Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941. The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service.

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.

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.

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 ...

Big Boy 4014, which was built in 1941, originally ran on coal, but the decision was made early on to run the restored version on No. 5 oil instead. Dickens said the main reasons were cost and safety.

The menu at the Red Board Tavern & Table is seen with a Big Boy inspired twist as visitors wait for Union Pacific’s No. 4014 “Big Boy” makes its way through Navasota, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.

At the Union Pacific crossing on Stevenson Avenue in the tiny Weld County enclave of Carr, dozens of people were waiting for a historic moment – the arrival of the Big Boy 4014 steam locomotive. Built ...

Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December of 1941, built to cross the Wasatch Mountain Range east of Ogden, Utah. Union Pacific said No. 4014 was retired in 1961 after traveling ...

Union Pacific took delivery of Big Boy No. 4014 in December 1941. It was retired in 1961 after traveling 1,031,205 miles in 20 years.

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 (credit: Larry Strain) Union Pacific took delivery of Big Boy No. 4014 in December 1941. It was retired in 1961 after traveling 1,031,205 miles in 20 years.

Prior to last weekend, no Big Boy engine had run since 1962. 4014 is set to tour the UP system throughout 2019 with sister unit “Living Legend” Northern No. 844 —the last steam locomotive delivered to ...

Union Pacific 4014 is an appropriately named “Big Boy” locomotive. It is 132 feet, 9 inches long, and weighs over one million pounds.