A piece of railroad history rolled through Mayflower on Friday.
"The Big Boy No. 4014 is one of 25 (steam engines) that was built for Union Pacific and was delivered in 1941. The Big Boys were freight haulers in Western states.
No. 4014 was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles during its two decades of service.
The hulking 4014 is hard to miss when coming down the track or even just standing still.
It stands 17 feet tall and is 133 feet long, and weighs 1.2 million pounds.
Its tender hauls 25,000 gallons of water and once could carry 56,000 pounds of coal; the engine now runs on oil." -Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Finally, a train that no one minds passing by! 😄
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