Big Boy No. 4014 rolls into Kansas City for public viewing this week

Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 is scheduled to return to the Kansas City area on Tuesday, July 21, bringing a major rail landmark to Union Station for public display as part of its Midwest tour, KMBC 9 reports. The locomotive is expected to arrive at Union Station around 5:30 p.m. and be available for viewing from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. A second public viewing window is planned for Wednesday, July 22, with Big Boy on display from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and again from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Union Pacific employees will host a private event from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., when the locomotive won’t be open to the public. The tour route also includes a Kansas leg beginning Thursday, July 23, when Big Boy departs Kansas City at 9 a.m. It’s scheduled to stop at Great Overland Station from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m., then continue west to Salina, arriving around 6 p.m. Pleasant Hill officials say the locomotive is also expected to make a brief stop there at approximately 2:20 p.m. before reaching Kansas City.