Author Topic: BIG BOY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 4014 "HEARTLAND OF AMERICA TOUR" MAP AND SCHEDULE  (Read 691 times)

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Many details, the map and sked is toward the middle
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/big-boy-worlds-largest-steam-170803375.html

Lightens things up a little for this week is all.

Terry

PS.  A little "garnish," not the Big Boy:

https://youtu.be/h3Yn5emTPPc

I made two trips in steam loco trains, one to upstate New York, one down to Florida, 1948 ish and 1955(?) ish.  I remembered the dining car, the toilets, and the smell of the smoke going through tunnels.



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When I was very young (preschool young) back in Chicago we lived half a block away from the GTW railroad tracks. There used to be a regular passenger train (My Dad called it the "Canadian Express") that was pulled by a big steam locomotive - my Dad and I often would walk over to the RR crossing to watch it go by.

I remember my terrible disappointment when one evening the train came by pulled by one of the "new" diesel locomotives. This was probably about 1960, give or take a year or two. I imagine I witnessed one of the very last steam locomotives in regular service - the end of an era.
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