Big crowds greet the arrival of Union Pacific’s restored Big Boy No. 4014 as it arrives at the Cheyenne, Wyo., depot for its christening ceremony. After UP CEO Lance Fritz and his wife christen the massive locomotive, it departs with UP’s other active steam engine, 4-8-4 No. 844, on the start of its trip to […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Crowds greet Big Boy in Laramie NEWSWIRE
Huge crowds gather at the Union Pacific depot in Laramie, Wyo., to greet the arrival of Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 as they make the first stop on their journey to Utah for the Golden Spike sesquicentennial. Follow Trains News Wire for more on this historic trip. […]
Big Boy christened, begins trip to Golden Spike celebration NEWSWIRE
UP Chairman Lance Fritz and his wife Nancy christen Big Boy No. 4014 while Cheyenne Mayor Marian Orr and Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, right, applaud. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn No. 4014 and No. 844 roll through Dale Junction, Wyo., on Saturday, while a stack train waits. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn RAWLINS, Wyo. – Union Pacific Big Boy […]
UP steam crew has Big Boy ready to roll NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific Senior Manager of Heritage Operations Ed Dickens in the cab of UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Friday, May 3. TRAINS: Steve Sweeney Steam crew members work on Big Boy No. 4014 in Union Pacific’s Cheyenne, Wyo., steam shops on Friday, May 3. TRAINS: Steve Sweeney CHEYENNE, Wyo. — […]
Railfans gather for Big Boy’s debut NEWSWIRE
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Trains Digital Editor Steve Sweeney talks to railfans, some of whom have come from as far as the United Kingdom, about what has drawn them to the return of Big Boy No. 4014 and the Golden Spike’s 150th anniversary. […]
Big Boy 4014 video compilation
Catch up on all our Big Boy No. 4014 video content! This playlist, updated each time we add a new Big Boy video, will keep you entertained for hours. It includes the latest video updates from Wyoming and Utah, and our back catalog content going back to the locomotive’s removal from the California fairgrounds in […]
Big Boy 4014 video compilation
Catch up on all our Big Boy No. 4014 video content! This playlist, updated each time we add a new Big Boy video, will keep you entertained for hours. It includes the latest video updates from Wyoming and Utah, and our back catalog content going back to the locomotive’s removal from the California fairgrounds in […]
Big Boy debuts with test run NEWSWIRE
UP Big Boy No. 4014 departs Cheyenne, Wyo., just before sunset on Thursday on its first test run. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Why, yes, it is big: UP’s newly restored Big Boy heads out of Cheyenne on Thursday. Another test run is possible today. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Running into a setting sun, newly […]
Law enforcement, others prepare for Big Boy, anniversary crowds NEWSWIRE
A westbound Union Pacific train prepares to pass under U.S. Route 287 near Hanna, Wyo., in September 2018. Officials are recommending that photographers pursuing UP Big Boy No. 4014 plan to take their photos from locations off limited-access highways where stopping along the roadside is prohibited. TRAINS: David Lassen OGDEN, Utah — What can you […]
UP: ‘All Systems Go for No. 4014’ NEWSWIRE
Big Boy No. 4014 heads west out of Cheyenne on Thursday evening on a test run into Colorado. Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Union Pacific is ready to roll Big Boy No. 4014 west from Cheyenne on Saturday morning, according to the latest email update from the Union Pacific Steam Club. “If you don’t already […]
Under its own power, Big Boy moves outside of shop NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 moved under its own power for the first time on Wednesday night, backing out of the Cheyenne shop. A test run could come today. Michael Pannell CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Big Boy is stretching his legs. On Wednesday night, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 backed out of the Back Shop […]
Milwaukee Road No. 261 sees firebox work NEWSWIRE
Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 heads west on the Minnesota Prairie Line on Sept. 8, 2018. The 4-8-4 is receiving firebox work before excursions this June on Minnesota Prairie Line and sister railroad Twin Cities & Western. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 is undergoing significant firebox work before the 2019 operating […]
