{"id":239007,"date":"2026-07-09T03:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239007\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T03:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:33:12","slug":"big-boy-no-4014-train-visits-altoona-central-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239007\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Boy No. 4014 train visits Altoona, central Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Train<\/p>\n

Train enthusiasts get a look at Union Pacific\u2019s Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive on Friday, July 12, 2024 in Roseville, California.<\/p>\n

Paul Kitagaki Jr.<\/p>\n

pkitagaki@sacbee.com<\/p>\n

Big Boy No. 4014 is passing through central Pennsylvania<\/a> on its cross-country journey to celebrate the semiquincentennial, and the world\u2019s largest operating steam locomotive is sure to draw crowds from near and far.<\/p>\n

The 1.2 million-pound train operated by Union Pacific Railroad Company was scheduled for a whistle stop in Lewistown on Wednesday afternoon before traveling through the Juniata Valley en route to Altoona.<\/p>\n

Big Boy will be in Altoona, known as the Railroad City, from Thursday through Saturday, with public access from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Railroaders Memorial Museum.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re traveling from Centre County to catch a glimpse of Big Boy during its central Pennsylvania visit, we want to see your photos and videos. Share them with us by emailing cdtnewstips@centredaily.com. Be sure to include your name and where you live. We may include them in a future story.<\/p>\n

For more information about Big Boy\u2019s schedule, visit www.up.com\/about-us\/history\/steam\/schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM.<\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
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Jessica McAllister<\/a><\/p>\n

Centre Daily Times<\/p>\n

Jessica McAllister has been the executive editor of the Centre Daily Times since 2019. She previously worked as a reporter at daily newspapers in New York and Colorado.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Train enthusiasts get a look at Union Pacific\u2019s Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive on Friday, July 12,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-239007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}