Union Pacific Steam Engine to stop in Coffeyville, Ks. this spring

[Gonesouth1234]

From the News on 6:

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12355071

Union Pacific Steam Engine To Stop In Coffeyville, Kansas This Spring
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 8:22 AM CDT Updated: Mar 28, 2011 11:21 AM CDT
Union Pacific steam engine 844. [Courtesy Union Pacific] Union Pacific steam engine 844. [Courtesy Union Pacific]
Union Pacific steam engine 844. [Courtesy Union Pacific] Union Pacific steam engine 844. [Courtesy Union Pacific]
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Associated Press

CHEYENNE, Wyoming (AP) -- A Union Pacific steam locomotive based in Cheyenne will make a big tour through the Midwest starting in May.

Union Pacific took votes on which route to assign to one of its steam engines. The biggest share of votes went to a route called the Little Rock Express.

Read more at www.up.com.

Union Pacific says steam engine No. 844 is scheduled to depart Cheyenne on May 27, 2011.

It will then make overnight stops in North Platte, Nebraska; Marysville and Coffeyville, Kansas; and four cities in Missouri: Kansas City, Jefferson City, St. Louis and Cape Girardeau.

Three overnight stops are planned in Arkansas: Bald Knob, North Little Rock and Van Buren. From there, the locomotive will stop through Omaha, Nebraska, before returning to Cheyenne by late June.

The exact timetable won't be released until April 27, 2011.

The historic locomotive traveled through Oklahoma in 2010.

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From the News on 6:

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12355071

Union Pacific Steam Engine To Stop In Coffeyville, Kansas This Spring
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 8:22 AM CDT Updated: Mar 28, 2011 11:21 AM CDT

Union Pacific took votes on which route to assign to one of its steam engines. The biggest share of votes went to a route called the Little Rock Express.

Read more at www.up.com.

The historic locomotive traveled through Oklahoma in 2010.

Did you notice that your link to Channel 6 is dated 22 April 2010 (last year)?

If it returns home via Ft Smith, it will probably stop for a short time in Wagoner again.

[TheTed]

The train will be stopping overnight in Coffeyville in late May (2011).

No. 844 will depart Cheyenne, its home base, May 27 making overnight stops in:

    * North Platte, Neb.;
    * Marysville and Coffeyville, Kan.;
    * Kansas City, Jefferson City, St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Mo.;
    * Bald Knob, North Little Rock and Van Buren, Ark.; and
    * Omaha, Neb.

The locomotive also will be on public display for at least one day in the following cities before arriving back in Cheyenne in late June:

    * Kansas City, Jefferson City, St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Mo.;
    * Bald Knob and North Little Rock, Ark.; and
    * Omaha, Neb.

http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2011/0325_little-rock-express_844.shtml