{"id":2604,"date":"2021-08-23T13:28:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T18:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2021-08-23T13:28:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T18:28:25","slug":"big-boy-part-deaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2021\/08\/23\/big-boy-part-deaux\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Big Boy&#8221;, Part Deaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently posted several photos that I&#8217;d taken this past Thursday and Friday of the Union Pacific&#8217;s &#8220;Big Boy&#8221; steam locomotive, a 4-8-8-4 behemoth that has been touring Louisiana for the past several days.  I mentioned in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2021\/08\/22\/the-union-pacific-big-boy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2586\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday&#8217;s post<\/a> that a few of us would be heading down to Donaldsonville, Louisiana to hopefully see and photograph the locomotive and train another time or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowds were quite heavy, and traffic was, as expected, slowed to a crawl for miles!  But we did manage to capture a few views from several places.  Below are some highlights of the &#8220;chase&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on each photo below to see a larger version without the comment imprinted on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6.jpg\" alt=\"UP Big Boy #4014 Entering Donaldsonville\" data-id=\"2601\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/up-big-boy-4014-entering-donaldsonville\/\" class=\"wp-image-2601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-6-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">U.P. 4-8-8-4 &#8220;Big Boy&#8221; #4014 is running west and is on the outskirts, and heading into Donaldsonville, Louisiana.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7.jpg\" alt=\"UP Big Boy #4014 at McCall Road\" data-id=\"2602\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/up-big-boy-4014-at-mccall-road\/\" class=\"wp-image-2602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-7-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">U.P. Big Boy #4014 approaching the crossing at McCall Road in McCall, La., a bit west of Donaldsonville.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8.jpg\" alt=\"UP Big Boy #4014 at Industrial Blvd\" data-id=\"2603\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/up-big-boy-4014-at-industrial-blvd\/\" class=\"wp-image-2603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UP-4014-8-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">U.P. Big Boy #4014 and train at the Industrial Blvd. crossing south of Addis, Louisiana (near Dow Chemical). Note that the name &#8220;Big Boy&#8221; has been chalked onto the smokebox front (it was missing last Thursday when the train arrived in Livonia).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted several photos that I&#8217;d taken this past Thursday and Friday of the Union Pacific&#8217;s &#8220;Big Boy&#8221; steam locomotive, a 4-8-8-4 behemoth that has been touring Louisiana for the past several days. I mentioned in Sunday&#8217;s post that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2021\/08\/23\/big-boy-part-deaux\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos-i-like","category-railfanning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}