CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Evolving plans for this year’s tour by Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 now call for the locomotive to make what the railroad is calling its “Westward Bound Tour” beginning Sunday, June 30, traveling to Roseville, Calif., and returning to its home base in Cheyenne by the end of July.
At this point, just two sets of dates for public displays are set: July 12-13 in Roseville, and July 20-21 in Ogden, Utah. Other route details will be announced as the tour approaches.
Initial plans had called for the trip to include visits to Portland, Ore., and Boise, Idaho, but the railroad says in its latest update that “we determined that the network capacity on our northern corridor could not accommodate Big Boy No. 4014 along with anticipated demand on a single track.”
The tour will feature a fundraising excursion to benefit the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa; the location for that trip is also yet to be announced, with details and tickets to come at the UP Train Tix website.
The railroad says this is the first of two public tours planned, with a second this fall to visit Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, and other states. Details on that tour are also still to come.
