I caught the Big Boy. I went early out to Dekalb on Tues to meet the UP 4014 Big Boy and then on to Ashton. I skipped Rochell, it was packed. 

It really is a massive engine.

So, a little added excitement, I made my way down to Ashton and found a gravel road that ran along the tracks. About a mile or two down the road I found a nice spot and decided to wait…. while waiting I hear this repeated soft horn from behind me, its an eastbound coal train…. OH NO.. it will be between me and the 4014… sure enough over the tops of the coal cars, I see the puffing smoke…. Nowhere to run you just got to sit there and hope…. as you see my luck held out but felt bad for a bunch of people closer to town.