Union Pacific’s ‘Big Boy’ locomotive making pit stop in Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — All aboard!

Houston, get ready, the Union Pacific Big Boy train tour is making a stop in our city.

Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive is expected to arrive Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Houston Amtrak Station on 902 Washington Avenue.

The locomotive will be on display and fans will have the opportunity to interact with the moving piece of history on Thursday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

You will also have a chance to go inside Experience the Union Pacific Rail Car, which is a multi-media walk-through exhibition that provides a glimpse at the past, according to a press release.

The pit stop in Houston is part of its tour across the southwest to commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary.

Big Boy will be departing on Friday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m.