Some nights the freight would be ‘sided’ and we would wait for the streamliner to come through. You could get within 20 feet of the tracks and the vibration force and steam would raise the hair on the back of your neck. I am still in awe of the raw power the engines displayed. You could always tell when there was a big boy or perhaps a couple of challengers pulling the train because of the way the earth would shake when they made the round to come up in front of the station. We would go to the depot and watch the trains coming up out of Echo canyon. (Nothing much to do in a little town at night.) 1947 we moved to Evanston and my dad still had his love affair with the trains. I was born in Shoshoni WY 1940 My father would take us to the RR crossing and we would count the cars and the number of engines pulling coal from the eastern coal fields.
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After one day in Laramie with no public access, they will complete the return to Cheyenne on Sunday, May 19.Ī full schedule with times and information on intermediate stops each day is available on t he Union Pacific website. After two days of display in Rock Springs (May 14-15), the doubleheader will move to Rawlins on May 16 and to Laramie, Wyo., on May 17. After a day in Evanston with no public display, it will travel from Evanston to Ogden on May 8 and take part in the celebration on May 9.īoth locomotives will be displayed in Ogden May 10-11 before double-heading back to Cheyenne, traveling from Ogden to Evanston, on May 12 and Evanston to Rock Springs on May 13. On May 5, it will go from Rawlins to Rock Springs on May 6, from Rock Springs to Evanston, Wyo. The Big Boy will be christened on Saturday, May 4, in Cheyenne at 9:30 a.m., and depart a half-hour later for Rawlins, Wyo.
It will be on display in Ogden April 29-May 4 and May 6-8, then take part in the Gold Spike 150th anniversary celebration in Ogden on May 9. It will travel to Rock Springs, Wyo., that day, and to Ogden, Utah, on April 28. 4014.Įvents begin Saturday, April 27, with 4-8-4 No. Union Pacific has announced its long-awaited schedule for steam operations this summer, featuring the return of Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No.
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