UP ‘Big Boy’ to Visit East Coast
Railfan & Railroad Magazine • • business
Key Points:
- Union Pacific's 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” 4014 will travel to Philadelphia to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, marking its first operation in the Eastern U.S.
- The eastern tour begins May 25 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with display stops planned in Omaha, Chicago, Buffalo, Scranton, Altoona, St. Louis, and Kansas City before concluding on July 29.
- Prior to the eastern leg, Big Boy 4014 will complete a trip to California in the spring.
- Union Pacific also unveiled two new commemorative locomotives: SD70M 1776, featuring the “America 250” logo, and locomotive 4547
