Cheyenne’s BIG BOY National Tour Rolls Out March 29th

Big Boy No. 4014 is the world's largest operating steam locomotive; a 4-8-8-4 articulated engine built in 1941 for Union Pacific to haul heavy freight over the Wasatch Mountains. After logging 1,031,205 miles and retiring in 1961, it was restored by Union Pacific to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad in 2019.

Union Pacific will join the nation in celebrating 250 years of American independence and innovation this year with its first-ever coast-to-coast steam tour led by the legendary Big Boy No. 4014.

The first leg of the tour starts Sunday, March 29, with the Big Boy and several historical passenger cars from Union Pacific’s Heritage Fleet traveling west to California from Cheyenne, Wyoming, the steam locomotive’s home base. The first leg of the tour ends Friday, April 24, in Cheyenne.

If you want to join it along the tracks, its schedule is below.

The tour rolls out of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 29 from Laramie, 11:15-11:45 a.m. MDT, Laramie Historic Railroad Dept., E. Kearney and S.1st St.

March 29 – Medicine Bow, 1:30-2 p.m. MDT, McFadden Road Crossing.

March 30 – Wamsutter, 10:30-11 a.m. MDT, Broadway and Boyd St., near the water tower.

March 31 – Rock Springs, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT, Elk and N. Front Streets.

April 1 – Green River, 10-10:30 a.m. MDT, 300 E. Railroad Avenue.

April 21 – Green River, 12:45-1:30 p.m. MDT, 300 E. Railroad Ave.

April 23 – Point of Rocks, 10-10:15 a.m. MDT, Black Buttes Road Crossing.

April 23 – Wamsutter, 12-12:30 p.m. MDT, Broadway and Boyd St., near the water tower.

April 24 – Medicine Bow, 11-11:30 a.m. MDT, McFadden Road Crossing.

April 24 – Laramie, 1:15-1:45 p.m. MDT, 1st and East Kearney streets.

April 24 – Cheyenne, arrive back home at 4 p.m. MDT