The historical steam engine locomotive, Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, has made its way to Arkansas on the "Heartland of America Tour".

Gabby Leclair exclaims “I see it” as she uses her pretend binoculars to see Union Pacific’s No. 4014 “Big Boy” atop her dad’s shoulders as it steams toward Hempstead, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.

The train, No. 4014, is the only operational one of 25 special trains built in the 1940s. Built on massive 4-8-8-4 wheel sets, the locomotives hauled cargo up steep mountain passes in Utah and ...

ROCHELLE, Ill. (WTVO) — Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest steam engine train, is set to return to northern Illinois this week, and here’s where you can see it. The Big ...

In total, 25 “Big Boy” locomotives were built with the first being delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. Big Boy No. 4014, the locomotive coming to Texas on tour, was delivered in December 1941.

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad announced today its legendary steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, will make two whistle-stops in Greeley, Colorado, this summer as part of a ...

It last rumbled into the area in August 2021. People look at Union Pacific engine 4014, aka the Big Boy, while it is stopped at the Amtrak station on Nov. 6, 2019, in Houston.

Union Pacific said No. 4014 was retired in 1961 after traveling a little over a million miles, reacquired by Union Pacific in 2013 and restored to service in 2019.

Train lovers in the High Desert are planning a summer trip to see Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive.