Cheyenne is a railroad city

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Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - Cheyenne, Wyoming / March 3, 2007

A city deep with railroad roots is bound to have train enthusiasts

Cheyenne not only has train-loving residents but also draws fascinated visitors year-round

Bob Rowland is one of an untold number of local train enthusiasts who call Cheyenne home.

While many live here, others visit the Capital City each year to take in the sites and sounds and the deep history behind the city's railroads.

Every day, around 80 locomotives travel across what the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce has coined the "steel ribbon."

In fact, local officials say Cheyenne wouldn't be the city it is today if the Union Pacific Railroad hadn't been built here in 1867.

Bob Krieger, business manager for the Union Pacific Historical Society in Cheyenne, said the city was founded by the railroad.

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