CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific has released the schedule for Big Boy No. 4014’s “Westward Bound Tour” to Roseville, Calif., and back, which begins June 30, and concludes July 26, and will include one excursion — July 14 from Roseville to Sparks, Nev.
The locomotive will be on display for two days in Roseville (July 12-13) and Ogden, Utah (July 20-21). It and its train are also scheduled for 19 “whistle stops,” generally of 15 to 30 minutes, in five states, as part of its tour.
Whistle-stop locations on the train’s outbound trip include Laramie, Wyo., on June 30; Wamsutter, Wyo., on July 1; Green River, Wyo, on July 3; Morgan, Utah, on July 4; Wells, Nev., on July 6; Carlin and Battle Mountain, Nev., on July 8; Gerlach, Nev., on July 9; and Oroville, Calif., on July 11.
Return-trip whistle stops will include Colfax and Truckee, Calif., during the excursion on July 14; Lovelock, Nev., on July 6; Carlin, Nev., on July 17; Montello, Nev., on July 19; Brigham City, Utah, and Soda Springs, Idaho, on July 22; Kemmerer, Wyo., on July 23; Point of Rocks, Wyo., on July 25, and Medicine Bow, Wyo., on July 26.
A full schedule with times is available at the UP Steam website.
Ticket information and other details on the Roseville-Sparks excursion, a fundraiser for the Union Pacific Museum, are not yet available, but will be posted at the UP Train Tix web page.
Why don’t they put some extra cars on and sell tickets for the other legs as well?
I guess the train could be filled up every day of it’s tour.
In other parts of the world steam engines have to earn thier keep