Lights from nearby parking lots, building and cars illuminate Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 as it sits the night in Sidney, Nebraska.

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 arrives in Julesburg, Colorado where it will stop and greet the large crowd that has turned out to see the huge marvel of engineering.

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 runs through Archer Hill east of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Union Pacific's Big Boy steam engine leaves Julesburg, Colorado and heads towards North Platte, Nebraska.

Engineer Ed Dickens leans out of the window as Union Pacific's Big Boy rounds the corner to Julesburg, Colorado. Wherever the magnificent engine stopped on its journey from Wyoming to Colorado an... (more)

Morning Fire
Morning reds and glint ablaze at Sidney, CO. 8/6/21

101 degrees in the Shade
Hot summer vibes I share with the cicadas and the plains of Nebraska this was a hot hike in from US 30 to capture the rural farmland of the Midwest and... (more)

Julesburg Highball
Obligatory overpass overlook shot eastbound from Julesburg, CO, 4014 and crews begin the high ball for the Nebraska Overland Route.

Code Poles and Track Speed
Ed Dickens is on the fireman side for his watchful eye over the Overland Route right of way in western Nebraska. Running track speed near Ogallala, N... (more)

Entering the Main
Like a jewel in the morning sun, 4014 eastbound gets high ball at Julesburg, CO Entering the main for North Platte, NE 8/6/21

Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 is hot and being readied for an August 6 departure from Sidney to North Platte, NE, as the sun rise for another historic day. Took the opportunity to capture t... (more)

A Glorious Morning on Archer Hill
Ed Dickens means business up Archer Hill on 4014’s departure from Cheyenne August 5, 2021 for the Big Boy 2021 Tour.

The kickoff of the Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 2021 tour got underway on August 5. The 4014 is joined by spiffied up UP 4015 with fresh silver trucks and a green anti-glare panel, as seen... (more)

4-8-8-4
A million pounds of steel and cast iron and every imaginable material under steam is an amazing feat of engineering. Mr Dickens team are super heros! Shot on Mavic Zoom

UP 4014 heads back to Cheyenne, Wyoming after a test run to get ready for the trip to Louisiana starting on August 25th.