Steam on Display

On our recent trip out west we were able to see several steam locomotives on static display in various places.  We'll start with Nebraska.

In Lincoln, CB&Q 710 has been beautifully restored and is on display in front of the old depot building downtown, about a block away from the Amshack.  This is a K4 Ten Wheeler.  Behind the historic steam locomotive is a modern steel waycar.

On the cylinder casing we see that it was built in 1901 at Havelock and rebuilt for display in 1991 at Mt. Pleasant, of all places.

Farther west, we stopped at North Platte again.   Last time we visited the Golden Spike tower, but this time we went to see the Cody Park Railroad Museum.  Unfortunately, it was closed, but I took a couple of pictures through the fence.  The main attraction is one of the only two UP 4-6-6-4's in existence.  The other, of course, is the 3985 which is now stored out of service at Cheyenne.

And there's also a Centennial on display there.  There is presumably an array of artifacts inside the station building, but that will have to wait for some other time.  The museum closes at the end of September.

Next stop: Sidney, where there's an elderly UP 2-8-0 on display, along with a couple of modern freight cars.  There are quite a few similar UP engines on display in the area; how many of them are the same class as our 428 I couldn't say.

This one is behind a fence, but otherwise it appears to have been rather neglected since it was placed here in 1955.  Draw your own conclusions.