ACROSS THE MIDWEST.
IT’S BIG.
IT’S LOUD, AND IT’S FINALLY IN
NEBRASKA.
>> THIS THING IS MASSIVE.
>> BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE.
>> I’VE NEVER GOT TO SEE ONE OF
THESE BIG MONSTERS ACTUALLY RUN.
QUANECIA: A PIECE OF HISTORY
MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE
MIDWEST.
>> MANY YEARS OF PLANNING AND A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HARD WORK.
QUANECIA: UNION PACIFIC’S STEAM
LOCOMOTIVE BIG BOY TRAVELED
THROUGH FREMONT WHILE ON ITS WAY
TO OMAHA.
>> IT’S NEAT TO SEE STEAM COMING
BACK.
>> IT’S GOOD TO SEE ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TO SEE THE
MACHINE AND TAKE PICTURES OF IT.
YOUNGER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
THEY’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
QUANECIA: THE BIG BOY LOCOMOTIVE
WAS BUILT FOR UNION PACIFIC IN
THE 1940’S AND RETIRED IN 196
25 OF THEM WERE BUILT.
>> IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO SEE
IT, GO SEE IT.
IT’S A ONE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE.
QUANECIA: TODAY, THERE’S ONLY
EIGHT LEFT, AND 4014 IS THE LAST
BIG BOY STILL OPERATING.
>> WE JUST GOT THROUGH
REBUILDING THIS LOCOMOTIVE LAST
-- OVER THE LAST 2.5 YEARS.
QUANECIA: FOR ENGINEER ED
DICKENS, SEEING BIG BOY
SEEING YEARS OF HARD WORK
FINALLY PAY OFF.
>> THE NUMBER ONE ASKED QUESTION
TO UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, "WHEN
IS THE UNION PACIFIC GOING TO
RESTORE BIG BOY?"
WELL, HERE WE ARE, WE DID IT.
QUANECIA: BIG BOY WILL ALSO B
IN OMAHA FROM SATURDAY AT 9:00
A.M. THROUGH SUNDAY AT 5:00
P.M..
IF YOU’D LIKE TO SEE THE
LOCO
