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.
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…