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Special Trains : UP Torch Train 2002

The 2002 Olympic Torch Relay presented by Coca-Cola and Chevrolet was a 65-day, 13,500-mile journey across 46 states that began in Atlanta on Dec. 4, 2001. In addition to being carried by more than 11,500 Torchbearers, the Olympic Flame traveled via automobile, airplane, train, boat, dogsled, skier, horse-drawn sleigh, snowmobile, ice skaters and covered wagon.

The Olympic Flame traveled by railroad on a specially designed train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, operated by Union Pacific Railroad. The train featured a specially created Cauldron Car for the Olympic Flame, two 2002 Olympic Winter Games custom-painted locomotives and 16 cars incorporating the look of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

The train transported the flame across portions of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and Oregon. In all, the train for the Torch Relay carried the Olympic Flame more than 3,200 miles across 11 states.

This is the second time the Olympic Flame has moved by rail in the United States. Union Pacific also transported the Olympic Flame more than 3,500 miles during the Torch Relay for the Atlanta 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.

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Torch Train in San Luis Obispo, CA
Photographer: UPRR Press Photo
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The train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay presented by Coca-Cola and Chevrolet, operated by Union Pacific Railroad, sits quietly January 16 in San Luis Obispo, California after delivering the Flame.

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Torch Train in Truckee, CA
Photographer: UPRR Press Photo
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The train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay presented by Coca-Cola and Chevrolet, operated by Union Pacific Railroad, carries the Flame near Truckee, California January 21 on its way to Klamath Falls.

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Torch Train in Tucson
Photographer: UPRR Press Photo
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The crowd welcomes the Torch Train to Tucson Arizona

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Torch Train in Wichita, KS
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The crowd disperses from Wichita's Old Union Station to follow the Flame through the city's streets. (1/11/02)

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Torchbearer in Tucson, Arizona
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The first torchbearer in Tucson, Arizona, January 13, lights his torch from the Cauldron on board the train for the 2002 Olymic Torch Relay presented by Coca-Cola and Chevrolet, operated by Union Pacific Railroad.

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Torchbearer in Wichita, KS
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Todd McCutcheon, the first runner in Wichita, triumphantly acknowledges the crowd at Old Union Station after lighting the torch from the Union Pacific Olympic Cauldron.

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UP Torch Train
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The Olympic Flame traveled by railroad on a specially designed train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, operated by Union Pacific Railroad. The train featured a specially created Cauldron Car for the Olympic Flame, two 2002 Olympic Winter Games custom-painted locomotives and 16 cars incorporating the look of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

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