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Union Pacific operates North America's premier railroad franchise, covering 23 states in the western two-thirds of the United States.

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Roughly 45% of all rail cars moving to and from Mexico cross through El Paso and Eagle Pass – there isn’t enough capacity at the other four gateways to reroute them. Union Pacific urges the Eagle Pass and El Paso border crossings be reopened immediately. This is impacting: ‒…
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@JuddLegum @Walmart @cindyhydesmith @LeidosInc @bostonsci @NucorCorp Union Pacific in no way, shape or form condones or supports divisive or perceived to be divisive statements. Our contribution was mailed prior to Hyde-Smith's statement being made public. Union Pacific will request a refund of our contribution.
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#ICYMI : It took 48 hours to completely replace Chicago's five-track Deval diamond. Watch the lesson in tenacity, technology and teamwork.
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We were honored to participate in the funeral procession for President George H.W. Bush. #Remembering41 #Bush41
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The Big Boy #UP4014 moments before departing Cheyenne. #Transcon150
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Union Pacific's newly restored steam locomotive Big Boy #UP4014 traveled to Ogden to mark the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad's completion on May 9, 2019. #Transcon150
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When it came time to decide how to celebrate the anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike, nothing could compare to bringing back the Big Boy #UP4014 . More than five years after the project began, the Big Boy was christened in Cheyenne, WY, May 4, 2019. #Transcon150
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Say hello to Union Pacific locomotive No. 1943, The Spirit, our 16th commemorative locomotive. Read more:
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WOW! Mark Staffa displayed this 20 ft. long LEGO replica of @UP_Steam Big Boy #UP4014 at Atlanta Brick Con this past weekend. Amazing!
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LEGO Union Pacific Big Boy Locomotive with 30,000 Pieces Created by Mark Staffa
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Thank you, President Bush, for a life of service, including serving as a Navy combat pilot in World War II. We were honored to pay you tribute with a custom-painted locomotive at the Bush Library in 2005. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. #Bush41
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UP celebrated the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad in Ogden, Utah on May 9, 2019. In a recreation of the famous 1869 image from Promontory, @UP_Steam locomotives #UP844 and Big Boy #UP4014 met as a ceremonial golden spike was tapped.
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Union Pacific urges the Eagle Pass and El Paso border crossings be reopened immediately. These locations represent 45% of cross-border Union Pacific business and include goods critical to the U.S. economy.There isn’t enough capacity at our other four gateways to reroute them.With…
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One year ago, Big Boy #UP4014 met #UP844 in Ogden to recreate the Golden Spike ceremony, marking the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
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#UP7438 pauses on a cold winter night west of Rawlins, Wyoming. Thanks to conductor Hunter Blalock from Longview, Texas for this great photo!
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@UnionPacific
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Big Boy #UP4014 is heading to all corners of the Union Pacific system in 2024! Plans are still under development, but we anticipate stops in Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Nampa, Portland, Roseville and Salt Lake City among others. Read more: !
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A new TV special "Uniting America: The President's Final Journey" goes behind the scenes with the Union Pacific employees instrumental in executing the funeral train for President George Bush. Watch Sunday, Aug. 11, at 8:30 am (ET/PT) on @Discovery .
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We were honored to participate in the funeral procession for President George H.W. Bush. #Remembering41 #Bush41
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@UnionPacific
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UP's hard-working men and women are fighting today's storm to keep America's supply chain moving. Whether it's tumblin' tumbleweeds drifting shut a tunnel near Vaughn, NM or hurricane force gusts across the plains, our employees overcome the worst that Mother Nature throws at us
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We call dibs on the first Martian railroad.
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#UP4141 just arrived at Union Pacific's Home Plate in Omaha! The locomotive will be visible from Cuming Street until 12 p.m. Wednesday, but the gates are only open until 5 p.m. today.
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#TBT Today in Ogden, Union Pacific celebrated the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad completion with a ceremonial tapping of a golden spike plus the meeting of @UP_Steam locomotives #UP844 and Big Boy #UP4014 . #Transcon150 #DONE
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Union Pacific's famed Big Boy #UP4014 , the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will visit Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California this summer, followed by a second tour planned later this fall with stops in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, and Illinois.
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How awesome is this? 2,656 Lego bricks. 762 instruction steps. 300 hours. That’s what it took for Denmark-based @LEGOideas superfan Lasse Hvidtfeldt to build a 3-foot-long replica of @UP_Steam ’s Big Boy #UP4014 steam locomotive out of plastic toy bricks.
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Fireman Austin Barker surveys the crowd as the Big Boy #up4014 backs out of Rawlins, WY. #Transcon150
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The Big Boy #UP4014 arrives in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Great crowd! #Transcon150
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Union Pacific Chairman Lance Fritz and his wife, Julie, christen the Big Boy #UP4014 in Cheyenne. #Transcon150
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A shout-out to our crews fighting blizzards this week all across the Great Plains! Thanks for your hard-work keeping the railroad moving! Special thanks to Dan Bryant, Manager-Track Maintenance, Cheyenne, for this photo of a wedge clearing the tracks near Albin, Wyoming.
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@UnionPacific
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3 years
The @UP_Steam crew thanks everyone who came out during the #BigBoy2021 Tour with #UP4014 ! We’ll see you next time… 25 feet back!
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Happy Holidays from your friends at Union Pacific!
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#UP4141 , The George H.W. Bush locomotive, returns to @TAMU for permanent display at the @Bush41Library , accompanied #UP1943 , "The Spirit." Locomotive Engineer June Nobles and Conductor Randy Kuhaneck, who operated the funeral train, also handled this final move for #UP4141 .
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Ten years ago today, in the early morning hours of January 26, 2014, Big Boy #UP4014 returned to the rails, departing the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds to return to Cheyenne for restoration.
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#TBT Big Boy #up4014 at rest in West Chicago, Illinois in July, 2019. Photo by Union Pacific foreman Xavier Cobo.
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5 years
Your #10yearchallenge photos are cool, but we prefer the #100yearchallenge .
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@UnionPacific
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3 years
In case you haven't heard, Big Boy #UP4014 is back and heading to Fort Worth, Houston, New Orleans, St. Louis and Denver... and places in-between! Check out the #BigBoy2021 Tour Schedule at for all the details!
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5 years
This month the world will observe the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike, which marked the transcontinental railroad’s completion. Union Pacific will lead the #Transcon150 celebrations, starting May 9 at Ogden Union Station.
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The Union Pacific Steam Team recently hoisted #UP4014 ’s more than 250-ton boiler and rear engine into the air with two massive cranes and reconnected it to its front engine. Click the link to learn more.
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Today marks the anniversary of the Gateway Arch’s completion, and we're celebrating with a look back at the Big Boy #UP4014 stop in St. Louis this summer! We're proud to support parks like @GatewayArchNPS through our partnership with the @NationalParkFdn .
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We're barely two months into 2024, but we're already thinking about our 2025 calendar and asking where the most beautiful spot on Union Pacific's 23 state network is. Let us know in the comments, and if you don't have your 2024 calendar, order it at !
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@UnionPacific
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4 years
We wish you and your family a happy holiday season!
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Happy #IndependenceDay ! Celebrate safe! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸŽ†
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Union Pacific conductor Virgil Bandy took this great photo of No. 7677 in a thunderstorm in Tucson, Arizona. Thanks for the great photo!
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5 years
Inside the #up4014 cab with Ed Dickens prior to leaving Rawlins, Wyoming. #transcon150
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4 years
We know you miss seeing our steam locomotives as much as the UP Steam Team misses operating #up844 and Big Boy #up4014 across the UP system. To help us stay connected, the Steam Team has put together a "virtual tour" of the Steam Shop in Cheyenne. Watch:
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We were honored to participate in the funeral procession for President George H.W. Bush. #Remembering41 #Bush41
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We wish you a happy, safe and healthy New Year!
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Union Pacific locomotive engineer Alan Nash shared this great sunrise photo in Wyoming.
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UP 7101 during a train inspection in the East St. Louis yard. Photo taken by Todd Irvin of our security team in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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Our famed @UP_Steam Big Boy #UP4014 , the world's largest steam locomotive, returns to the rails on June 7 for its Home Run Express Tour to Omaha, where it will be on display for 11 days during the college baseball championship.
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Union Pacific Announces 150th Anniversary Celebration Commemorating Transcontinental Railroad’s Completion The May 9 ceremony will feature UP's iconic steam locomotives, #up844 and #up4014 .
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Wishing you a happy, safe and healthy New Year!
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Union Pacific's M-K-T heritage locomotive is in Katy, Texas today as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Katy Depot!
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Union Pacific's famed Big Boy #UP4014 is set to return to the tracks this summer! Kicking off June 26 from Cheyenne, the "West Coast Steam Tour" will celebrate UP’s 160th anniversary and the communities we serve in the Pacific Northwest.
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Union Pacific urges the Eagle Pass and El Paso border crossings be reopened immediately. Roughly 450,000 rail shipments move across these two gateways annually. It would take over one million trucks to move the same amount of goods. These locationsΒ represent 45% of cross-border…
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Union Pacific announced today it is working with the George & Barbara Bush Foundation to donate the #UP4141 George Bush Locomotive for permanent display next to the library at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
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Union Pacific crews, like this one on Donner Summit, CA, work continuously during winter weather to keep rail lines open, helping keep America's supply lines flowing safely. Thanks to everyone for their hard work this month battling severe winter weather!
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7 years
What could possibly be under this blue tarp? Find out here tomorrow.
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Big Boy #UP4014 passes through Mabelvale, Arkansas during 2019's "Great Race Across the Southwest." Photo by Union Pacific conductor Julian Johnson, Alexander, Arkansas. #TBT
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Our "Sierra Snow Fighters" are firing up our rotary snowplow in northern California to clear heavy, wet snow from our rail lines. Read about Union Pacific's efforts battling winter at
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@UnionPacific
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8 years
#PokemonGo is fun, but please stay aware of your surroundings when playing and NEVER play near railroad tracks.
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It was a race between a horse and @UP_Steam Big Boy #UP4014 ... πŸ΄πŸš‚πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
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Jeremy Rettig rides on his horse with an American flag alongside Union Pacific's "Big Boy" No. 4014 locomotive as it makes its way through Fults in rural Monroe County on Saturday.
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Wishing you and your family a happy holiday season!
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Our steam crew is busy getting ready Big Boy #UP4014 ready for the #BigBoy2021 tour. We can't wait to see you trackside, but remember to stay back at least 25 feet! Complete schedule information available at
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#UP8730 stops for a crew change in Boone, Iowa. Thanks to senior project engineer Glenn Manning, Omaha, for this great photo!
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Sunset over Tucson Yard in Tucson, Arizona. Photo taken by Union Pacific senior manager of train operations Timothy Wellman.
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Big Boy #UP4014 pulling into Union Pacific's Home Plate! The Big Boy will be on display across from Schwab Field in Omaha from June 15-21 and June 24-25 from noon until 6 pm!
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Happy Thanksgiving from Union Pacific to you and your family!
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UP 6270 hauls intermodal containers through Austin, Texas. Thanks to Union Pacific conductor Ethan Slape, Smithville, Texas, for this great photo!
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Union Pacific teamed up with Norfolk Southern and Florida East Coast Railway to safely transport 10 rocket motors from Northrop Grumman in Utah to NASA in Cape Canaveral for use in the upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon. Read more at !
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ICYMI, check out Big Boy #UP4014 's excursion to Denver, celebrating Union Pacific's 160-year history of Building America.
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3 years
Best wishes for a safe, happy and healthy New Year!
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The people have spoken! You have selected Big Boy #UP4014 as the winner of #LocomotiveMadness ! Thanks for participating!
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UP 4829 heads eastbound on the Great Salt Lake Causeway. Thanks to Kam Christiansen, machine operator, Ogden, Utah, for the great photo!
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As we head into spring, Union Pacific's North Little Rock, Arkansas locomotive shop is rolling out the new locomotive scheme announced last year. πŸš‚
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One of the highlights of the Big Boy #UP4014 's "Home Run Express" was passing Chimney Rock near Bayard, Neb. last week. Check out the rest of the Big Boy's schedule at !
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UP 7202 rests in the City of Industry, California. Photo by Union Pacific conductor Joshua Sifuentes.
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On May 10, 1869 @UnionPacific and the Central Pacific reached Promontory in #TheGreatRace to Promontory. #Transcon150 #GoldenSpike
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We wish you and your family a happy holiday season!
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Union Pacific Railroad Donating $250,000 for Hurricane #Harvey Relief
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#UP4141 , the George H. W. Bush Commemorative Locomotive, is on display in Omaha across the street from the College World Series. In 1947 and 1948, the late president played in the CWS as the captain and first baseman for Yale.
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#UP1943 "The Spirit" meets up with the @CanadianPacific 's #CP6644 at St. Paul's @UnionDepot to commemorate the 77th anniversary of D-Day this weekend. Stop by from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday to check out these locomotives saluting the U.S. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ and Canadian πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ armed forces!
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Today we celebrate #InternationalWomensDay and the women of Union Pacific who continue to build America. Pictured are women attending to a locomotive at Bakersfield, California in August 1943. #IWD2024
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No. 5541 crosses the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona. Thanks to yardperson Harrison Sadler from Phoenix for this superb photo!
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Happy #IndependenceDay ! Celebrate safe! πŸŽ‡πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸŽ‚
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3 years
Happy Holidays!
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Despite the 95 degree Houston heat, a large crowd of Union Pacific employees turned out Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth and the grand unveiling of the "We Are ONE" Commemorative Locomotive #UP1979 . #WeAreOneUP
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Last month, Union Pacific's Steam Crew turned our Big Boy steam locomotive #UP4014 around on the turntable in Cheyenne as they prepare for this summer's "West Coast Steam Tour."
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7 years
Happy Independence Day! Stay safe.
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The @usps will issue a commemorative transcontinental railroad 150th anniversary stamp set on May 10. The three-piece set features horizontal commemorative stamps of Central Pacific’s Jupiter and Union Pacific’s No. 119, facing inward toward a standard-size Golden Spike stamp.
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It's now officially spring, so hopefully Mother Nature will let up on the extreme weather now! And THANK YOU to the railroaders helping keep the nation's freight moving, from the Pacific Northwest through the Rockies in Wyoming and then across the Great Plains!
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Sunrise over the North Yard in Denver, Colorado. Thanks to Bradley Nelson, machinist, Denver, for this awesome photo!
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UP 2731 races across the high desert on the Mojave Subdivision in Phelan, California. Photo by UP train dispatcher Richard Trujillo from San Bernardino, California.
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4 years
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
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5 years
Missed the maiden voyage of Big Boy #UP4014 ? Watch @CBSSunday Morning this weekend for an inside look at its run to Ogden, Utah, celebrating the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary. #Transcon150
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This #SundayMorning In the 19th century, crews built the Transcontinental Railroad, meeting on May 10, 1869 in Utah To help mark the project's 150th anniversary, Union Pacific engine #4014 , built in the 1940s, has been restored
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A sunrise shines over locomotives in Denver, Colorado. Photo by Union Pacific machinist Bradley Nelson, Denver.
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UP locomotive engineer Marc Desobeau, who works out of Ogden, Utah, shares this photo of a Union Pacific train heading westbound through the Nevada desert. Thanks, Marc, for the great photo!
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