Locomotives to visit city

UPDATE: This weekend's event has been cancelled. The following was posted on U.P.'s website, "To ensure the Big Boy is ready for its big debut, No. 844's whistle-stop tour that was scheduled for April 27-28 has been cancelled. Instead, No. 844 will double-head with No. 4014 from Cheyenne to Ogden on May 4." For up-to-date information directly from U.P., visit the website https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

In celebrating its 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad’s Completion, the Union Pacific is having a couple of steam locomotives travel through Wyoming.

Union Pacific’s historic steam locomotives, Big Boy No. 4014 and the Living Legend No. 844, are touring the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary.

The Big Boy’s return to the rails is the product of more than two years of meticulous restoration work by the Union Pacific Steam Team. No. 4014 is the world’s only operating Big Boy locomotive.

Due to the dynamic nature of these operations, running times and scheduled stops are subject to change.

Tentative local schedule

Saturday

Union Pacific Steam Engine No. 844 visits Rock Springs

Arrival time: 4:45 p.m., Rock Springs, 501 N. Front St.

Sunday

Union Pacific Steam Engine No. 844 visits Green River

Arrival time: 8:45 a.m. Green River Depot, 200 E. Railroad Ave.

Departure time: 9:15 a.m. Green River Depot

May 5

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 visits Rock Springs

Arrival Time: 11:15 a.m., Rock Springs, 501 N. Front St.

May 6

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 visits Rock Springs

Departure time: 4 a.m., Rock Springs

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 visits Green River

Arrival time: 4:55 a.m., Green River Depot, 200 E. Railroad Ave.

Departure time: 5:10 a.m. Green River Depot