May 8, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: Associated Press, May 7, 2019) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — It’s longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. Full story: Salt Lake Tribune
May 8, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, May 7, 2019) OMAHA, Neb. — Train and history buffs can celebrate a milestone of modern engineering and transportation this week: Friday marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. On May 10, 1869, the...
May 6, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: Wyoming Tribune Eagle, May 4, 2019) CHEYENNE — The years-long journey to bring Big Boy 4014 back to life has finally come to an end, and a whole new generation will get to see a living piece of history traveling the rails starting today. Full story: Wyoming...
April 29, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Daily Nonpareil, April 28, 2019) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — This year marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. As someone who did not grow up here, it’s been such a pleasure to learn more about this momentous...
April 26, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: NBC News, April 25, 2019) NEW YORK — May 10 will mark the 150th anniversary of the railroad’s completion, an engineering marvel that linked the nation. Among its successes, it reduced cross-country travel time for passengers from months to about a week. The...
April 24, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: Idaho State Journal, April 23, 2019) PROMONTORY, Utah — At a time when the North and South were divided by the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation on July 1, 1862, to unify the East and West through the creation of a Transcontinental...
April 17, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Radio station KPCW, April 16, 2019) PARK CITY, Utah — The Spike 150 Foundation has been organizing for two years to prepare for the sesquicentennial of the joining of the transcontinental railroad. Full story: www.kpcw.org
April 16, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Television station WTVQ, April 15, 2019) LEXINGTON, Ky. — A giant piece of Kentucky’s past will come rumbling through the bluegrass this summer. Chesapeake and Ohio 2716, a massive 75-year old steam locomotive, will travel from the Bardstown area to Ravenna,...
April 12, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, April 10, 2019) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will host a celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad’s completion Thursday, May 9, at 10:30 a.m. MDT. The ceremony will be held at Ogden Union...
April 8, 2019 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, UP
(Source: Deseret News, April 7, 2019) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared 2019 the Year of the Train, and the Beehive State has taken that declaration to heart. While May 10 will mark 150 years since the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads...
