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Big Boy arrives in North Texas: World's largest steam locomotive chugging through DFW
A 1.2-million-pound "Big Boy" locomotive returned Thursday to Fort Worth, delighting railfans who traveled from across the state to see the 83-year-old relic. The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 is ...
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TRAIN ROBBERY IN TEXAS; Six Men Get Two Bags of Booty from Express Safe. Then Run Away with the Locomotive -- Officials Refuse to Tell Amount Stolen.
It reached the Texas and Pacific crossing, four miles south of Texarkana, about 11:25 P. M. As it stopped, six men boarded the train. Two of these got on the locomotive and compelled the engineer ...