
Shoving through Penn Ave. Interlocking on the KCT East-West Corridor into Exhibition Track 27 at Kansas City's Union Station is the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 with UP train PJCKC-21. This concludes today's trip from Jefferson City, MO, and after public display tomorrow, they'll continue west towards Denver and ultimately back home to Cheyenne, WY, following a two month long round trip to the east coast.
This is a portion of the "Big Boy Coast-to-Coast Tour" celebrating America's 250th Anniversary. Earlier this year, the 4014 made a trip on the western portion of the system as far west as Sacremento, CA, and beginning in late May, it began the eastern leg of trip, running on the NS east of Chicago and celebrating Indpendence Day at Philidelphia. On top of the many displays and whistle stops out east, highlights of this ambitious and historic trip include a stop at Steamtown National Historic Site for photo ops with Big Boy 4012 and excursions on the Reading Blue Mountain Railroad, running side-by-side with the Reading T-1 Class 4-8-4 No. 2102. 7/21/26.