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'Choo Choo': Big Boy No. 4014 to depart Denver

'Choo Choo': Big Boy No. 4014 to depart Denver
'Choo Choo': Big Boy No. 4014 to depart Denver 00:25

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 is returning Cheyenne, Wyoming after a week in Denver. The last time the train was in the Mile High City was over the Labor Day holiday weekend.

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Union Pacific Railroad Big Boy No. 4014 in Denver, Colorado, on Nov. 25. 2019 (credit: CBS)

The Big Boy is on public display in Denver on Friday, July 29; admission is free. The train departs for Cheyenne on Saturday morning. 

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Union Pacific took delivery of Big Boy No. 4014 in December 1941. It was retired in 1961 after traveling 1,031,205 miles in 20 years. Union Pacific got it back for a museum in California in 2013, taking it back to Cheyenne where it restored the locomotive.  

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You can follow the locomotive's trip on the Steam Locomotive Tracking Map.

Thursday, July 28
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Steam Shop
NO PUBLIC ACCESS
Depart10:00 a.m. MT
Greeley, Colo.
10th Street Crossing
Arrival
Depart
11:30 a.m. MT
12:15 p.m. MT
Denver, Colo.
NO PUBLIC ACCESS
Arrival4:30 p.m. MT
Friday, July 29
Denver, Colo.
NO PUBLIC ACCESS
Depart7:26 a.m. MT
Denver, Colo.
Denver Union Station
1701 Wynkoop St.
On Display:10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. MT
More information
Saturday, July 30
2022 Union Pacific Museum Special
Denver, Colo.
Ticket and excursion information at uptraintix.com
Denver Union Station
1701 Wynkoop St.
Depart7:10 a.m. MT
Ticketed Passengers Only
Greeley, Colo.
10th Street Crossing
Arrival
Depart
9:30 a.m. MT
10:15 a.m. MT
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Cheyenne Depot Museum
121 West 15th St.
Arrival
Depart
11:45 a.m. MT
12:15 p.m. MT
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Steam Shop
NO PUBLIC ACCESS
Arrival12:45 p.m. MT
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