16 Sep 2024 Union Pacific’s Big Boy visited North Little Rock 

NORTH LITTLE ROCK – North Little Rock Mayor Hartwick (center) was glad to welcome Union Pacific’s Big Boy locomotive to town last weekend. Union Pacific’s Big Boy #4014 stopped in Central Arkansas as part of its heartland American tour.

The locomotive is one of just 25 built in the 1940s and only eight survived. Big Boy is the only one still in operation. It is the largest steam locomotive in the world.

Mayor Hartwick is pictured with Derrell Hartwick (on his left), president and CEO of the North Little Rock Chamber, and Drew Tessier (on his right) with Union Pacific Railroad.