TRAINS: C-SPAN Cities Tour - Cheyenne: Big Boy Steam Engine Renovation

One of the largest steam locomotives in history was the Union Pacific "Big Boy", which were built and delivered during WWII, and were put to immediate use hauling huge trains over the steeps hills of southern Wyoming, on the original Transcontinental railroad.   I believe they operated between Cheyenne Wyoming and Ogden, Utah.   The engines are HUGE, I've stood next to one of the few survivors that is housed in Green Bay, Wisconsin....what an experience! 

Well, the Union Pacific decided to take one of the last few survivors, and return it to active service!   The Big Boys were all retired in 1959, so if they get one up and running in 2019, it will have been 60 YEARS since from it's last run.  They are doing a complete overhaul on the entire locomotive.  It will be better than new once they are done. 



Here's hoping that we can see Big Boy #4014 back in service soon! 



2019-01-19  [P-B]