CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Some 27 whistle stops are planned along with four public display days on the western tour of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, which begins March 29 with departure from Cheyenne.
UP today announced the full schedule for the western trip, the first part of a planned coast-to-coast journey, in an email today (Feb. 24) to its Steam Club members.
No excursions are planned as part of the trip that concludes on April 24 in Cheyenne. The railroad will be auctioning off two cab rides in the locomotive on April 17 in Utah, with proceeds going to the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The auction begins March 2 and ends March 19; information and registration is available here.
The whistle stops are generally 15 to 30 minutes long. They are planned in these communities; details on the specific locations are available on the full schedule linked above.
Wyoming
- March 29 – Laramie
- March 29 – Medicine Bow
- March 30 – Wamsutter
- March 31 – Rock Springs
- April 1 – Green River
- April 21 – Green River
- April 23 – Point of Rocks
- April 23 – Wamsutter
- April 24 – Medicine Bow
- April 24 – Laramie
Utah
- April 2 – Morgan
- April 2 – Salt Lake City
- April 20 – Morgan
Nevada
- April 4 – Wells
- April 6 – Carlin
- April 6 – Battle Mountain
- April 7 – Gerlach
- April 14 – Lovelock
- April 15 – Carlin
- April 15 – Elko
- April 17 – Wells
- April 17 – Montello
California
- April 9 – Oroville
- April 9 – Marysville
- April 9 – Lincoln
- April 12 – Colfax
- April 12 – Truckee
UP had previously announced display days in Roseville, Calif., on April 10-11, and Ogden, Utah, on April 18-19 [see “UP Big Boy 2026 tour …,” Trains.com, Jan. 26, 2026]. Those days also offer a chance to visit the “Experience the Union Pacific” railcar offering a walk-through exhibit on the railroad’s history.
Still to come are details for the locomotive’s trip to the East Coast later this year.
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