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News Wire: Big Boy leads first public excursion up Wasatch Grade

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Sunday, May 12, 2019 2:33 PM

EVANSTON, Wyo. — History was made Sunday when Union Pacific No. 4014 became the first Big Boy in six decades to attack the Wasatch Grade and the first 4-8-8-4 to ever lead a public excursion. After three days of celebrations in Ogden, Utah, to...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/05/12-big-boy-leads-first-public-excursion-up-wasatch-grade 

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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