Union Pacific Big Boy Locomotive

05/11/2024

11/16/2023

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A thorough examination of a steam locomotive, using the mighty Union Pacific Big Boy as our example.Special thanks to Mark "Hyce" Huber for in-depth expert r...

11/03/2023

Union Pacific's famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest steam locomotive, will return to the rails in 2024 for a tour celebrating the railroad’s deep history and connection to communities, and its employees.

06/24/2023

Big Boy Cab Ride ​Fundraiser

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05/04/2023

Big Boy has inspired steam enthusiasts big and small! Big Boy, in this case, is a duplication of the most powerful, reliable steam locomotive ever built! Perhaps one of the most duplicated engines the model train world, it is also a rare breed when it comes to live steam. This enthusiast

05/01/2023

NEW TITLE! This book is a true story about the men who climbed into the cabs of huge steam locomotives and operated them during the age of steam-powered train travel along the Union Pacific Railroad. The author allows the reader to peer into both the engine cab and household residence of a UP employee and his family living in Wyoming during the 1929-1960 era.

http://www.southplattepress.com/current/highironbigboys.html

08/23/2022

In the cab of Union Pacific Big Boy #4014

Photo: Jim Radcliffe

07/06/2022

BREAKING NEWS: The Big Boy is hitting the rails this summer after all! And tickets for our annual special excursion are available to purchase RIGHT NOW: https://uptraintix.com

Snag a ticket and join us as we return to the front range behind locomotive No. 4014. The train will depart from Denver, Colorado, for Cheyenne, Wyoming on Saturday, July 30. With your ticket purchase, you’ll be supporting our museum, a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization.

You can view our itinerary, train details and buy tickets at https://uptraintix.com

07/05/2022

Union Pacific "Big Boy" #4024 at Rawlins, Wyoming on September 4, 1956. John Shaw photo. American-Rails.com collection.

05/15/2022

05/14/2022

photo courtesy of Wyatt William Sprecher · Nothing like a big cloud of smoke

05/13/2022

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Railroading Heritage of Midwest America will restore the tender for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, the Union Pacific Historical Society learned Thursday at its annual meeting. Restoration of that tender will allow the tender currently used by the Big Boy to be rejoined with its o...

01/24/2022

Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 visits St Louis, Missouri. Big Boy #4014 was designed as an articulated locomotive for tight curves. The curve shown here pushes the limits on how tight the curve can be without slipping off of the rails. The articulated locomotive has the front boiler sitting on a

08/22/2021

"Union Pacific @ Saint Paul, , " by Josh Cleary.

Here it is: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/704586/

08/22/2021

Big Boy And The Big Easy. On the afternoon of Friday, August 20, 2021, Union Pacific Railroad's 4-8-8-4 4014 (Big Boy) crossed the Mississippi River over Huey P. Long Bridge with the city of New Orleans in the background. This is the largest operating steam engine in the world, and is touring the UP's system to show its 2013-2019 restoration to crowds in communities across the United States.

Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2minhRD

08/15/2021

Birds Eye View Of The Big Boy. Union Pacific Railroad's 4014 ("Big Boy", 4-8-8-4, Alco, 1941) made the first stop of the day on its trip south to Fort Worth, TX in Vinita, Oklahoma on Thursday, August 12, 2021. While the "UP Steam Team" attended to the watering needs of the giant, people gathered trackside to see the world's largest operating steam engine. UP restored and returned 4014 to service in May 2019 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad and has operated it over its system to not only display, but haul revenue freight and passenger specials as well.

More on UP 4014: https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/4014/

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08/05/2021

photo courtesy of Anthony Holmes ·
UP 4014 in North Little Rock, Arkansas, back in 2019

08/03/2021

https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/big-boy-is-back.htm

The Big Boy is back.