Emergency responders treated more than 100 people for heat-related illnesses on Thursday at the Reading Railroad Outer Station in Muhlenberg during an event for the tour of Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy steam locomotive, authorities said.
Thousands of people gathered at the station, about five miles north of Reading, to witness the arrival of Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, as it makes its first trip to the East Coast. Many stood for hours on blacktop at the station to see the train, which arrived at 1:30 p.m. and is decorated for the nation’s 250th anniversary. Temperatures topped 100 degrees.
Emergency services were called in from agencies in Berks, Montgomery, Chester, Lancaster and Schuylkill counties to assist people impacted by the weather…