Making its run from Butler to West Chicago, the "Big Boy" steams south through Kenosha, passing under the CNW signal bridge at Highway K.

UP Big Boy 4014 leads a passenger special west under the searchlights at Hoffman Ave in St. Paul.

Northbound limestone loads round the curve at Saginaw with an Illinois Central deathstar SD40 in charge.

UP 4014 makes its run from Duluth to Superior as it crosses the Saint Louis Bay.

Not So Big Now, Are Ya?: Most photos of the Big Boy do a great job of showing just how massive the locomotive is. I wanted to do just the opposite here; the Sandstone bridge is an impressiv... (more)

The dynamics are howlin' as DMIR 405, CN 5318 and IC 6252 lead ore loads down Spirit Mountain.

On a beautiful morning, UP 4014 heads south across the Kettle River in Sandstone, bound for the Twin Cities.

The Big Boy crosses the Saint Louis Bay as it makes its way to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

Repainted DM&IR 405 leads an ore train south down Spirit Mountain into Duluth.

UP 4014 leads the UP steam special across the Kettle River at Sandstone, MN on BNSF, former Great Northern trackage. UP acquired trackage rights between Superior, WI and the Twin Cities when it to... (more)

Big Boy 4014 makes for an impressive sight from any angle, but if I was going to make the effort to join the throngs of admirers trackside during its visit to Minnesota, I wanted to see it in the ... (more)

A beautiful summer morning in Minnesota finds UP 4014 southbound on BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision.

O’er the river and through the woods, back to the Twin Cities we go! Accelerating after a brief stop in Bruno, we see the Big Boy himself chugging over the Kettle River in Sandstone, MN. The tur... (more)

“Big Boy” 4014 makes his way across the Saint Louis Bay on his way to Superior for the night.

UP 4014 leads the UP steam special across the Kettle River at Sandstone, MN on BNSF, former Great Northern trackage. UP acquired trackage rights between Superior, WI and the Twin Cities when it to... (more)