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 ...

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.

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.

Union Pacific 4014 was returned to service in 2019 after a multiyear restoration, but the pandemic forced the cancellation of its 2020 tour. So when its new schedule was announced in 2021, a ...

The Union Pacific locomotive, known as "Big Boy" 4014, is the largest locomotive ever constructed. It just rolled in to Southern California after a massive restoration project.

The Big Boy is back, baby! Following five years of restoration, Union Pacific’s (UP) “Big Boy” 4014 steam locomotive made a public appearance this past weekend —departing a UP shop in Cheyenne, Wyo., ...

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 ...

Big Boy 4014, a fully restored Union Pacific steam locomotive, is parked for viewing Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Audubon Riverview Park in New Orleans. The locomotive was retired in 1961 after ...