07/13/2026
I knew that without having the right camera lens and being in a crowded location, I wasn't going to get the "best" shot of Big Boy, so I opted for a different view. As you can see in the first photo I caught the front of Big Boy as it entered into the South Side of Pittsburgh proudly flying the PA State flag. The second photo captured the inner child in us all as we gaze upon these incredible trains. I spoke with the gentleman in the shot afterwards and he said I can share his story: He grew up in the area, and actually the church in the background of the first image (St. Casimir built in 1893) was where his mother attended school. She was married in that church, and it is where he was baptized. He said he came back to the area specifically to see the train from where he grew up. As a child he would spend hours sitting by the tracks just watching countless trains go by. So not your typical Big Boy train pictures, but these are more special to me with the story they tell. Thank you, Big Boy, for uniting people in more ways than we imagined!
