Hocking Valley Scenic Railway will run its first steam excursions of 2019 this weekend with 0-6-0 No. 3. Hocking Valley Scenic Railway NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Hocking Valley Scenic Railway will run its first steam excursions of the season this weekend. The trips on the southeast Ohio tourist railroad will be May 18-19 behind Hocking Valley […]
Big Boy No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 lead Sunday’s trip up the Wasatch Grade, the first public excursion for the restored 4-8-8-4. Cate Kratville-Wrinn Fans swarm Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 in Evanston, Wyo., after Sunday’s excursion from Ogden, Utah. Justin Franz EVANSTON, Wyo. — History was made Sunday when Union Pacific No. […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 began its return to its home base of Cheyenne, Wyo., today, but not before the recently resurrected 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive put on a show along the famed Wasatch grade between Evanston, Wyo., and Ogden, Utah. On May 8, with temperatures hovering just above freezing, Big […]
OGDEN, Utah – Historic locomotives are steaming up the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in Utah. On Thursday, Union Pacific hosted its own event for media and the public just south of Ogden’s Union Station. The event involved 4-8-4 No. 844 and newly rebuilt Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. […]
Big Boy No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 form the backdrop as a giant Golden Spike is hammered in place at an Ogden, Utah, ceremony by officials and descendants of participants in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn OGDEN, Utah — With a call on the radio from Union Pacific Chairman Lance […]
UP Big Boy No. 4014, seen at Henefer, Utah, on Wednesday, completes the last lap of its epic journey from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Ogden, Utah, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad and the driving of the Golden Spike. Jim Wrinn OGDEN, Utah – Union Pacific Big Boy […]
RAWLINS, Wyo. – Looking back a few days, Saturday, May 4, was a crazy railfan chase day in the annals of railfandom. When a Trains video team left Laramie, Wyo., midday, they were supposed to leap frog the majority of railfans chasing Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 and head directly to Walcott, Wyo. Instead, […]
EVANSTON, Wyo. – Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will draw plenty of attention Wednesday as it begins descending the long grade from Evanston to Ogden, Utah. That grade goes through one of the most picturesque and pictured canyons in North American railroading: Echo Canyon. The Wasatch grade that leads to Echo begins just west […]
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s first nighttime departure reveals how impressive this 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive is. The locomotive, along with 4-8-4 No. 844, a diesel locomotive, and passenger consist behind, eased out of a siding in Union Pacific’s Rock Springs yard Monday shortly after 4 a.m. The train glided on […]
CARTER, Wyo. – Carter, population 10 – in 2010 – increased its head count at least eight times Monday as Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 rolled onto a track through this small unincorporated place east of Evanston, Wyo. Trains’ video team arrived before sunrise Monday to find the perfect spot and saw first-hand the […]
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 has a tough act to beat during the week this week after a stellar Sunday, May 5 appearance heading to its final destination for the day, Rock Springs, Wyo. Much of the local community turned out to see the 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, but the big […]
TABLE ROCK, Wyo. – Union Pacific’s main line tracks between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Ogden, Utah, are playing host this week for the return of Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014, but they’re still a busy through route for freight trains headed between the West Coast and the Midwest. One Trains Magazine video team caught up […]
