#4014 finally tackles Archer Hill during its 2019 tour of the system.

#4014 departing a service stop from a different kind of Strasburg.

History at Barstow For the first time in history, an active 4000' class steam locomotive calls on the original, 1911-built Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway passenger station/Harvey House,... (more)

134 Years In The Making. The desolate, desert community of Hodge, Calif. briefly feels tremors caused by the weight of a 1.2 million pound steam locomotive, UP 4014, as the 1941-built, 4-8-... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 leads a passenger special, along with Northern No. 844, through wide open Wyoming countryside just west of Thayer on May 5, 2019. The passenger train is headed to Ut... (more)

Beginning its first run over Sherman Hill after a lengthy restoration, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 leads a passenger special destined for a 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike and completion ... (more)

After sitting out 2020 due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, here's hoping that Ed Dickens and the rest of the Union Pacific steam team can run UP 4014 on the rails again in 2021.

COVID resulted in idling the massive UP Big Boy 4014 for 2020. It is hoped that 2021 will see the long awaited running of 4014 through the Moffat Tunnel Sub and the 30 tunnels located in the Colo... (more)

Running through a foot of freshly fallen snow, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 rolls northbound at milepost 7 between Adams and Dupont on the Greeley Subdivision on November 26, 2019. After departi... (more)

In November 1984, UP Big Boy 4012 was relocated from Bellows Falls, VT to Steamtown in Scranton, PA. Even the horse in the pasture here stopped to take a look. Photo taken just north of Bainbridg... (more)

UP 4014 crosses grassy point into Minnesota while tornado warnings and severe storms happen to the south.

On the cold, damp, rainy morning of May 8, 2019, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 descends the Wasatch grade at Castle Rock, Utah. The locomotive leads the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike spec... (more)

At 6:22 a.m. on May 6, 2019, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 and Northern No. 844 power a westbound passenger special, going to the 150th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike, into Grange... (more)

After a long and eventful day, Union Pacific 4014 (Big Boy) rests under the stars in UP's Beverly yard. The Big Boy will depart Beverly at approximately 0900 in the morning, to visit the state cap... (more)