Wyoming Sunrise
15" x 22", Watercolour, 2011
Private Collection
The morning sun breaks though the clouds as Union Pacific #4001 leads a westbound
train past the interlocking tower at Borie, Wyoming. Shaking the ground beneath are two of
the worlds largest steam locomotives, 4-8-8-4 types called “Big Boys”, needed to haul the train
up Sherman Hill from Cheyenne towards Laramie. The wood frame tower was built in 1919 to
control mainline switches and derails. This tower would be torn down in 1953 to make way for
a more modern system called CTC (Centralized traffic Control). The Junction would then be
remotely controlled by a CTC dispatcher in nearby Cheyenne.
15" x 22", Watercolour, 2011
Private Collection
The morning sun breaks though the clouds as Union Pacific #4001 leads a westbound
train past the interlocking tower at Borie, Wyoming. Shaking the ground beneath are two of
the worlds largest steam locomotives, 4-8-8-4 types called “Big Boys”, needed to haul the train
up Sherman Hill from Cheyenne towards Laramie. The wood frame tower was built in 1919 to
control mainline switches and derails. This tower would be torn down in 1953 to make way for
a more modern system called CTC (Centralized traffic Control). The Junction would then be
remotely controlled by a CTC dispatcher in nearby Cheyenne.