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UP Museum holds auction for Big Boy cab ride

By Trains Staff | June 5, 2023

| Last updated on February 4, 2024


Ride will be July 3, at conclusion of upcoming trip to Omaha

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Fireman silhouetted in Big Boy cab window with diesel freight train waiting in background.
The view from inside the cab of Big Boy 4014. The Union Pacific Museum is auctioning off the opportunity for one person to ride aboard the locomotive on July 3. Bob Lettenberger

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — The Union Pacific Museum is auctioning the opportunity for one person to ride in the cap of Big Boy No. 4014 on Monday, July 3, from Pine Bluff, Wyo., to the UP Steam Shop in Cheyenne.

The auction is being held in lieu of a passenger excursion fundraiser for the museum. All proceeds from the online auction will benefit the Union Pacific Museum Association, a 501 (c)(3) organization.

The auction runs through June 11 at 8 a.m. CDT. Details are available at the UPTrainTix website.

Close-up of chrome part showing notch.
Big Boy 4014 cab interior while parked at Kansas City Union Station with engineer Ed Dickens on right. Note the PTC box in front of him. Bruce Brackley
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