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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Big Boy 4014 on display at the Union Pacific rail yard. It is the only running steam train left out of the 25 that were commissioned in 1941 it is on a train tour and stopped in Rochelle on Sunday, Sept. 8.

COLUMN: Big Boy 4014 shows valuable glimpse into the past

Luke Brewer, Reporter September 19, 2024

When I was a kid, I really liked trains. I liked them so much, in fact, that I had Thomas the Tank Engine toys sprawling across my basement floor. As cool as I thought that was, nothing could’ve...

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