WAUKESHA, Wis. — Two collapsed bridges and an unknown number of freight cars are on the ground after a spate of derailments on three Class I railroads within 30 hours of each other on Tuesday and Wednesday. First, on Tuesday afternoon, a Manitoba derailment sent several cars of a Canadian Pacific train off the rails, […]
Railroad: Union Pacific
Big Boy display in West Chicago drew 45,000, UP says NEWSWIRE
Huge crowds greeted UP’s Big Boy when it arrived in West Chicago on July 26, and continued turning out for its three days of display in the city. TRAINS: David Lassen WEST CHICAGO, Ill. — An estimated 45,000 people visited Union Pacific’s Big Boy during its three days on display in West Chicago, a Union […]
Union Pacific freight train at the Colorado Railroad Museum
A Union Pacific mixed freight train travels from Lakeside to Klamath Falls at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
Union Pacific freight train at the Colorado Railroad Museum
A Union Pacific mixed freight train travels from Lakeside to Klamath Falls at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: March to Chicago NEWSWIRE
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s triumphant tour across the Midwest. In this video, see Big Boy run down Union Pacific tracks to Chicago in late July 2019. […]
Rochelle to offer shuttle-bus service for Big Boy visit NEWSWIRE
Huge crowds turned out on Friday, July 26, for Big Boy No. 4014’s arrival in West Chicago, Ill. When the locomotive visits Rochelle, Ill., on Tuesday, the city will offer free shuttle bus service to its railroad park. TRAINS: David Lassen ROCHELLE, Ill. — If you’re planning to see Union Pacific’s Big Boy during its […]
Big Boy 4014 makes tracks for the Windy City NEWSWIRE
A spectator frames his shot through Whitnall Avenue fence in south suburban St. Francis. Brian Schmidt MILWAUKEE – Steam locomotive fans came out in droves to see Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 in southeast Wisconsin on Thursday and Friday. The locomotive traveled over the Adams Subdivision on Thursday, arriving at Butler Yard in […]
UP train derails 70 cars in Missouri NEWSWIRE
MERCER, Mo. — No injuries were reported in the derailment of 70 cars of a Union Pacific train in north-central Missouri, near the Iowa border, on Thursday. The derailment occurred about 7:30 a.m. Union Pacific spokeswoman Kristen South told the Kansas City Star that no hazardous materials were involved. A video on the Star website […]
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 2 NEWSWIRE
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is taken near the Union Pacific main line in Sussex, Wis. […]
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 1
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is from Clyman Junction, Wis., where Big Boy passed right under an increasingly scarce piece of railroad architecture: the once ubiquitous coaling tower. […]
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 1
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is from Clyman Junction, Wis., where Big Boy passed right under an increasingly scarce piece of railroad architecture: the once ubiquitous coaling tower. […]
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Duluth
Follow along with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in this fourth compilation video from Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video focuses on Big Boy’s trek through Minnesota on its way to Duluth, Minn. […]
