1800's Steam Locomotive Identification

[velyrhorde]

I need to know how a couple of outlaws would have identified a specific train. I've been told they'd likely know the locomotive, but I have no idea if they'd know the number -- and how? -- or if locomotives actually had nicknames or something. This would have been the Union Pacific line, in Southern Wyoming, around 1875. If it helps, it's a special

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[atiantian]

the first time. I also like seeing the