CHEYENNE, WY (WENY) — A historic steam locomotive will take a journey across America for the upcoming 250th celebration.
Union Pacific announced it will celebrate the anniversary with its first-ever coast to coast Steam Tour, featuring the Big Boy 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive.
Big Boy 4014 is one of only eight left in existence, and the only one remaining in operation. It was restored to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad’s completion in 2019. It had previously been retired in December of 1961, and was reacquired by Union Pacific in 2013 from the RailGiants Train Museum in California…