Union Pacific “Big Boy” #4014 – Arrives in Fairbury

On August 8, 2021 the Union Pacific “Big Boy” Engine #4014 arrived in Fairbury on an overnight tour stop.

Photo: by Fan Railer – 2021 Tour – Creative Commons/wikipedia

On August 8, 2021 the Union Pacific “Big Boy” Engine #4014 arrived in Fairbury on an overnight tour stop. The Engine was accompanied by many other cars in the Union Pacific Heritage series including the Jim Adams and Joe Jordan water cars, the Art Lockman tool car, the Howard Fogg boiler car, the Lynn Nystrom baggage car and the UP Engine #4015.

The “Big Boy” – Engine #4014 is the biggest and most powerful steam locomotive in the world. Click this link to read more about this giant locomotive:
Union Pacific Heritage Fleet – “Big Boy” – #4014


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