“World Famous” UP Big Boy #4014 takes charge of POGEN1-12 as they hustle into Morgan, UT upon starting the return leg of the Great Race to Promontory. It’s hard to believe that over five mon... (more)

Named for vintage railroad photographer Herb Sullivan, a rancher from Placentia, California, who created iconic photographs of trains on this curve in the 1930s and 1940s, and the curve was later ... (more)

UP 4014 makes the short trek to Barstow after spending the night at Yermo. I would be on display in Barstow and pick up the passengers for the excursion run down through Cajon Pass to West Colton... (more)

The Big Boy charges hard out of Barstow, CA as on lookers take in the sight of the this massive machine pulling a 25 car passenger special back to West Colton, Oct. 13, 2019.

King of the Hill. Showing off its enormity against the backdrop of Cajon Pass, "Big Boy" #4014 rounds a curve near Blue Cut while making its way towards Colton. Seeing the locomot... (more)

The Tour of the Bigboy! After spending a night in Yuma, AZ the UP 4014 and train get on its way to continue the "Great Race Across the Southwest" as they try to make up time. The steam team is run... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 at Barstow, California, on October 12, 2019.

After making a schedule stop in Niland, UP 4014 leaves the Salton Sea behind as it finishes the last sixty-five miles to Yuma, AZ on its "Great Race Across the Southwest" tour.

UP 4014, the only 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive in operation, pulls a 25 car long passenger special over the 3,800 ft high summit of Cajon Pass on Oct. 12, 2019. Fans from all over ... (more)

The Big Boy navigates the twists and turns of San Timoteo Canyon as it flies around a curve at track speed. The locomotive was hard at work, as it could be heard echoing throughout the canyon.

Shortly after steaming through Victorville, Big Boy #4014 meets and passes over a BNSF intermodal train at Frost.

UP 4014 entering the east end of Afton Canyon from Basin on its journey from Las Vegas to Yermo on October 8th, 2019.

In 2011 I came to Afton Canyon to photograph Union Pacific’s steam locomotive 844 as it crossed over this bridge. It was traveling the other direction on a cold November morning, but I loved the... (more)

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive rumbles through the desert paradise of Palm Springs, CA on its eastbound trip from West Colton, CA to Yuma, AZ. From there, the steam crew will continue on with their... (more)

UP 4014 made a service stop just after exiting the BNSF main lines at Silverwood in Cajon Pass.