Big Boy, the largest steam railroad locomotive ever built, will pass through Union Pacific depot in North Lawrence this fall.
The 85-foot-long, 380-ton Iron Horse will take an eight-week tour across nine states, running from Sept. 8 through late October.
Big Boy stopped in Lawrence twice in 2021. It will not stop here this year, but the Lawrence station will be on its route from Kansas City, Missouri to Topeka.
Big Boy will spend the night at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, arriving at approximately 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15. It will be on view there all day Wednesday, Oct. 16 as well.
It will then pass through town sometime between 9 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, according to the North Lawrence Improvement Association and the online train schedule.
Big Boy is currently at home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, but you can follow its ventures on this map once it gets moving.
If our local journalism matters to you, please help us keep doing this work.
Don’t miss a beat … Click here to sign up for our email newsletters
Click here to learn more about our newsletters first
This post is by the Lawrence Times news team.
If you have news tips, questions, comments, concerns, compliments or corrections for our team, please reach out and let us know what’s on your mind. Email us at Hello@LawrenceKSTimes.com, or find more contact info and a quick contact form at LawrenceKSTimes.com/contact.
Follow us so you won’t miss the local news that matters most to you:
Latest Lawrence news:
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
