World’s largest steam locomotive ‘Big Boy’ to visit Lebanon, Pa.

MOBLEY LIVE IN LEBANON THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING CAM. YEAH. GOOD MORNING, MATT AND KATELYN AND A LOT OF HISTORY GOING INTO INTO TODAY’S EVENT AND A LOT OF THAT BEING EXPLORED RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE AT THE LEBANON HISTORIC TRAIN DEPOT. THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OPENING UP AT 10:00 TODAY FOR FOR VISITORS WHO ARE HOPING TO SEE BIG BOY TO ACTUALLY COME IN AND DO A WALK THROUGH OF THIS TRAIN DEPOT. WHILE THE TRAIN IS GOING TO BE IN TOWN LATER TODAY. NOW, WITH ALL THAT HISTORY. I’M HERE WITH SHANE KEENAN. HE’S WITH THE LEBANON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SHANE, A LOT OF HISTORY GOING INTO TODAY’S EVENT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND US WHEN IT COMES TO THAT? SURE. SO THIS STATION WAS BUILT IN 1900 FOR THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD, AND IT WAS BUILT TO REPLACE AN EARLIER BUILDING BUILT IN 1856 FOR THE LEBANON VALLEY RAILROAD, WAS DESIGNED BY WILSON BROTHERS AND COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. PRETTY PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECTURAL FIRM THAT HAD ALSO DESIGNED THE TRAIN SHED TO THE TERMINAL STATION IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE READING. SO A LOT GETTING JUST EXPLORED, EVEN JUST WITH THIS ONE BUILDING RIGHT HERE. BUT AS WE’VE SEEN FROM SOME OF THE EARLIER VIDEOS OF BIG BOY MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE U.S., A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME THROUGH. WHY DOES THIS DRAW SUCH A CROWD? FOR ONE THING, JUST BEING THE BIGGEST OPERATIONAL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. PEOPLE LIKE EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT INTO TRAINS, THEY OFTEN LIKE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES TO BEGIN WITH. SO SEEING THE BIGGEST ONE, ESPECIALLY THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AN OPERATIONAL ONE LIKE THE 4014 HAS COME EAST TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN THESE AREAS. SO VERY COOL OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. SHANE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. AND YOU CAN CATCH THE TRAIN COMING THROUGH LEBANON LATER TODAY. THAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT 130. IT’S GOING TO BE LEAVING HERE AT 215. SO BE SURE TO GET HERE ON TIME SO YOU CAN CATCH THAT. IF YOU DO PLAN O

World’s largest steam locomotive ‘Big Boy’ to visit the Susquehanna Valley for the first time

Updated: 8:59 AM EDT Jul 7, 2026

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Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, is scheduled to make a whistle stop at Lebanon Station on Tuesday, drawing rail fans and visitors to the corridor between North Eighth and Fourth streets. Crowds are expected to gather on North Eighth Street, where a public welcome event will mark the locomotive’s arrival at 1:30 p.m. before it departs around 2:15 p.m. Road closures City officials said the following road closures will begin at 10 p.m. Monday and remain in effect until 3 p.m. Tuesday: 7th Street: Weidman Street to the YMCA entrance 5th Street: Weidman Street to the PA Counseling entrance 4th Street: Weidman Street to Schneider Drive Scull Street: 8th Street to Old North 9th Street Gannon Street at Scull Street New Street at Scull Street Hornet Street at Scull Street First journey to the East CoastThe Lebanon stop is part of Big Boy No. 4014’s first-ever journey to the East Coast, a coast-to-coast tour commemorating America’s 250th anniversary. The summer trip included a Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia, major display events in eight cities and more than 50 whistle stops across 10 states, including inaugural visits to Indiana, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania. About Big Boy No. 4014The Union Pacific Big Boys were among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built. Designed in the 1940s, the 4-8-8-4 articulated engines were built to haul heavy freight through the steep grades between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. The locomotives measure 133 feet long and weigh about 1.2 million pounds. Their articulated design allowed them to navigate curves while pulling massive loads. Big Boy No. 4014 traveled more than 1 million miles before it was retired in 1961. Union Pacific reacquired the locomotive in 2013 and restored it to operating condition in 2019, where it now serves as a traveling symbol of American railroad history and engineering.

LEBANON, Pa. —

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, is scheduled to make a whistle stop at Lebanon Station on Tuesday, drawing rail fans and visitors to the corridor between North Eighth and Fourth streets.

Crowds are expected to gather on North Eighth Street, where a public welcome event will mark the locomotive’s arrival at 1:30 p.m. before it departs around 2:15 p.m.

Road closures

City officials said the following road closures will begin at 10 p.m. Monday and remain in effect until 3 p.m. Tuesday:

7th Street: Weidman Street to the YMCA entrance 5th Street: Weidman Street to the PA Counseling entrance 4th Street: Weidman Street to Schneider Drive Scull Street: 8th Street to Old North 9th Street Gannon Street at Scull Street New Street at Scull Street Hornet Street at Scull Street

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Road closures for Big Boy No. 4014

First journey to the East Coast

The Lebanon stop is part of Big Boy No. 4014’s first-ever journey to the East Coast, a coast-to-coast tour commemorating America’s 250th anniversary.

The summer trip included a Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia, major display events in eight cities and more than 50 whistle stops across 10 states, including inaugural visits to Indiana, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania.

About Big Boy No. 4014

The Union Pacific Big Boys were among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built. Designed in the 1940s, the 4-8-8-4 articulated engines were built to haul heavy freight through the steep grades between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The locomotives measure 133 feet long and weigh about 1.2 million pounds. Their articulated design allowed them to navigate curves while pulling massive loads.

Big Boy No. 4014 traveled more than 1 million miles before it was retired in 1961. Union Pacific reacquired the locomotive in 2013 and restored it to operating condition in 2019, where it now serves as a traveling symbol of American railroad history and engineering.

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