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

It was always his dream to have a "big boy's train set" – and now James Ardin has built one in his back garden. His miniature, ride-on railway runs on a three-and-a-half acre (14,000sq m) plot at the ...

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

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.

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

Riddle me this: what has 24 wheels, weighs more than three Jumbo Jets, and can pull five miles (eight kilometers) of cargo at seventy miles per hour full steam? That last clue should easily give it ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A 1.2-million-pound "Big Boy" locomotive returned Thursday to Fort Worth, delighting railfans who traveled from across the state to see the 83-year-old relic. The Union Pacific Big ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -The legendary Big Boy Steam Locomotive, one of the largest and most powerful steam engines ever built, is rolling down the train tracks this fall as part of its highly-anticipated ...

Union Pacific Railroad has released the full tour stop schedule for its record-breaking steam-powered locomotive this summer and fall. The Heartland of America Tour will feature Big Boy No. 4014 ...

Attention, Illinois train lovers: You've got one last chance to catch Union Pacific's iconic 4014 Big Boy steam engine before the locomotive chugs away. The classic train stopped in three Illinois ...