The American Locomotive Company built Union Pacific 4014, a 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” steam locomotive in November 1941 for $265,174. The builder delivered it to Union Pacific the following month.
The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority was established in 2020 to promote, sustain, and expand the availability of passenger and commuter rail services in the Commonwealth.
Eleven people were killed when a Southern Railway train derailed on Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, on September 27, 1903. The wreck is popularized in the song Wreck of the Old ‘97.
Yard goat is a slang term for a terminal tractor, used to tow trailers around a warehouse or yard. It is also a slang term for a switcher, which functions similarly to a terminal tractor but is used on railcars.
