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Union Pacific's Big Boy comes to town

Friday, August 27, 2021
DAR photos/Paul Davis

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    Visitors to downtown Poplar Bluff flock to see Union Pacific's Big Boy steam engine as it rolled into town late Friday.
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    Visitors photograph the Big Boy steam engine as it passes by Friday afternoon.
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    Bruce Scott photographs Grover Parks and Gloria Parks of Qulin as they stand next to steam engine No. 4014.
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    Visitors gather near steam engine No. 4014 on the Union Pacific Railroad grounds Friday afternoon.
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    The engineer of steam engine No. 4014 runs safety checks on the engine after it arrives in Poplar Bluff.
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    (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive passes under the 5th Street overpass Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive passes under the 5th Street overpass Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive passes under the 5th Street overpass Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    People take photos of the Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive passes under the 5th Street overpass Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff.
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive passes under the 5th Street overpass Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive leaves  Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    Engineers look out of the Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Roesner)
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    Steam from the Union Pacific 4014 is too loud for one young girl as the locomotive passes Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    Steam from the the Union Pacific 4014 hides the locomotive as it heads over the Black River on Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads out of Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    People watch the Union Pacific 4014 pass as it leaves Poplar Bluff on Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive heads to Dexter on Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021 in eastern Stoddard County. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive approaches County Road 685 in Stoddard County on Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021, as it heads to Dexter. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
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    The Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive heads to Dexter on Saturday morning, Aug. 28, 2021 in eastern Stoddard County. (DAR/Brian Rosener)