The January 2026 issue of Trains Magazine includes author Greg Richardson’s article on the development of positive train ...
The Big Boy is back, baby! Following five years of restoration, Union Pacific’s (UP) “Big Boy” 4014 steam locomotive made a public appearance this past weekend—departing a UP shop in Cheyenne, Wyo., ...
One of the largest and perhaps most famous steam locomotives ever built—Union Pacific’s (UP) articulated 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” No. 4014—is heading on a month-long tour this summer to celebrate railroad ...
Big Boy, all 1.2 million pounds of it, came rolling into Houston Friday afternoon. The four-cylinder steam engine was built in 1941, and is the last of 25 similar models still in existence. Union ...
MORGAN, Utah — In 1941, 25 of the largest steam engines ever produced rolled off the line and were dubbed the Big Boys. One of the reasons they were created was because freight going up the tracks in ...
Big Boy No. 4014, Union Pacific steam locomotive is rolling into Salina this week, giving people in central Kansas another chance to see the 132-feet long train. Originally put into service in 1941, ...
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