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Union Pacific No. 844 Returns Beside Big Boy on November 21
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 is under steam again. The October 5 release calls the gap a six-year hiatus and says the Northern will run as a doubleheader with Big Boy No. 4014 on a Make-A-Wish fundraising trip from Greeley, Colorado, to Denver on November 21. The two locomotives will then stand on free public display that afternoon at Denver Union Station, with Santa Claus and his elves in the terminal.
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Cheyenne advances easement for parking lot closer to CFD; lot to one day connect via walking bridge
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Parking for Cheyenne Frontier Days could become less of a hassle if the City of Cheyenne and F.E. Warren Air Force Base agree to an easement that would put the event’s Park N’ Ride lot closer to the fairgrounds. The lot would, CFD hopes, eventually connect to Frontier Park via a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 25.
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UP 844 Completes Test Runs Around Cheyenne
Union Pacific 4-8-4 “FEF-3” 844 underwent testing around its home base in Cheyenne, Wyo., late last week, with a run to nearby Speer, Wyo., and back on Friday. The locomotive pulled a string of maintenance-of-way cars unassisted out of Cheyenne in preparation for an excursion with Big Boy 4014 to Denver next month. 844 does not currently have positive train control installed, so 4014 will lead next month’s excursion. UP has previously stated it intends to install PTC on the 844.
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Make way for the Deadhead Express: Cheyenne’s downtown trick-or-treat gets an interactive makeover
CHEYENNE — In the 1860s, 12 passengers on the Cheyenne Railroad missed their train. Not knowing what to do, they wandered into downtown. And, of course, they got lost. Now their fates are in the hands of trick-or-treaters. The weekend before Halloween, kids and their families can head downtown for Cheyenne’s annual trick-or-treat tradition, where local businesses open their doors to give kids in costume — and perhaps a few adults with a sweet tooth — an early treat before Halloween. Corey Loghry, vice president of event host DowntownFirst, said last year, downtown was packed. It was nice, she said — but that was it. The downtown owners echoed Loghry’s concern. They needed to make the event more memorable and engaging for families. So, on Oct. 24, the annual downtown trick-or-treat is turning into an interactive experience: the Deadhead Express. On the Saturday before Halloween, trick-or-treaters will have an additional task: gather at the Cheyenne Depot, collect a golden ticket and set out to find the missing passengers, who have been wandering around since the 1860s. If they choose to accept this mission, they’ll find themselves transported to downtown Cheyenne of the past — with rewards far more decadent than
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Railroad tie stacks raise stink in Laramie’s West Side neighborhood
LARAMIE—In the eight years since Kylene Claar and her family moved into a house with a brown picket fence on this city’s historic West Side, they’ve watched the Greenbelt, a river park adjacent to their block, come alive. “It’s been transformed,” Claar told WyoFile, giving credit to...