What to do in Tucson, October 17,2019

[Ptah]

Mariachi, crowd and choo-choo train.

[yellowdogintexas]

1. tell me about the train - is it a special engine

I see it is steam, but what else neat is there to know about it

[Ptah]

3. Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad's Completion

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad’s Completion
Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 is touring the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad's 150th anniversary.

The Big Boy’s return to the rails is the product of more than two years of meticulous restoration work by the Union Pacific Steam Team. No. 4014 is the world's only operating Big Boy locomotive.

https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

Union Pacific 4014 is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-8-8-4 Big Boy-type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad. Built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York, No. 4014 is the only operating Big Boy of the eight that remain in existence.

The locomotive operated in revenue service until 1959. It was donated to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in late 1961 and thereafter displayed in Fairplex in Pomona, California. In 2013, Union Pacific re-acquired the locomotive and launched a restoration project at their Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming.[4] In 2019, No. 4014 ran under its own power for the first time in almost six decades, becoming the largest operational steam locomotive in the world.[5] Part of Union Pacific's heritage fleet, it now operates in excursion service, in addition to hauling revenue freight during ferry moves.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_4014

[MLAA]

2. I'm a Tucsonan and just saw a segment on the 5 o clock new about the train!

[Kali]

4. fabulous! I knew you would be down there

Saturday, we are going to meet some friends and try to see it go by down by those red dirt cliffs below Sybil Road and then maybe again in Willcox - wine festival there!

Mr. Whitebelt needed a hot shot to his hip.

[Ptah]

5. I gave up driving about a year ago, otherwise I'd drive over and watch with you.

Yeah, whitebelt is oblivious.

I cut out elbow girl.

[Kali]

6. oh I didn't know that

well, it is almost time for switching to my twice a week swim at Clements pool - we should meet up for lunch or something!

[Ptah]

8. I'd choose to watch it from just west of Willcox

[Kali]

9. yeah, lots of good places really

friends are coming down from Clifton area and the whole thing was watching from the ranch. timing isn't great but we will have fun.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. Watched it at Red Rock.

Unfortunately, had a camera malfunction.