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 ...

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.

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.

Weighing in at 1.2 million pounds and with a length of 132 feet, Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 made its grand entrance into Deming Sunday morning at the railroad intersection on Ruby Street.

Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy" photographed at Union Station by Roy Inman. 4014 will be back at Union Station this Wednesday, open from dawn to dark for all-day public viewing and photos! There is ...

The Big Boy’s return to the rails is the product of more than 2 years of meticulous restoration work by the Union Pacific Steam Team. No. 4014 is the world’s only operating Big Boy locomotive.

Union Pacific 4014 was one of 25 4-8-8-4 steam locomotives, dubbed Big Boys, manufactured by the American Locomotive Company between 1941 and 1944.