Another adventure vacation began with the chance to see one of the biggest steam trains of twentieth century history. The Union Pacific recently restored this behemoth, known as Big Boy and built in 1941, and sent it on tour across the Midwest to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railway.
This adventure reminded me of my childhood home, a block from the tracks in Prairie du Chien. Every year or so we would be visited by a steam engine. You could hear its distinctive whistle miles away. (more…)
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