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'There's No Way We Were Going to Miss History': Big Boy Draws Crowds
The restored 4014 is the only operating Big Boy locomotive and is drawing large crowds on a coast-to-coast tour celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.
- On Tuesday, July 21, Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 arrived at Kansas City's Union Station for public display, with the 133-foot locomotive scheduled to depart at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
- Built between 1941 and 1944, Big Boy is the only fully operational survivor of 25 original steam engines commissioned by Union Pacific, weighing 1.2 million pounds and measuring 133 feet long.
- Enthusiastic crowds gathered at Union Station to view the engine, with spectators traveling across Missouri; attendee Johnson said, "We were here to see Big Boy because it is so famous and there are so few of them left."
- Following its Kansas City departure, the train continues through Kansas with scheduled stops in Topeka and Salina, carrying historical passenger cars from the Union Pacific Heritage Fleet.
- This historic coast-to-coast journey has included more than 50 whistle-stops across 10 states, marking the first time the steam engine has traveled to the East Coast to celebrate America's 250th anniversary.
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Anthony Ventimiglia Part Of Onlookers: Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Rolls Through Brighton
BRIGHTON - Rail enthusiasts gathered at Bachman Road in Brighton, Illinois, as Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 passed through during a coast-to-coast tour tied to the America 250 celebration.Among those watching was Anthony Ventimiglia, who said he and his father have been following trains for years and that this was their third time seeing No. 4014.“My name is Anthony Ventimiglia. I started getting into trains at age five and have been into it…
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