The Journey Begins: Union Pacific's Famed Big Boy Kicks Off America 250 Tour from Historic Transcontinental Site

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive embarked on its first coast-to-coast tour today in celebration of America's 250th anniversary with a kickoff ceremony held at Milepost 0 in downtown, Sacramento – the historic site where Central Pacific Railroad began construction on the first transcontinental railroad line in 1863. Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena was joined during the celebratory send-off by Toks Omishakin, secretary of California's State Tran.