<body><div><p>Lawrence community members gathered at the Union Pacific tracks Thursday to watch Big Boy, the massive steam railroad locomotive, pass through town. </p><p>Big Boy was running a bit behind schedule en route from Kansas City to Salina for its next overnight stay, but it made it to Lawrence around 11:40 a.m. Thursday. </p><p>The 85-foot-long, 380-ton Iron Horse is nearing the end of an eight-week tour across nine states, running from Sept. 8 through Oct. 23.</p><p>See the tour’s complete schedule and find more details at this link.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0v4Vi6_0wB2MbTU00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0v4Vi6_0wB2MbTU00" width="1100" height="687" ><figcaption>Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times</figcaption></figure><p>If our local journalism matters to you, please help us keep doing this work.</p><p>Don’t miss a beat … Click here to sign up for our email newsletters</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3xRuVj_0wB2MbTU00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3xRuVj_0wB2MbTU00" width="500" height="500" ></figure><p>Carter Gaskins (he/him) has been a photographer for The Lawrence Times since April 2021. He has also been a photographer for 10-plus years in photojournalism and sports. </p><p>Check out more of his work at Gaskins-Photography.com. See his work for the Times here.</p><h2>Latest Lawrence news:</h2><p><b>Arts &amp; Events</b> <b>October 17, 2024 – 8:21 pm</b> </p><h2>Tech N9ne leads Lawrence Zombie Walk down Mass Street</h2><p>by Carter Gaskins &amp; August Rudisell</p><p>Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne, in Lawrence for a show at the Granada Thursday evening, led this year’s horde down Massachusetts Street for the annual Zombie Walk. </p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=394UN0_0wB2MbTU00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=394UN0_0wB2MbTU00" width="1100" height="619" ><figcaption>Lawrence community members snap photos of Big Boy as it passes through Lawrence, Oct. 17, 2024.</figcaption></figure></div></body>

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Photos: Big Boy, the massive steam locomotive, passes through Lawrence

Lawrence community members gathered at the Union Pacific tracks Thursday to watch Big Boy, the massive steam railroad locomotive, pass through town. Big Boy was running a bit behind schedule en route from Kansas City to Salina for its next overnight stay, but it made it to Lawrence around 11:40 a.m. Thursday.