Rolling with the Big Boy: A first peek at America’s most famous iron horse ahead of its transcontinental tour
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A handful of rail fans peered through the fencing from the I-80 bridge into the Union Pacific rail yard in Cheyenne on Sunday. The rising sun backdropped the shadowy figures. Banging and whooshing from the bowels of the Union Pacific steam shop suggested something worth waiting for.