Big Boy No. 4014, described as “the Elvis Presley of locomotives,” could begin its first ever coast-to-coast tour in just a ...

Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a "hinged" frame to help it get around curves.

The world's largest operating steam train is in Denver. Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a pit stop in the Mile High City on Friday. It first rode the rails in the 1940s ...

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OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad's iconic Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will journey between Wyoming and Colorado later this month. The limited ...

No railroad was better equipped to shoulder the heavy burden of wartime traffic thanks to the three types of Union Pacific steam locomotives that constituted its front line of defense: the 4-6-6-4 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 will return to the rails in a big way in 2026 to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. The CEO of Union Pacific told Trains.com late last week ...