Railroads

The UP steam locomotive, based in Cheyenne, rolled through Laramie on May 12, 2009, after a lengthy tour of the West Coast. It was three days beyond the anniversary of the first locomotive to pull into Laramie on May 9, 1868. A newer steam locomotive, the 844, stopped in Laramie for about a half hour in order for railroad fans to take photographs of the famous old engine.

 

 

The class titled "The Impact of the Railroad on Wyoming History" was team-taught in the fall semester, 2007, by Dr. Rob Godby, Department of Economics, and Dr. Phil Roberts, Department of History. The course consisted of extensive readings in railroad and Western history as well as several field-trips to significant railroad sites in southeastern Wyoming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Railroad class field trip, Ames Monument, Sept. 18, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2007 class visited the ruins of Carbon, the first coal-mining town in Wyoming, established in 1868.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2007 History of the Railroad class at UW is pictured on the site of the Dale Creek Trestle, at one time, the highest railroad bridge in the world when it was built by the Union Pacific Railroad in the winter of 1867-68.  (Phil Roberts photo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The class toured the Union Pacific Railroad steam locomotive shops in Cheyenne. Lynn Nystrom conducted the tour.