WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will return to the rails in a big way in 2026 to celebrate America's 250th anniversary.

The CEO of Union Pacific told Trains.com late last week that the company plans to send the engine on a transcontinental trip and has been in discussions with Norfolk Southern about hosting it on its lines.

No. 4014, the 133-foot-long, 1.2-million-pound engine, was returned to service in May 2019 and traveled around parts of the country and Kansas to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad's Completion. The engine is stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The seven remaining Big Boys are on public display in St. Louis, Missouri; Dallas, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and C

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