I visited the museum last year. It is in the original Rock Island station.
There are two models. A Lionel for kids on the lower level and a beautiful
club model on a mezzanine. It is open to the public and the "guide" is able
to allow 2 engines to run. The location modeiled is Council Bluffs on one
side and Omaha on the other. Well worth going to. The other place to go in
Council Bluffs is the original library building which is now the Union
Pacific Museum.
Bob
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From: <clipperw@EarthLink.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 2390
>
> Bill,
>
> The two U.P. locomotives (Big Boy #4023 and DDA40X #6900) were not
> originally at the station. They were located in a small park, northeast
> of downtown adjacent to the airport road and the location of the old
> U.P. heavy overhaul shop. Before that, the Big Boy was displayed in
> front of the shop with steam coming out of the stack. When the shops
> were closed and torn down, the locomotive was relocated to the airport
> road park. There was still a U.P. yard adjacent to it. Several years
> ago, the city bought the park area and all the near by land for a new
> arena. This required the locomotives to be moved. They may have been
> stored temporarily near the two depots (U.P. and Q) one of which is a
> museum, but there really isn't a good place to display them there. The
> move shown in the photos will relocate the two locomotives to a new
> park, which I believe is a little west of downtown and adjacent to
> Interstate 80.
>
> As a matter of information, across the Missouri River in Council Bluffs
> at the C&NW station Museum, there is a U.P. 4-8-4, a Q 4-6-0
> #915 and the Q observation lounge car "Omaha Club" which many Q fan
> trip riders will remember. These were all moved several years ago from
> a park along the River adjacent to the expressway to the museum station
> facility. They have other RR equipment also displayed there as well as
> inside exhibits and, I believe, a model RR.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 06:25 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:22:21 -0000
> > From: "cbq_bill" <cbq_bill@sbcglobal.net>
> > Subject: Re: UP "Big" Moves
> >
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > Thanks for sharing this link. Does anyone know why the locomotives
> > were moved from the train station to the park? Is the train station
> > being demolished?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Bill
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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