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UP's Big Boy stopping in Omaha on way back to Wyoming

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Posted at 6:17 PM, Jul 29, 2019
and last updated 2019-07-29 19:17:26-04

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — If you missed your chance to see Union Pacific's Big Boy earlier this month, you'll have another chance to see it this weekend as it makes its way back to Wyoming.

See also: One of the world's largest steam locomotives rolls through Nebraska this week

Union Pacific says the locomotive, which is the world's only operating Big Boy model, will be at Union Pacific's Home Plate, located at 12th and Cuming Streets, this Saturday from 9am-3pm.

After that it will move on to several other locations in Nebraska as it makes the journey westward.

They say arrival times are subject to change but you can track it by going to : https://www.up.com/forms/steam-trace.cfm

Big Boy made the trip as part of a 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad's completion.