Re: (rshsdepot) UP Big Boy No. 4004 eyed for move to Cheyenne, Wyo., depot

["Jim Hollis" <jimhollis_@_home.com>]

I know what.  Get the alleged "Big Boy" film producer involved.  Why this
ought to be right up his alley.  Seriously I hope they go get the 4-6-0 out
Pioneer Park in Cheyenne and put it back at the depot also.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "James Dent" <james.dent_@_itochu.com>
To: "RSHS List" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 2:46 PM
Subject: (rshsdepot) UP Big Boy No. 4004 eyed for move to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
depot


> From Trains.com News Wire...
>
> UP Big Boy No. 4004 eyed for move to Cheyenne, Wyo., depot
>
> Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4004, which has sat in a Cheyenne, Wyo.,
> park since 1959, could become the focal point of a proposed railroad
museum
> at the former UP depot.
>
> UP engineer and Big Boy Committee Chairman Ken Esquibel told the Casper
> (Wyo.) Star-Tribune that it would cost about $100,000 to move the
locomotive
> nine blocks to the depot. The necessary funding could be in place by July
> 2002.
>
> But the project faces several hurdles, including the condition of the Big
> Boy itself ­– it suffered water damage during a 1985 flood – and whether
> Wyoming highway officials would permit it to be moved to the depot via
> roads.
>
>
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