Railroading Train Watching Union Pacific Big Boy 4014’s trip through Louisiana in 2021

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014’s trip through Louisiana in 2021

By Steve Sweeney | September 9, 2021

| Last updated on November 7, 2022


Video captures Big Boy's trip to the Big Easy a mere week before Hurricane Ida devastated the region

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In August 2021, Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 ventured south to New Orleans, Louisiana, in a run through the mid-South.

Join Trains contributor Steve Smedley as he takes video of the famed steam locomotive through small towns and over the massive Huey P. Long bridge.

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