Now that the Union Pacific’s Valley Heritage Tour is underway, you can follow the train’s progress and current location on a map that is updated every 5 minutes thanks to the generosity and talents of the Union Pacific Railroad! Here is what the application looks like with an overview of the route highlighted:
Union Pacific’s Steam Locomotive Tracking Application - Overiew Map
And here is a view of the map zoomed in:
Union Pacific’s Steam Locomotive Tracking Application - Detailed View
You can also follow the train, and Union Pacific, on Twitter and Facebook for the very latest updates. There is even an RSS feed of their “tweets” available as shown below:
RSS Feed Showing UP_Steam’s Tweets
I would like to tip my hat to the Union Pacific Railroad for extending these services out to the public. It is a very good use of technology that allows us to follow the train’s journey while I am a mere 900 miles away and still feel like I am there. Thank you Union Pacific. Your Public Relations and Information Technology groups are doing a great job! Keep it “up.” (Get it?, UP - oh nevermind…)
Now if we could only stream live in cab video…!