Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound locomotive put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Only 25 of this kind of train were built and this is the last ...

Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives, which weigh 1.2 million pounds and are 130 feet long, were completed for Union Pacific in 1941. No. 4014 then drove 1,031,205 miles and was in service for 20 years ...

The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 is the world's largest operating steam locomotive. It will remain in Cowtown until Sunday, though it will not be on public display after Friday afternoon.

Over a thousand people of all ages flocked to see Big Boy No. 4014, Union Pacific's sole operational Big Boy steam locomotive, in North Little Rock on Sunday evening.

The restoration of Union Pacific’s steam locomotive No. 844 is complete and this historic engine will be in North Platte about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The locomotive will arrive in Cape Girardeau at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at 500 Aquamsi St. It will be on display from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. People will be able to climb steps and peek into the cab ...

Big Boy No. 4014 is a 132-foot-long, 1.2-million-pound locomotive with a water capacity of 25,000 gallons. It was in service for Union Pacific from 1941 to 1961, traveling more than a million miles!