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Originally Posted by Retired_in_Texas
The mountainous conditions in Utah and the tremendous amount of weight being transported lead the the creation of the double articulated steam locomotives by the Union Pacific Railroad unofficially known as "Big Boys." For you folks in L.A. there was one of the 25 of these monsters built during WWII on display in Pomona until last year when it was moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming to be completely restored by the U.P. with the idea of using it to tour the U.S. as a rolling railroading museum.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...#axzz2rWVRr1JX |
That should be,
will be moved to Cheyenne. I've been following the story of UP 4014 for a few weeks since I heard about the move. Of the 25 built, 8 Big Boys remain in various museums or on display outdoors. UP 4014 was the best-preserved and that's why UP chose it for re-acquisition and restoration.
To summarize the article, it spent the last couple of months being moved across the LA fairgrounds parking lot, and just last night it was moved onto the Metrolink tracks for transport. It was on display at the Covina Metrolink station this morning. Then it headed west on the Metrolink tracks to Bassett, where it could connect with the UP tracks. It began heading east on the UP track toward Colton about an hour ago. As I type this the train appears to be near Diamond Bar.
Here's a schedule page:
http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_tr.../details.shtml
And a map page to track it as well:
http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_tr...team/trace.cfm
They're slow-loading at the moment as they may be getting hammered with traffic. The engine will be on Display in UP's Colton yard next weekend and the weekend after that, but there's no schedule up yet beyond that. I am eagerly awaiting news on when it will come through here in Vegas!