UP 4014 & UP 844 double-head to Ogden Utah on a cold spring morning

Only in America! Yes folks, there are not many places in the world where a major freight railroad would suddenly decide to spend millions of dollars to drag the world's largest steam locomo... (more)

Big Boy on Fire! With the sun just a few degrees above the horizon, the place to be is shooting a shallow angle off Big Boy's nose, and OMG, that locomotive is on fire! The Evanston Yard ... (more)

The End. The Business Car "St. Louis" brings up the markers on UP's special "Great Race to Ogden" train. From what I can tell this car was built back in 1950 as a Pullm... (more)

Morning Light in Evanston. The sun has been up in Evanston for just about 45 minutes but the fires in UP's two heritage steam locomotives were re-lit hours ago and both engines are building... (more)

Rolling into Granger. Engineer Ed Dickens is already slowing UP Locomotive #4014 as the train approaches the remote hamlet of Granger, WY, and a servicing stop that is scheduled to last abo... (more)

The leviathan sleeps. With sunset coming in less than half an hour, UP Locomotive #4014 has been bedded down for the night. Her fire has been killed and all appliances shut down. The roar... (more)

Back on home turf. After spending decades as an outdoor display in California, the newly restored Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 is not only back on UP rails, she's back on home turf as well. ... (more)

Working her a bit at Peru Hill. Despite running clean-stack most of the time, we did occasionally see the 4014 looking like the photos from days of old. As she approached Peru Hill on the... (more)

Breaking clouds at Uintah. Having traveled through rain and snow during her journey from Evanston, to Echo and Morgan, UP 4014 and her special train emerge from Weber Canyon to breaking clo... (more)

Highball through Henefer. With just one servicing stop remaining on their long journey from Cheyenne, UP Steam Locomotives 4014 and 844 highball west toward their final destination in Ogden... (more)

A cold day in Echo Canyon. Union Pacific's two heritage steam locomotives stream long, steamy plumes in the cold morning air as the special train races through Echo Canyon on the last leg o... (more)

Clean running at Leroy Road. Just less than an hour out of Evanston eastbound, UP Locomotives 4014 and 844 haul their special passenger train east (compass northeast) along Leroy Road, not ... (more)

Creating a spectacle! The cell phones come out as UP 4014 departs the yard in Evanston, WY in spectacular fashion, headed for Rock Springs, Rawlins, Laramie and eventually, Cheyenne.

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Thunder in the canyon. After completing her epic journey to Ogden for the Spike 150 celebration, UP Locomotives 4014 and 844 take their special train back east, through Echo Canyon on the r... (more)