Re: UP 4014 (California trip)
Author: Hot Steamer
Date: 06-17-2019 - 09:18
Steve Wrote:
>
> They bring business trains through all the time
> throughout the year. Nothing new and not the huge
> PR bang they would get from their steam program.
> Their big PR promotion for the 150th celebration
> which should include the entire route has been
> bringing the UP 4014 Big Boy back to life. So you
> would figure they would want to cover the entire
> transcontinental rail route both UP and CP with
> 4014 and not just the original UP built end. Find
> it very interesting they are clearly ignoring the
> CP/SP end this year.
Be patient, wait and see. They have not even announced the routing yet so you are jumping the gun on saying they are skipping over the western end of the rail route this year. If you notice.. their midwest tour goes in a loop. They very well could loop down through southern California and then head north and back through northern California over Donner Pass eastbound to head back for home as their grand finally for the year.