Above: Previous coverage of ‘Big Boy’ locomotive’s first coast-to-coast tour
(NEXSTAR) – There will be countless celebrations this year in honor of America’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary), but none may be as massive as a 1.2 million-pound locomotive rolling into your town.
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Big Boy No. 4014, one of just a handful of remaining engines that were built to haul heavy equipment during World War II, will soon embark on its first-ever coast-to-coast tour, Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena announced earlier this month. At the time, he said the tour schedule would be available “soon,” a point he reiterated Thursday while speaking with the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers.
There, while discussing the trip, Vena told the crowd, “We’ll start at the end of March,” Trains.com reported. Exact dates and locations weren’t immediately available…