My local newspaper had great news today, an Associated Press story about the resurrection of a Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" locomotive, arguably the biggest locomotive ever built. The Union Pacific Railroad has acquired UP 4014 and will take it from the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds to Cheyenne, Wyoming, for restoration to operating condition for use as an excursion train.
I think this is something every American trainspotter has dreamed of - to see a Big Boy in operation. I've visited this locomotive in Pomona (Los Angeles County Fair), and other Big Boy locomotives in Cheyenne, Green Bay (Wisconsin), and Scranton (Pennsylvania).

There's a YouTube Video of the first leg of the move to Cheyenne. The quality of videography is first-class, but non-trainspotters may find the video tedious after the first minute.

-Joe-