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UP 4014 Big Boy Schedule Includes Stops in North East PA and Ripley NY

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UP Big Boy 4014 east schedule
UP Big Boy 4014 east schedule

The schedule is now out for the eastern leg of the UP 4014 Big Boy and it includes a short whistle stop in North East! We’ll be able to take photos while it waits for 10 minutes instead of trying to catch it on the run. This is a must see event for everyone. You may never get another chance, so be sure to be there.

Whistle stop in North East

Tuesday, June 9
North East, PA
Near Lake Shore Railway Museum
Near 143 S. Lake St.
Arrive: 11:25 a.m. EDT
Depart: 11:35 a.m. EDT

It will stop again in Ripley, NY for 30 minutes:
Ripley, NY
State St. Crossing
Arrive: 12:00 noon EDT
Depart: 12:30 p.m. EDT

Major public display events are listed as:

  • May 30 – Omaha, Nebraska (near the Union Pacific’s historic Milepost 0)
  • June 3 – West Chicago, Illinois
  • June 10 – Buffalo, New York
  • June 15-16 – Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • July 4-5 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • July 9-10 – Altoona, Pennsylvania
  • July 14 – Fostoria, Ohio
  • July 19 – St. Louis, Missouri

On the eastern leg of the trip, Big Boy will be accompanied by Norfolk Southern commemorative locomotives as well as several historical passenger cars from Norfolk Southern’s Heritage Fleet.

The full schedule with all details is on the Union Pacific site.

UP 4014 Big Boy back in Cheyenne, WY after completing western leg of coast to coast tour
UP 4014 Big Boy will stop in North East, PA and Ripley, NY on June 9th

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