Evanston stunning departure during The great race to Ogden

The Big Boy has departed its display location in downtown St. Louis and is headed west for its next stops in Pacific, MO and Jefferson City, MO.

#4014 and the #844 are returning to Cheyenne after a highly publicized trip to Salt Lake City, heralding the Big Boy's return.

Big Boy On Easy Street. The Union Pacific Railroad's 4014 ("Big Boy", 4-8-8-4, Alco, 1941) made a stop in the community of Luling, Louisiana in St.Charles Parish on August 20, 202... (more)

UP 4014 westbound with the Home Run Express.

UP's restored Big Boy is making its way back west towards the end of July after touring the Midwest. The train passed thru Iowa on July 30 thru August 2 on its westbound trip. The train laid over ... (more)

BigBoy 4014 Approaches Pilot Point, Tx with the admirers of the locomotive taking pictures as it passes from one community to the next

UP's Big Boy excursion train crosses the Cedar River minutes before arriving at its overnight stay in Beverly Yard.

Denver was a gracious host for the Big Boy! History captured at Denver Union Station! Big Boy, 4014 is seen here backing into busy Union Station back in July of 2022. Incredible sight to... (more)

Steam and Snow Epic memories care of the Union Pacific Steam Program.

UP's "Big Boy" 4014 charges through Peckham looking quite at home against the backdrop of an aging elevator, farm equipment, and tall grass blowing in the wind on its way from Cheyenne to Denver. ... (more)

The double-headed Union Pacific passenger train to the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike in Ogden, Utah, led by 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014, crosses over the old highway bridge at Ragan between L... (more)

Not long after it's recent restoration, UP embarked the big boy on a tour across the midwest. At this point, they were nearing the furthest north they would go in Duluth, crossing the trestle in B... (more)

The California Zephyr 5 train gets ready to leave Denver's Union Station, with passengers getting a good view of the Union Pacific's Big Boy engine 4014 on the adjacent track.

Threading A Million Pound Needle
I think it will fit! Or will it? Catenary over steam, what a morning. A forest of catenary strangled the biggest of them all at the throat of Denver... (more)