IN THE CAB
Title:  MY GF IN THE CAB
Description:  My Girlfriend LIZ sits in the Cab of the worlds largest steam locomotive The Union Pacific BIG BOY.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 8:59:31 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1221   Comments: 0
The Coal Tender
Title:  The Coal Tender
Description:  My Girlfriend LIZ standing next to The coal Tender of the Union Pacific Big Boy
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/16/2006 8:30:43 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1386   Comments: 0
UP Steam Engine 3 4017
Title:  UP Steam Engine 3 4017
Description:  My Beautfull Girlfriend LIZ standing next to the Worlds Largest Steam Locomotive the Union Pacific Big Boy
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 12:50:15 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1184   Comments: 0
UP Engioe # 4017
Title:  UP Engioe # 4017
Description:  My Beautfull Girlfriend LIZ standing next to the Worlds Largest Steam Locomotive the Union Pacific Big Boy
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 12:44:49 AM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1967237   Comments: 0
Standing By The Coal Tender
Title:  Standing By The Coal Tender
Description:  My Girlfriend LIZ standing next to the Coal Tender on the Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 10:14:51 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  928   Comments: 0
ME IN THE CAB
Title:  ME IN THE CAB
Description:  ME Inside the cab of the Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotive.
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 10:18:37 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  788   Comments: 0
THATS ME IN THE CAB
Title:  THATS ME IN THE CAB
Description:  Thats me sitting in the cab of the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive reaching for the horn
Photo Date:  6/10/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 10:21:35 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  873   Comments: 1

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