Union Pacific faced the immense challenge of hauling heavy freight trains across rugged mountain terrain, requiring locomotives with exceptional power and reliability. Unlike other railroads that ...

The Union Pacific steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 is seen Friday, July 19, 2024, in far western Weber County near Little Mountain on its way into Ogden.

“Right now we have Union Pacific locomotives, we have Southern Pacific locomotives, we have steam, we have diesel, but we don’t have anything representing Western Pacific.

The Union Pacific Big Boy was originally constructed in 1941, with its creation led by then-president of Union Pacific Railroad, William M. Jeffers, and development led by Otto Jabelmann as the ...

The most powerful steam locomotive is indeed an impressive engine, whose massive build offered output to match. It has a 2-10-10-2 wheel layout, and has 48-inch low pressure cylinders hanging on ...

The steam engine will return to North Texas and be displayed in Fort Worth, at 275 W. Lancaster Ave. The public can see the train from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m ...

People line the railroad tracks in Crete as Union Pacific’s Big Boy Number 4014 steam engine rolls through as part of its Heartland of America Tour on Sept. 9, 2024.