Union Pacific's Big Boy #4014 has been completely overhauled to good as new condition and is due to leave Cheyenne Wy. and meet up in Ogden, Utah, May 9th to participate in the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony. Get ready to hear about it on the news. Pictures attached were taken when it was on static display at Pomona.
This will be 4014's first excursion out of the overhaul shop as it is being completed now. Big Boy 4014 class is considered the largest and most powerful steam locomotive's ever built. They were designed to carry heavy freight and war materials over the Wahsatch mountains (Rockies) and did very well at it.
4014 was parked and on display at the Pomona fairgrounds since 1962.
Big boy is 132 ft long and weighs 600 tons. this should be quite a site!
