Watch Trains Today! Depot Days Train Festival Each May! ’s railroads are alive and Each May Depot Days Experience the Cheyenne Spirit… vibrant, with more than 80 trains coming celebrates Cheyenne’s through town each day! The Cheyenne Depot is an railroad heritage with a excellent place to view passing trains, but check out weekend of model railroad these other great viewing sites: displays, exhibitors, railroad art, and miniature train East of Cheyenne ~ Campstool Road A rides. Tours of the Union Boasting an outstanding view of Union Pacific traffic, Pacific Steam Shop are a this location lies just east of Cheyenne. Travel south major draw as visitors get to Yesterday’s legends come to life in today’s Cheyenne. on Central Avenue from the Depot; take i-80 east about view the entire U.P. steam Molded by the path of the great railroad, four miles and turn right on Exit 367 to Campstool Road. fleet, including the newly Cheyenne remains home to a major Union Pacific From there, turn left, go under the interstate and turn left restored Big Boy 4014. rail yard and the U.P. steam shop. Gone are the saloons (west) on Campstool. The track runs parallel to the road. For full details and future and opera houses, the wranglers and cattle barons. South of Cheyenne ~ CO/WY State Line B Depot Days dates, visit Yet the spirit lives on — alive with the hospitality Just south of Cheyenne, this spot offers a great view of www.cheyennedepotmuseum.org/ of this vibrant city. Burlington Northern trains. Take i-25 south to Exit 2, about depot-days seven miles from the junction of i-80. Follow the signs to Terry Ranch, turn right on Duck Creek Ranch Road and go back under i-25. You’ll see the track set against the panoramic backdrop of the . Visit Cheyenne 121 W 15th St, Ste 202 • Cheyenne, 82001 1-800-426-5009 • [email protected] • www.cheyenne.org Please note: maps not to scale; proximities are relative.

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MAY 2019 The Railroad Lives On The Railroad…few symbols of history so readily embody the spirit and ingenuity of this proud country as it forged its way westward.

In Cheyenne, you can experience the magic Merci Train 3 American Legion Post #6, 2001 E Lincolnway. of yesterday as you step up to a massive iron As a gesture of thanks for aid provided during Live the Magic of the Rails in Legendary Cheyenne horse, walk the terrazzo floors of a renowned ! WWII, gave a train car to each state in 1949. Every Cheyenne Depot Square 1 121 West 15th St, 632-3905. Cheyenne Depot Museum 1 121 West 15th St, 632-3905. car was filled with hundreds depot or spot a train that courses cross country Considered one of the most Housed in the renovated Union of gifts for the people of each yet today. Here history lives on, energized by beautiful depots in the West, Pacific Depot, the Museum state. Wyoming’s Merci Train car the former Union Pacific Depot showcases the history and the spirit of today. is one of 42 remaining cars. has been beautifully restored romance of the railroad, to its original glory. Graced detailing with colorful exhibits Ames Monument 4 by gleaming terrazzo floors, and interactive displays how A state historic site, west Not to scale – proximities are relative. majestic columns, and fine the railroad built Cheyenne and of Cheyenne off I-80. oak woodwork, the Depot opened the frontier to an eager Built in 1882, this 60-foot includes a 1929 art deco lobby, America. Mon – Sat, 9 am – 5 pm. pyramid honors brothers visitor center, restaurant and Sunday, 11 am – 3 pm. Extended Oliver and Oakes Ames new museum. To the rear summer hours. and their contribution of the Depot, a bridge over 2 to the construction of the tracks provides a great Big Boy Steam Engine Holliday Park – 17th St at Morrie. the first transcontinental view for train watching, while Old Number 4004 is the world’s railroad. the plaza in front plays host largest steam locomotive. This to a variety of events and Engine 1242 5 Lions Park – Carey & Lions Park Dr. powerful coal-fired engine was summer concerts. Designated Built in 1890, Wyoming’s oldest locomotive ran designed to pull a 3600-ton as a National Historic Landmark, the Walcott-Saratoga-Encampment branch line train over steep grades without this grand structure pays tribute to a rich and colorful from November 1921 until May 1954. Surrounding helper engines. The past. the engine is a unique train folk art fence, hand- retired Big Boy from active duty All numbers are area code 307. Numbers next built by the last engineer to drive the engine. to attractions correspond to city map (far right). in 1956.