UNION PACIFIC'S HISTORIC "BIG
BOY" STEAM LOCOMOTIVE MADE A
FEW STOPS IN EAST TEXAS TODAY.
THE JOURNEY THROUGHOUT OUR
STATE STARTED LAST WEEK. TAKE
VOIT'S PART OF UNION PACIFIC'S
150-TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD.THIS ENGINE, NUMBER
40-14, IS THE WORLD'S áONLY
OPERATING 'BIG BOY' ENGINE, OF
THE ORIGINAL EIGHT. THE TRAIN
IS PAINTED WITH COMMEMORATIVE
DETAILS TO HONOR GEORGE H-W
BUSH...ONE CAR MADE TO LOOK
LIKE AIR FORCE ONE.SEVERAL
GENERATIONS GATHERED TO WATCH
IT ROLL IN TO TROUP TODAY. AND
FOR MANY, IT WAS ALSO A TRIP
DOWN MEMORY
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TAKE SOTDURATION:0:31Heather
Stoner, 35--53The thing I
loved most about this train is
that it was a 1940s and my mom
was born in 1940, so she grew
up hearing that sound, going
through train tracks and small
towns and I think I just
wanted to capture for a moment
that nostalgic feeling you get
when you hear that train
coming and Pat Self1:37--1:50
the sound of a railroad, that
horn that whistle is haunting
and memorable and hearing it
come down that track and
seeing that steam come up
behind it, it was just an
exciting thing, you feel like
a child all over again. TAKE:
CONT VOOTHER EAST TEXAS STOPS
TODAY INCLUDED PALESTINE AND
JACKSONVILLE.THE TOUR WILL RUN
UNTIL THE END OF
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