Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena says he wants the world’s heaviest operational steam locomotive — Big Boy 4014 — to make its first ...

Union Pacific plans to send Big Boy No. 4014 on a transcontinental trip next year as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- It's longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive ...

The CEO of Union Pacific told Trains.com late last week that the company plans to send the engine on a transcontinental trip.

Hundreds of Kansans greet the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, on Oct. 17, 2024, in North Topeka. (Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — The train named Big Boy was late.

Engineers wave to onlookers as Union Pacific’s historic “Big Boy” steam locomotive passes through Lawrence Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. The “Big Boy” steam locomotive didn’t stop in Lawrence this time, ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam engine will be making whistle stops across the United States during two tours planned for summer and fall. Union Pacific’s famed Big Boy No. 4014 began its ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LULING, La. (WGNO) — Residents of the small ...

BIG SANDY — The name Big Sandy is an oxymoron. It’s a tiny town. But thanks to a big steam engine, it’s a big spot on a big map. On Tuesday, the largest operating steam engine in the world — the Union ...

PLAQUEMINE, La. (BRPROUD) – We are not blowing smoke when we say that the world’s largest steam locomotive is passing through Louisiana next month. There were 25 Big Boys built starting in 1941. One ...

A large crowd gathers Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, at the Union Pacific Depot in North Lawrence to see Union Pacific steam locomotive No. 4014, also known as "Big Boy." The locomotive is on a 10-state tour.

It's big, it's famous, and it's back from the dead. The appropriately named steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, will make its second journey through Arkansas this week. While Union Pacific toured its ...