UP 4014 passes under the Canadian National near Logan Iowa.

Multitudes of families have already posed for photos with the largest operating steam locomotive in the world as a woman photographs her son and husband in front of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 ... (more)

Engineer Ed Dickens talks to admirers from the gangway of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Rawlins, Wyoming, on May 4, 2019.

UP 4014 leads the Union Pacific Museum Special across the Kate Shelley High Bridge over the Des Moines River.

UP 4014 eastbound at Maxwell Nebraska.

Big Boy 4014 departing North Platte headed east to Grand Island.

The Big Boy has arrived in Omaha as it crosses the 84th St bridge on the Lane Cutoff just south of I-80. This structure, built in 1977, replaced the original 2 lane tunnel under the fill as suburb... (more)

The beast heads east! The Big Boy passes the station sign for the small town of Egbert on its first trip east from Cheyenne towing a few covered hoppers for added braking/tonnage.

Big Boy 4014 is east of Central City, Nebraska. Ed Dickens must like the wind in his hair because he is the only one I have seen that doesn't wear a hat.

Pride of the Plains. Yep, there's no doubt that's it's a Big Boy - impressive in every sense; making its 1:30pm departure from Fremont, NE enroute Omaha. A respectable number of folks trackside an... (more)

The sleeping giant, shut down for the night Big Boy 4014 will be fired back up in the morning for a 10am departure on the 11th. This was my first attempt at using a strobe.

The Big Boy comes to town: on its Grand Island to Omaha jaunt this Friday, the 4014 made its dramatic appearance in flatland territory quite unlike its usual stomping grounds farther west. A class... (more)

Big Boy 4014 is underway seen here east of Grand Island, Nebraska heading for Omaha where it will be displayed at UP's Home Plate during Railroad Days.

Big Boy 4014 departs North Platte headed to Grand Island.

After arriving at Sydney, the Big Boy backs into a yard track for servicing where it will spend the night before heading to North Platte in the morning. A few hours later the darkening clouds woul... (more)