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See ‘Big Boy,’ world’s largest steam locomotive, during stop at KC’s Union Station
People came from across the region to catch a glimpse of the World War II-era locomotive. Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound locomotive put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City ...
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‘Big Boy,’ the 1.2M pound locomotive, still operates like it did in the mid-1900s
DENVER (KDVR) — One of the world’s largest locomotives passed ... The train, known as Big Boy No. 4014, was one of several 1.2 million-pound locomotives built in the 1940s.
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Renaming of locomotive to honour Polish war heroes
A Kent-based steam locomotive is being temporarily renamed after a Polish squadron that defended Britain during World War Two. Sir Keith Park, a Bulleid Pacific engine dating from 1947 and based ...