Historic Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Steam Engine to Travel Through Eastern Will County
Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy 4014 Steam Engine will travel through eastern Will County on Monday, September 9, 2024. The trip is part of Union Pacific's Heartland of America Tour.
Big Boy 4014 visited Illinois in 2019, when tens of thousands lined its route to catch a glimpse of the steam engine:
The steam engine is scheduled to depart Rochelle's Railroad Park at 9:00 a.m. and arrive at Watseka at 5:00 p.m.. You can track Big Boy 4014 at Union Pacific's Steam Locomotive Tracking Map. The Steam Engine will pass through Crete and Beecher before continuing south towards Watseka.