Union Pacific's "Big Boy 4014" comes to Texas

There has been much talk, excitement and anticipation for the passing-through of the largest steam engine in the world.  Built in November, 1941, the bohemoth weighs in at 1.2 million pounds and with oil and fluids, much more.  

So cool!

We had some options.  The locomotive was to stop at various towns along the way on its route south, but with the train cam crowds.  So we decided to check Google maps to find a place to back up the truck and wait for Big Boy to come rumbling through.  We were the first to set up shop, but soon after we had company.  

 

 

She went by fast!  Rolling on down the line!  It does make me long for a simpler time when the engineer still waived from the train as the little boys who stood dreaming of steel rails.