Union Pacific Steam locomotive 4014 "Big Boy" tour schedule announced for 2021

[Lex Luthier]

If you've never seen it, it's pretty awe-inspiring and magical, especially for little kids. The whistle echoes like a steamship.

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From the latest announcement:

We know you've been anxiously awaiting the details of where Big Boy No. 4014 will be stopping during this summer's 2021 tour, and now Steam Club members are getting the first look at the schedule:

Thursday, Aug. 5: Cheyenne, Wyoming to Sidney, Nebraska
Friday, Aug. 6: Sidney, Nebraska to North Platte, Nebraska
Saturday, Aug. 7: North Platte, Nebraska Viewing
Sunday, Aug. 8: North Platte, Nebraska to Fairbury, Nebraska
Monday, Aug. 9: Fairbury, Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri
Tuesday, Aug. 10: Kansas City, Missouri Viewing
Wednesday, Aug. 11: Kansas City, Missouri to Parsons, Kansas
Thursday, Aug. 12: Parsons, Kansas to McAlester, Oklahoma
Friday, Aug. 13: McAlester, Oklahoma to Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday, Aug. 14: Fort Worth, Texas Display Day
Sunday, Aug. 15: Fort Worth, Texas to Hearne, Texas
Monday, Aug. 16: Hearne, Texas to Houston, Texas
Tuesday, Aug. 17: Houston, Texas Display Day
Wednesday, Aug. 18: Houston, Texas to Beaumont, Texas
Thursday, Aug. 19: Beaumont, Texas to Livonia, Louisiana
Friday, Aug. 20: Livonia, Louisiana to New Orleans, Louisiana
Saturday, Aug. 21: New Orleans, Louisiana Display Day
Sunday, Aug. 22: New Orleans, Louisiana to Livonia, Louisiana
Monday, Aug. 23: Livonia, Louisiana to Shreveport, Louisiana
Tuesday, Aug. 24: Shreveport, Louisiana Viewing
Wednesday, Aug. 25: Shreveport, Louisiana to Prescott, Arkansas
Thursday, Aug. 26: Prescott, Arkansas to North Little Rock, Arkansas
Friday, Aug. 27: North Little Rock, Arkansas to Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Saturday, Aug. 28: Poplar Bluff, Missouri to St. Louis Missouri
Sunday, Aug. 29: St. Louis, Missouri Display Day
Monday, Aug. 30: St. Louis, Missouri to Jefferson City, Missouri
Tuesday, Aug. 31: Jefferson City, Missouri to Kansas City, Missouri
Wednesday, Sept. 1: Kansas City, Missouri Viewing
Thursday, Sept. 2: Kansas City, Missouri to Salina, Kansas
Friday, Sept. 3: Salina, Kansas to Hays, Kansas
Saturday, Sept. 4: Hays, Kansas to Sharon Springs, Kansas
Sunday, Sept. 5: Sharon Springs, Kansas to Denver, Colorado
Monday, Sept. 6: Denver, Colorado Display Day
Tuesday, Sept. 7: Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming
All of the details for whistle and overnight stops can be found on the official Union Pacific Steam Schedule at http://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm . Some of the times listed are still subject to change, so be sure to review the schedule as the date gets closer.

Ride Along on the 2021 Union Pacific Museum Special!

As part of the 2021 Tour, the Union Pacific Museum will be hosting a fundraising excursion on Sunday, August 22, from New Orleans to Plaquemine, Louisiana. Museum patrons will get first access to purchase tickets; to join, please visit https://www.uprrmuseum.org/uprrm/join/patron/ for more information.

Ticket information for the excursion can be found at http://uptraintix.com/index.html.

Break-In Run on July 8 and 9

The Steam Crew will be performing a break-in run with Big Boy No. 4014 down to Denver on July 8, returning back to Cheyenne on July 9. No schedule or location information will be available on this break-in run, but if you happen to be out in the area, be sure to wave from a safe distance if you happen to see No. 4014 out and about!

2021 Tour Photo Contest

We LOVE seeing your photos of our steam locomotives, and during the 2021 tour, we're going to be giving away Big Boy T-shirts to people who post the best photos during the tour to their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds using the #BigBoy2021 hashtag! Make sure the permissions on your posts are public so we can see them, and watch your DMs on each platform to see if your photo has been selected as a winner!

That's all for now. Be safe, and we'll see you trackside (at least 25 feet away) starting in August!



Union Pacific Steam Club

[entropy]

4-8-8-4

776,000+ lbs

😁

[Lex Luthier]

4-8-8-4

776,000+ lbs

😁

Yeah, watching a 132' locomotive & four or five cars totaling a million lbs start to move down a track, along with a whistle that could be heard miles away... pretty goose-bump-raising.

[entropy]

I’m trying to remember the one that’s parked outside of Duluth that worked the Iron Range back in the day. It’s right down the hill from a F-101 that sits on a pedestal. (That itself is a Memorial to 2 MN ANG pilots who crashed in the 70’s.

[Snapshot]

This is what it looked like when they were working on it in Cheyenne.

[entropy]

Looked it up. The one outside of Duluth is in Proctor off of US-2. It’s a Yellowstone class 2-8-8-4.

My Dad was a train buff. Big time. When he passed, I inherited numerous S Gauge brass locomotives that are models of those that ran on the Denver & Rio Grande back in the day. I had contacted the Historical Society pre-COVID in order to donate them in his name. I really need to follow up on that again and get those out there...

[Lex Luthier]

Looked it up. The one outside of Duluth is in Proctor off of US-2. It’s a Yellowstone class 2-8-8-4.

My Dad was a train buff. Big time. When he passed, I inherited numerous S Gauge brass locomotives that are models of those that ran on the Denver & Rio Grande back in the day. I had contacted the Historical Society pre-COVID in order to donate them in his name. I really need to follow up on that again and get those out there...

Would love to see some pictures of them, if you get a chance.

[ralph]

This is what it looked like when they were working on it in Cheyenne.

Can you imagine what it was like to be inside the boiler on that thing, rattling those rivets down when they were building it? WOW!

[ralph]

Would love to see some pictures of them, if you get a chance.

So would I..

[entropy]

Would love to see some pictures of them, if you get a chance.

Not a problem. They’re downstairs in the original 1960’s era boxes. I’ll see what I can do next few days...