The 10-state 'Heartland of America' tour from the Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will make four stops in Illinois, including a public viewing day in Rochelle.
The train's 10-state 'Heartland of America' tour will make four stops in Illinois, including a public viewing day near Rochelle"Heartland of America" tour,The tour started in Wyoming before traveling to Nebraska and Iowa over Labor Day weekend. Friday, the train will make its first of four whistle stops in Illinois.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly According to officials, Big Boy No. 4014 is one of 25 built in the 1940s to handle the steep grades in Utah's Wasatch Mountain Range during World War II. It is just one of eight to survive, and the only one that remains in operation today.
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