Editor’s note: The video above captured Big Boy No. 4014 in Illinois during a prior visit.
A one-million-pound train known as Big Boy No. 4014, one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, will roll into the Chicago area in the coming weeks, drawing train enthusiasts and spectators from near and far.
Union Pacific on Monday revealed the details of the northeast leg of a nationwide tour following a western portion that began in downtown Sacramento. The eastern leg starts May 25 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the locomotive trekking east as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary…