Big Boy passing through Denver next Sat.-Mon.

Good to know.. I think the train will go right through my town.. I am off going to look. I have never seen it.


Edited to add:
Well it is pretty close to me.. at first it didn't look like it would be going through my town, but up the highway about 25 miles it shows it there.  It's gotta be the same tracks. Maybe it just goes through the town without stopping??  

Edited again: Shoot.. if it is indeed coming through it's on a Wednesday mid-morning... I won't be able to see it.. even if I drove over to the next town.. dang it.

That's the kind of stop we went to. The crowd was thick, but manageable. If you can stay through the entire stop you'll get the best experience. A lot of people crowd for its arrival, and then the crowd thinned some so people could get up close and take photos and such, and then they crowded near the track again for the departure. We went down so we were in front of it for departure so it could go right passed us.

It will go through my town, not stop. We used to go see 844 every year on its way to or from Cheyenne, but they stopped last year. It makes a really cool noise. It makes me sad that it doesn't run anymore

We will go see Big Boy as we will be on Thanksgiving Break

Can you get further down the tracks by car and see it as it goes by?

My husband just spent two days chasing/photographing/videotaping it through Oklahoma into Kansas/Missouri. He will go see it again tomorrow in downtown KC. He had trouble getting close in several of the towns along the way. Mostly the closer to large cities the worse it got.

YES, that is the one that went through my town as well.. One year I was sitting at the railroad crossing and the gates came down (I was first in line) and there she came down the road.  I didn't have anything to take a picture with either.. but it was SO cool.  I had no idea it was coming.. so I lucked out big time.  I couldn't figure out why there where all these people with high end cameras all over the place.. lol

We watched it pass through my neighborhood about a week and a half ago, and it is beautiful! I didn't go to its actual stop at our Amtrak station here because the weather was yukky and it was on a Thursday. I don't think the crowds were too bad though, most likely due to the weather.

ETA: This was a comment from one of my neighbors who went: DO NOT wait in the hour+ long line if you have kids for the UP Railcar experience. It is literally just a train car with poster boards on the wall telling the history of the Railroad, there is nothing and I mean NOTHING interesting regarding like a historical car or vintage anything. The cool cars are restricted access and not open to the public, it’s a tease. Lol

The first 2 areas we went to weren't bad as far as crowds/parking but the 3rd location was a cluster! Totally worth it though.

LOL.  My mind went to the same place.  Why would anyone "chase" the Azar's Big Boy plastic statue???

I had to read the thread just to understand the allure.  Ha

Now that I know, I must say that is a really impressive train.  I'm envious of anyone who got to photograph that beauty.