With its service stop complete, UP 4014 highballs Beaumont on its journey out of the Golden State as it heads for today's final destination of Yuma, AZ.

With wisps of steam filling the air, Union Pacific Senior Manager of Heritage Operations, Ed Dickens, confirms the blue flag has been placed on UP 4014 as the locomotive's mechanical crew prepares... (more)

Cresting Cajon Pass' summit one last time, all 1.2 million pounds of UP 4014 leads a 23-car passenger excursion, benefitting the Rail Giants Train Museum in Pomona, Calif., back to West Colton aft... (more)

Thundering into San Timiteo Canyon, UP 4014 stomps up the grade making short work of it's small train as it leans into a curve at Ordway.

UP 4014 approaches Beaumont for its first service stop of the day after tackling the grades of San Timoteo Canyon.

City of San Francisco Takes to the Coast. The 1955-built dome car No. 9009, named the City of San Francisco in 1993, looks sharp as it brings up the rear of this afternoon's business... (more)

UP 4014's 23-car passenger train brings traffic on Interstate-15 to an almost complete standstill as folks, likely retuning home from a trip to Las Vegas, witness the only operational "Big Boy" st... (more)

A Big Boy Pointing at Tehachapi. UP 4014 will likely be the first and last "Big Boy" steam locomotive to ever find itself on BNSF's Mojave Subdivision - the tracks that deposit BN... (more)

A photo, nor video, can truly capture the experience of what it's like to stand next to an active 4000 class steam locomotive. Brief moments like this, however, where wisps of steam and the glint ... (more)

Dawn Breaks Over Big Boy. It's just after 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 13, 2019, as the Union Pacific steam crew prepares UP 4014 for the return trip to West Colton today via Cajon P... (more)

UP Varnish Flies at Gaviota It certainly feels like a fall day along the California coast this afternoon as the gloomy sky helps the passage of this seven-car, Union Pacific business car sp... (more)

Bringing back memories of classic, streamlined passenger trains running along the coast - UP 7437 leads a 7 car business car special past the Santa Susana depot as it heads for it's only station s... (more)

Swarmed. The small platform at Victorville, California, normally only seeing the passage of Trains No. 3 and No. 4 - the Southwest Chief - is pushed to its limit this afternoon as UP 4014 c... (more)

A Dinosaur Among Progress. SCAX 857, the lone un-rebuilt F59PH on Metrolink's locomotive roster, is still earning it's keep as it's dynamic brakes wine while slowing Metrolink 117 for it's ... (more)

The conductor in charge of this evening's Metrolink 118 looks ahead to confirm a clear signal at the end of the Van Nuys platform before radioing the engineer that he's ready to highball. The sign... (more)