The 1.2-million-pound Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will stop across the East Coast and Midwest this summer to celebrate the U.S. semiquincentennial.

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive rolled through Northeast Ohio today, drawing hundreds hoping to catch a glimpse of a piece of American history.

Crowds along Riverside Drive erupted into cheers as railroad gates lowered, a horn sounded and the Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 engine came into view on June 8. At least 2,000 people gathered at the Lake County History Center to

A Big Boy steam train will pass through Fort Wayne in June 2026 is not the first of these large coal-fired engines to come through the area. Big Boy No.

Union Pacific's 'Big Boy' is scheduled to make a stop in Fostoria between 2:15-2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

LAWRENCE — When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at the University of Kansas, the replacement of steam ...

The first thing you might notice about the restored locomotive departing from Old Sacramento is the billowing cloud of steam pouring out of the shiny, black engine, stamped with the name Granite Rock Co. on its side. The cacophony of bells and whistles ...