PLAQUEMINE, La. (BRPROUD) – We are not blowing smoke when we say that the world’s largest steam locomotive is passing through Louisiana next month. There were 25 Big Boys built starting in 1941.

Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives were built for Union Pacific in 1941. Less than half that remain, and No. 4014 is unique in that it is still touring the U.S.

The Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive will rumble from Cheyenne south through Greeley and on to Denver this week, and you can get up close to this rare engine for free (or pay up ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive will be making its way through Arkansas soon! Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives were built for Union Pacific in 1941.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The "Big Boy" is always a big attraction in Kansas City, and it's rolling in for a stop on its Heartland tour next week. Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive is ...

Big Boy No. 4014, Union Pacific steam locomotive is rolling into Salina this week, giving people in central Kansas another chance to see the 132-feet long train. Originally put into service in ...

BUTLER -- A piece of history rolled the rails through southeast Wisconsin on Thursday, July 25 -- the world's largest and oldest steam locomotive -- Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014.

The historic Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive idles before the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at Ogden Union Station in Ogden, Utah, U.S. May 9, 2019.

Train enthusiasts gathered at Union Station in Kansas City Tuesday night to see the arrival of Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive. The 1.2 million-pound, 132-feet long engine is ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will depart on its “Heartland of America” tour on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and travel ...

The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive, which hauled freight between Wyoming and Utah in the 1940s and 1950s, is back on the track and headed for multiple stops in Colorado.

Big Boy 4014, a fully restored Union Pacific steam locomotive, is parked for viewing Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Audubon Riverview Park in New Orleans. The locomotive was retired in 1961 after ...