NEXT FOR THE BIG ENGINE THAT
COULD AND DID BRING SO MUCH
EXCITEMENT TO THE AREA.
JESSE: LOUD AND REALLY, REALLY
STEAMY.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST STEAM
LOCOMOTIVE IS HEADED WESTWARD
FROM ILLINOIS TO IOWA TODAY.
THE CROWD GATHERS ALONG THE
WESTWARD CHICAGO TRACK ON
OVERPASSES AND EVEN IN THE
MIDDLE OF FIELDS FOR A GLIMPSE
OF THE ICONIC TRAIN CHUGGING BY.
>> ITS POWERFUL.
IT'S SCINTILLATING.
JESSE: AND THRILLING THE
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LUCKY ENOUGH TO
CLIMB INTO THE CAB.
>> I GOT TO SEE THE ENGINE THAT
BOILED THE WATER.
I GOT TO SEE ALL THE STUFF, AND
THAT'S WHY I WAS SO HAPPY.
JESSE: A RIDE BACK IN TIME, AS
IF TO THE WILD WEST, ROARING
FLAMES TURNING WATER TO STEAM,
CONTROLLING PISTONS BEFORE YOUR
VERY EYES.
>> YOU CANNOT SEE THAT MECHANISM
IN AN AUTOMOBILE OR DIESEL
ENGINE.
JESSE: IT ORIGINALLY CARRIED
FREIGHT IN THE 1940'S AND
1950'S, ONE OF JUST EIGHT IN
EXISTENCE TODAY, THE ONLY STILL
CHUGGING.
>> 135 FEET LONG.
IT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS THREE
CONVENTIONAL DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES.
>> IT'S REALLY BIG.
>> THE SOUNDS, SMELLS, AND SITES
OF STEAM ARE MAKING THEIR WAY
ACROSS MOST OF THE UNION PACIFIC
SYSTEM.
>> ALL CELEBRATING THE 150TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD'S
COMPLETION
