Cheyenne, Wyoming
August 2026
Dear Fellow UPHS Members,
The annual UPHS convention will be held in Cheyenne Wyoming commencing on either Wednesday August 12 or Thursday August 13 and run through Saturday August 15. It will be held at the Red Lion Hotel which has totally renovated all the rooms this winter and is now in the process of renovating the main lobby and convention area. There will be tours of the Cheyenne Roundhouse with various rolling stock outside to view. It looks like Cheyenne Depot Days will run the same weekend as our convention, giving us more opportunities.
The hotel is giving us a guaranteed room rate of $109.00 plus tax a night during the convention and two days before and after the convention if you want to stay and do some exploring.
2026 CONVENTION SCHEDULE
THURSDAY AUGUST 13
- 8 A.M. REGISTRATION Starts – WAYNE HALL
- 10:00 A.M. – OPENING –
- PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
- MEET THE BOARD
- GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
- MIKE PANNEL – RESTORATION OF EQUIPMENT
- LARRY TIFFANY – PAINTNG MODELS
- ERIN SHADRICK – AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER, COLLECTIONS & ACCESSIONS SUPERVISOR
- KAIL MOEDE – AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER, HISTORIAN & ASST. DIGITIZATION SUPERVISOR
- SHAWN WOODWARD – TYLER SPEAR
- UPHS ENDOWMENT & ARCHIVE FUNDRAISING
- 5:00 P.M. – INTRODUCTIONS & CASH BAR & SOCIAL HOUR
- 5:30 P.M. – BUFFET AND SOCIAL HOUR
- ANNOUNCEMENTS & INTRODUCTIONS
- 7:00 P.M. – BIG BOY CELEBRATION – ED DICKENS, REBUILDING THE 4014 AND ITS OPERATIONS
FRIDAY AUGUST 14
- 6:00 A.M. — CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
- 8:00 A.M. — 12P.M STEAM SHOP AND ROUNDHOUSE TOUR
- FIRST TROLLEY WILL DEPART HOTEL FOR SHOP AT 8 A.M., AND OTHER DEPARTURE TIMES ARE CONTROLLED BY THE SIGN-UP SHEETS.
- WAYNE MONGER – SOUTH PASS – IRON ORE R.R.
- MARK AMFAHR – BIG BOY OVERVIEW
- LARRY HOCHHOLTER – DINING CAR ON A BUDGET – GREAT DEPRESSION & WW II TROOP MOVEMENTS.
- BOB PILK – BUSINESS CARS ON A BUDGET
- 7:00 P.M. – JOHN BUSH – UP 9000 – 100 YEARS OF THE UNIQUE “UNION PACIFIC TYPE” 4-12-2 LOCOMOTIVE – THE MOST POWERFUL 3-CYLINDER, RIGID FRAME LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD!
- 8:00 P.M. – JIM EHERNBERGER – FINAL UP 9000 CLASS OPERATIONS; THE LAST EXCURSION & THE FINAL MOVEMENT FOR DISPLAY AT POMONA, CA.
SATURDAY AUGUST 15
- 6:00 A.M. – CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
- 8:00 A.M. – SWAP MEET – HOTEL LOBBY AREA
- MIKE CONNOR – 1958 WYOMING & COLORADO, RAIL FAN MEMORIES – PHOTOS BY LOU SCHMITZ
- DAVE SEIDEL & JUSTIN MENSIK – ON THE COAST TO COAST (SACRAMENTO-PHILADELPHIA) 250th TOUR WITH THE WORLD’S LARGEST OPERATING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE.
- DICK HARLEY – BOX CARS
- BOB BURNHAM – UP MANAGER TRAIN OPERATIONS
- UP CHEYENNE & SHERMAN HILL & WYOMING COAL LINE – JACK WOLFF SLIDES
- 5:00 P.M. – CASH BAR – SOCIAL HOUR
- 6:30 P.M. – BANQUET & AWARDS
- 7:30 P.M. – EVENING PROGRAM – ED DICKENS, ONCE IN A LIFETIME JOURNEY WITH THE BIG BOY COAST TO COAST TOUR OF 2026