#4014' SET TO SCORE A HOME RUN

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Baseball shares a deep connection with US railroads, dating back to the late 1800s. As the sport grew, players and fans relied upon rail to travel long distances for games. By 1876, game times were being scheduled to coincide with train schedules.

Big Boy will leave Cheyenne, Wyoming, on June 7, en route to Omaha. It will make numerous whistle-stops in Wyoming and Nebraska before returning to its home base in Cheyenne on July 3. During its Omaha display, the public will be allowed to see the locomotive up close between June 15-21 and June 24-25 from 12:00 pm to 18:00.

Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives were built to haul freight over the steep grade of the Wasatch Mountain Range in Utah during World War II.

Eight were preserved but only Big Boy No. 4014 is still in operation. The locomotive was restored for 2019's "Great Race" tours to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad’s completion.