• Old barn beside a cornfield photographed in Illinois on the drive home after seeing Union Pacific Big Boy 4014
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    I Went for the Train

    I have loved trains for just about as long as I can remember, so when I saw that Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014 was coming to Chester, Illinois, home of Popeye the Sailor Man, that got my attention in a hurry. I was laying in bed that morning, soaking up the cool air from the AC while the summer heat was already gearing up outside, when I saw the posting. I talked my wife into going, and before long that was the plan. We were headed to Chester to see Big Boy for ourselves. It was hot as all get out that day. Not just hot, but that thick Illinois…