One of the World’s largest steam locomotives is traveling across Wyoming this week. Union Pacific’s Big Boy number 4014 is being moved to Cheyenne for restoration. UP spokesman Mark Davis says 25 so called Big Boys were once used to carry heavy loads over mountains. This one was built in 1941.
“It’s a 132 feet long and weighs about 1.2 million pounds. They were a heavy load locomotive.”
Davis says the locomotive will arrive in Laramie around eight tonight. There will a public ceremony in Cheyenne tomorrow at 1 PM.