The Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 and “the little engine” 4-8-4 #844 lead the first ever publicly-ridden excursion eastbound through Castle Rock, Utah on the way to Evanston, Wyoming.

A crew member admires the Big Boy as it pauses at dawn in Granger, Wyoming.

Union Pacific, Big Boy, 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844, round the curve at the Leroy crossing East of Evanston, WY heading for Rock Springs, WY.

UP #4014 Big Boy & #844 as they head back to Evanston, WY

UP 4014 and 844 going up the Wahsatch with a HUGE crowd on I-80 and Echo Canyon Rd

UP 4014 and 844 rounding the curve

With the Great Race 150 complete, the return trip to Cheyenne, Wyoming is under way for the Union Pacific Steam Team and the awakened Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 and the 4-8-4 #844. The train is seen a... (more)

"Route of the Streamliners" In a bit of an unconventional twist, Big Boy 4014 leads a Pocket Streamliner of 9 cars, with 844 and a diesel in trail.

Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 leads through the spectacular Utah scenery on its way to Ogden.

Big Boy 4014 steaming right out of Heaven, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 double-head into Granger Junction on a cold, spring morning.

Yesterday the 'great race to Ogden' began in grand fashion as Union Pacific's newly restored Big Boy teamed with dependable stable-mate #844. The two products of the American Locomotive Works (194... (more)

With one of the larges photographer gatherings I've seen in recent years, the Union Pacific Railroad Great Race train is seen heading westbound through the mile 634 signals near Hanna, Wyoming, on... (more)

For the shakedown run, the day was getting long and the railfans were hearing chatter on the radios that indicated doubt as to whether the run would happen at all. Then the huge locomotive left t... (more)