The Union Pacific’s No. 4014, the “Big Boy” steam locomotive, is passing through Iowa on a “Heartland of America” tour.
There are two remaining stops for public view, at Belle Plaine at noon today and Grand Mound at 11 AM tomorrow. However, each stop only lasts 15 minutes! No one can get ON the train, just admire its bigness from 25 feet away, per UP rules.
KCRG had a feature on Belle Plaine’s still-standing-but-not-restored train depot six weeks ago.
(KCRG and all Gray stations have autoplay video but if you scroll past the video, then try to come back up, the video disappears but the sound keeps playing. What’s up with that?)