Ed Dickens, senior manager of Heritage Operations for the Union Pacific, will present at the Rocky Mountain Train Show at 11 am on March 7, 2015. His talk will cover the Cheyenne steam shop and locomotives, 4-8-4 No. 844 and 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014.

I thought Ed Dickens was long gone from UPRR - or is that just the steam program? What is the "Heritage Operations?" Is it an umbrella over the steam program?

He's still there. You can tell because nothing runs and nothing
is being worked on.

I find it ironic that Mr. Dickens is quick to draw criticism from many here, but another steam "preservationist" with an equally poor track record over the past twenty years, draws constant praise for his continued announcements of one failed project after another.

The other has achieved nothing.

I thought Ed Dickens was long gone from UPRR

The acquisition and move of #4014 was something.... a very impressive something, IMHO.

You are probably confused by posts on other sites -- Jack Wheelihan ("Hotwater") and several others keep ranting as if they are Donald Trump and the UP is "The Apprentice" television show.

I find it hard to take those rants seriously. the posters lack the self-awareness to see the irony of using the term "Dear Leader" on two forums: Trainorders, which has a history of Censorship and Rich Melvin's toytrain board, which O-scale model railroaders have dubbed NK (for North Korea) because of how frequently Melvin purges entire threads!