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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, PA) The Union Pacific Big Boy 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, is scheduled to visit Beaver County on July 11.
The train is expected in the Leetsdale, Pennsylvania area around 5:45 p.m. and in Beaver County by about 6 p.m.
Union Pacific Railroad said the locomotive is making a rare trip to the eastern United States, its first such tour since 1940.
The journey begins May 25 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with a planned stop in Philadelphia for Independence Day. The train is then scheduled to reach Altoona on July 8 before arriving in the Pittsburgh region.
The locomotive is expected to depart Conway Yard at 9 a.m. July 12, before heading to Struthers, Ohio.