2024 Big Boy Photo Event
Jeffrey Brashear, Alex Castro, Nicholas Manos, Lennon McNulty, James Schlinger, Nick Stewart
Thirty photographers got a chance to photograph Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 and Western Pacific 0-6-0 165 together as the sun set for the day on July 10,2024. There were 30 spaces only for this special event after the main Big Boy Celebration.
It started at 7:15 PM, participants were able to photograph the Big Boy and WP 165 together from the viewing area, getting a chance to capture these Alco built locomotives as the light rolls from Golden Hour through Sunset into Blue Hour and finally Evening.
Additional Big Boy Photos by Thomas O′Neill available HERE!
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2024 Big Boy Photo Event gallery.
Page last updated: Sun Nov 3 10:39:40 PST 2024
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Links to photographs in slide show:
Image number 1 -- Jeffrey Brashear
Image number 2 -- Jeffrey Brashear
Image number 3 -- Jeffrey Brashear
Image number 4 -- Jeffrey Brashear
Image number 5 -- UP 4014 Big Boy and WP 165 Face-to-Face - Alex Castro
Image number 6 -- UP 4014 Big Boy and WP 165 Face-to-Face 1 - Alex Castro
Image number 7 -- UP 4014 Big Boy at the Golden Hour - Alex Castro
Image number 8 -- UP 4014 Big Boy at the Golden Hour 1 - Alex Castro
Image number 9 -- UP 4014 Big Boy at the Golden Hour 2 - Alex Castro
Image number 10 -- UP 4014 Big Boy at the Golden Hour 3 - Alex Castro
Image number 11 -- Who Knew UP 1983 Can Give Us a Smoke Show - Alex Castro
Image number 12 -- WP 165 After Sunset - Alex Castro
Image number 13 -- WP 165 After Sunset 1 - Alex Castro
Image number 14 -- WP 165 Before Heading Back To the Museum Grounds After a Successful Event - Alex Castro
Image number 15 -- WP 165 Entering the UP Railyard To Join the Photo Shoot - Alex Castro
Image number 16 -- WP 165 Leaving the Museum Grounds on the UP Mainline - Alex Castro
Image number 17 -- Nicholas Manos
Image number 18 -- Nicholas Manos
Image number 19 -- Nicholas Manos
Image number 20 -- WP 165 at sunset - Nicholas Manos
Image number 21 -- Union Pacific Big Boy, No. 4014 sits on display across from the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, seen from the Feather River Rail Society baggage car. - Lennon McNulty
Image number 22 -- Union Pacific No. 4014 sits on display, as Golden Hour quickly approaches. - Lennon McNulty
Image number 23 -- A classic ″hot-rod″ poses beside Union Pacific No. 4014, shortly after the photo event began. - Lennon McNulty
Image number 24 -- A rail shot, looking up at the Big Boy! - Lennon McNulty
Image number 25 -- Golden Hour lights up Union Pacific No. 4014, as it stays overnight in Portola, CA - Lennon McNulty
Image number 26 -- Western Pacific No. 165 slowly makes its way towards Union Pacific No. 4014, as it exits the museum property. - Lennon McNulty
Image number 27 -- Western Pacific No. 165 poses for a photo, underneath a Northern California sunset. - Lennon McNulty
Image number 28 -- Union Pacific No. 4014 ″stares down″ Western Pacific No. 165, as they sit for photographers to gather their photos. - Lennon McNulty
Image number 29 -- Portola Railfans - James Schlinger
Image number 30 -- James Schlinger
Image number 31 -- James Schlinger
Image number 32 -- WP 165 At Portola - James Schlinger
Image number 33 -- James Schlinger
Image number 34 -- James Schlinger
Image number 35 -- Union Pacific 4014 poses under a starry sky in the Portola rail yard. - Nick Stewart
Image number 36 -- Union Pacific 4014 basks in golden light to kick off the photo session. - Nick Stewart
Image number 37 -- Western Pacific 165 is face to face with the Big Boy as the sun sets in Portola. - Nick Stewart
Page last updated: Sun Nov 3 10:39:40 PST 2024