Historic Big Boy train chugs through Mount Pleasant

A historic train built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad and first delivered in 1941 traveled through Northeast Texas on September 17.This one was Big Boy No. 4014, one of 25 that were built. According to Union Pacific’s official website, “the locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds. Because of their great length, the frames of the Big Boys were “hinged,?...

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