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by orpheline 2511 days ago
More like, going again - the Big Boys were taken out of service in the late 1950's, early 1960's.

This one was sitting in a train museum in California for 50 years before the Union Pacific got it back; they them spent several years restoring it to running condition.

The UP has a some information about this train on their website: https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/4014/index.htm