Big Boy No. 4014 just may be chugging through a city near you, as Union Pacific announced the legendary locomotive's upcoming ...

No. 4014 was one of only 25 American Locomotive Company 4000 Class locomotives, all nicknamed Big Boy for their massive size and power, built in the early 1940s to deliver goods to aid the country ...

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.

Union Pacific Big Boy Loco Add-On The Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive is undoubtedly the beast of American railroading history, and this epitome of heavy haulage is now ...

Just days after we wrote about the problem of trying to introduce cleaner locomotives into existing railway's fleets, Union Pacific Railroad has unveiled the first of 60 new environmentally ...

In early September, we took a weekend trip to Rochelle, Illinois, to see Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, the largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world. Based in Cheyenne ...