Two local residents who came up with their idea to preserve a historical event in Rochelle over a cup of coffee, have now turned it into a reality.
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ROCHELLE – Two local residents who came up with their idea to preserve a historical event in Rochelle over a cup of coffee, have now turned it into a reality.
Approximately a week after the Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Engine 4014 stopped in Rochelle and drew a crowd of more than 1,000 people, local residents Bob Caron and Diane Kenney had the idea of putting photos from the event together into a collage and framing it.
“We were having coffee together and we were still buzzing about the amount of people that came out to see the train,” said Kenney. “Between the two of us and the pictures from the News-Leader we had some great pictures documenting what happened that will never happen again. We started putting it together very soon after we came up with the idea, working at it a little bit at a time.”