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Steam Locomotive 'Big Boy' Heads To Duluth After Union Station Stint

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- An exciting tour is making its way across the United States with a stop in Minnesota Wednesday.

It's not a rock band or speaker -- it's a Big Boy steam locomotive. The Union Pacific Railroad restored the historic train engine to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. This calls us back to a time when the smoke-belching iron horses fueled westward expansion.

Union Pacific 4014 is a fully-restored steam locomotive, and it's pleasing crowds wherever it rolls.

Union Pacific locomotive 4014 is the world's only operating "Big Boy." At nearly 600 tons -- the largest ever built -- it's touring the Midwest.

Click here for information on where you can see Big Boy this weekend in Duluth.

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