This Post is for Mike Ende, everyone else will just have to suffer through it.

Cheyenne, it is a railroad town from the beginning. The major railroad industry has left town at this point, but there is still a large yard in the center of the city as well as the remenants of the railroad shops are still there. And there is still a crew of 6 people that run Union Pacific's Steam Engine shop. The round house that are posted here is just 7 stalls wide now, which used to be a full 270 degrees around the turntable. So that was about 50 stalls. Also the steam engine shop is now only about 6 bays wide, down from about 60 bays.

One of the cool things in town, is that there is a brigde that goes over the railyard so you can have a overhead view of the yard. There are three main E-W tracks that go through the yard and every train that goes through town stop for a crew change. I have eaten at the bar/grill in the old depot and during a dinner, I saw six trains come in and change crews and then take off again. So during the day there are many trains that are headed through here. Fun to watch for DOT and UN numbers.

This is the restored depot that has a museum, the chamber of commerce, a bar/grill, and office space in it now.





Looking west along the main line.



Paula on the overpass with the control tower in the background.



Here is what is left of the roundhouse. I currently stores some of the antique rail cars.

Here is what is left of the steam shops. It used to be 8 times longer.

Ever want to know what a gas pump for a train looks like. This is just a small one for the yard engines. This tank is only 70,500 gallons. The big yards in Omaha and Denver have several 1.5 million gallon tanks.

These is just some cool looking snow removal equipment. It was too far off in the distance to get a good look, so I don't know much else.

Well that is all I have for now. Till next week.

R.J.