SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 A rare sight in Scranton is about to roll out. Tuesday was the last full day to see two massive Big Boy locomotives side-by-side at Steamtown. 28\/22 News Reporter Colby Hughes explained how one visit brought huge crowds, big energy, and more than 100,000 people to the Electric City.<\/p>\n
The Steamtown National Historic Site has an annual visitation of around 60,000 people. Just within the two weeks that Big Boy 4014 was in Scranton, they brought in around 110,000 visitors.<\/p>\n
Two weeks of massive crowds heading into the Steamtown National Historic Site. It\u2019s all part of Big Boy 4014\u2019s journey from coast to coast, and it spent two weeks on display next to Big Boy 4012 in the city of Scranton. Visitors described it as something they didn\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh resident Ethan McMinn said, \u201cThey don\u2019t really run that much, and this is probably once-in-a-lifetime for us because we live further away.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m actually seeing it in person,\u201d Pittsburgh resident Gabriel Reitmeyer explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty big train; I think it\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d Pittsburgh resident Ben Reitmeyer added.<\/p>\n
This visit from Big Boy 4014 sent the Historic Site barreling past its annual visitation.<\/p>\n
Steamtown National Historic Site Superintendent, Jeremy Komasz, explained, \u201cWe crushed it. We did about 65,000 in the first six days of this visit. We did approximately 30,000 on day one and 20,000 on day two.\u201d<\/p>\n