Nos. 4014 and 844 pass a stopped westbound freight near Hanna, Wyo. The steam train was following two eastbounds through an area of track work, and the westbound was waiting its turn. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn LARAMIE, Wyo. – No matter how big you may be, you still have to share the railroad. That’s the lesson […]
RAWLINS, Wyo. – Follow 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 on its journey back home to Cheyenne. You’ll see it depart Wamsutter, passing the steam era water tower. Then, with flags flying, Big Boy and traveling companion 4-8-4 No. 844 fly through Hadsell, just west of Rawlins. For more on the Golden Spike celebration, pick up […]
No. 4014 lays over at Evanston, Wyo., eastbound on May 12. The city brought in extra resources to handles the expected crowds. Michael D. Harding ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – The thousands of people that have been following Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 across Utah and Wyoming this month are a welcome sight for hotel […]
UP steam program manager Ed Dickens hammers home wood blocking to rerail No. 4014. The locomotive derailed Thursday afternoon in the Rawlins, Wyo., yard. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn The UP steam crew walks No. 4014’s two derailed drivers back onto the rail at Rawlins, Wyo. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn RAWLINS, Wyo. — The world’s largest operating steam […]
The former UP No. 4014, an SD70M, departs Yermo, Calif., in April 2014 with Big Boy No. 4014 in tow. Behind the steam locomotive is appropriately numbered SD70M No. 4884. Brian Schmidt OMAHA, Neb. – With the pending return of 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 to the roster in early May, many observers seemed to […]
PALISADE, Colo. – A speeding car careened off a road and crashed into the Mammoth Locomotive Works, starting a devastating fire and killing the driver of the car. A full-size replica of a Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive under construction sustained minor damage, although much of the shop’s machinery was extensively damaged by fire and […]
The climb up Peru Hill highlighted Monday’s trip for Big Boy No. 4014, doubleheading with 4-8-4 No. 844. Also in today’s video, you’ll see the Union Pacific steam special climbing Aspen Mountain and leaving Granger, Wyo. The train now takes a two-day break in Rock Springs, Wyo., before continuing its trip home on Thursday, going […]
Big Boy No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 visit Granger, Wyo., as part of Monday’s trip from Evanston, Wyo., to Rock Springs. The train will take a two-day break in Rock Springs before resuming its trip home on Thursday. Justin Franz ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — After more than a week and a half of nearly […]
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. […]
