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Earlier this summer, Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014 toured in five states during its 2024 Westward Bound Tour from Wyoming to California. In addition, this mighty steam locomotive was on public display for two days each in Roseville, California and Ogden, Utah.
The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1962.
Big Boy No. 4014. Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds.
Track Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 as it travels across our 23 state network. Stay at least 25 feet back from all railroad tracks, not only for your own safety, but also for your best photos and videos!
Union Pacific 4014 is a steam locomotive owned and operated by the Union Pacific (UP) as part of its heritage fleet. It is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" type built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) at its Schenectady Locomotive Works. It was assigned to haul heavy freight trains in the Wasatch mountain range.
One of the biggest and most powerful steam locomotives in history has returned to life: Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014. Big Boy weighs in at 600 tons, is 132 feet long, and can move at up to 80 miles per hour while pulling a fully loaded freight train with the force of about 7,000 hp. Union Pacific introduced the first of 25 of these steam ...
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will depart from Denver Union Station back to the locomotive's home base in Cheyenne, ending the locomotive's "Heartland of America Tour." Big Boy No. 4014 will ...
Union Pacific’s ‘Big Boy’ No. 4014 is set to take its second trip of 2024 in the “Heartland of America Tour.” The train will stop in 10 different states over the course of eight weeks ...
The Union Pacific 'Big Boy' is arguably the most famous locomotive in the USA and is known by railfans across the globe. It remains the most powerful steam locomotive in the world and charts high on the all-time lists of longest and heaviest steam locomotives ever built.
The 25 "Big Boys" were built to pull long, fast freight trains over the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and Sherman Hill in Wyoming. They served there until 1959 when the new diesel-electric locomotives took over.