Big Boy No. 4014, Union Pacific steam locomotive is rolling into Salina this week, giving people in central Kansas another chance to see the 132-feet long train. Originally put into service in ...

Pennies line the track for Union Pacific’s No. 4014 “Big Boy” as it makes its way through Navasota, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle) ...

A steam tracking map showing No. 4014's location and route will be available at upsteam.com. ABOUT UNION PACIFIC ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 is on tour across five states this summer from Wyoming to California. It’s scheduled for public display in Roseville on Friday and Saturday.

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.

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 ...

Union Pacific steam crew members lay temporary track panels for Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 (background) at the Fairplex on November 14, 2013 in Pomona, California., Gary Friedman/Los ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...