(artwork by my niece Alisa Bishop Bradley)
We live up in Train Country.
The transcontinental railroads 150th birthday party is a big deal.
They brought in some big trains to Ogden for the party.
We went to Union Station to see the Big Boy no. 4041.
"It’s longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain."
We also saw the Living Legend Northern No. 844.
THEY WERE BIG!
The wheels were bigger than I am tall.
Early Sunday they were heading back to Wyoming.
We were total groupies and went to see the trains leave, with lots and lots of other people.
The tracks were lined with everyone trying to get a last view of the trains.
Love celebrating history!
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