Union Pacific plans to send the Big Boy from coast to coast for America’s 250th

Union Pacific plans to send the Big Boy from coast to coast for America’s 250th

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 departs Marshall, Texas, in November 2019. Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific plans to send Big Boy No. 4014 on a transcontinental trip next year as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. “I want to run Big Boy across the country,” CEO Jim Vena told Trains on Thursday. Vena says that he’s had discussions with Norfolk Southern CEO Mark George about hosting what would be the Big Boy’s first trip in t…

Union County planning yearlong America250 celebration

LEWISBURG — Union County’s America250 Celebration Committee is laying the groundwork for a yearlong series of events marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, aiming to engage residents, students and businesses across the county in monthly festivities throughout 2026.