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PHOTOS: Steam engine Big Boy No. 4014 crosses Iowa
Jul. 30, 2019 7:24 pm
Big Boy No. 4014 is the largest steam locomotive ever built and traveled from Clinton to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. It travels on to Des Moines on Wednesday as part of
a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.
Hundreds of people crowd around as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 stops in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
An engineer leans out as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 makes a service stop in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Hundreds of people crowd around as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 stops in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Joann and Jeff Carnahan of Central City find a higher vantage point to view Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Onlookers take photos as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 arrives in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 arrives in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Logan Walker of Dubuque holds a flag while watching Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 arrive in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Hundreds of people crowd around as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 stops in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 makes a service stop in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Hundreds of people crowd around as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 stops in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 makes a service stop in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Hundreds of people crowd around as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 stops in Wheatland on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary.(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 travels through Mount Vernon on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary. Photographed from the old Lincoln Highway bridge on the west end of Mount Vernon, which is now a pedestrian bridge. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 travels through Mount Vernon on its trip westward across Iowa on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. It is the largest steam locomotive ever built and spent Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids before traveling on to Des Moines as part of a commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary. Photographed from the old Lincoln Highway bridge on the west end of Mount Vernon, which is now a pedestrian bridge. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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