Timia Cobb is a breaking news reporter for the Dallas Morning News as of June 2025. She previously worked with Syracuse.com ...

The derailment involved 35 cars carrying hydrochloric acid, propane and fuel, narrowly avoiding an environmental and public ...

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 ...

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.

OMAHA, Neb., May 27, 2025--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 ...

The Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 was introduced in 1941 as the world’s largest steam locomotive. Following a ceremonial outing in Nebraska, the Big Boy jumped in to save a stuck freighter on a ...

Union Pacific train derails in Carson An investigation is underway after a Union Pacific train derailed in Carson on Monday afternoon. Firefighters were dispatched to the 20600 block of S. Fordyce ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will visit Colorado, for a limited excursion tour this July. A larger tour is planned in 2026.

One of the largest and perhaps most famous steam locomotives ever built—Union Pacific’s articulated 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” No. 4014—will be restored to operating condition by UP’s Cheyenne, Wyo.-based ...