Union Pacific Steam Engine To Stop In Coffeyville, Kansas This Spring

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.

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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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