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Union Pacific 4023 is a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive preserved at Kenefick Park in South Omaha, Nebraska.Built in 1944 by the American Locomotive Company at its Schenectady Locomotive Works, No. 4023 is one of eight surviving Big Boys and the only one that is part of the class' second group built in 1944, as all seven of the other survivors were part of the first group built in 1941.
The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1962. The 25 Big Boy locomotives were built to haul freight over the Wasatch Range between Ogden, Utah, and Green ...
Union Pacific 4014 is a steam locomotive owned and operated by the Union Pacific (UP) as part of its heritage fleet.It is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" type built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) at its Schenectady Locomotive Works.
The restored steam engine from 1941 pulled into action after a call for help.
Union Pacific’s No. 4014 steam locomotive is a massive 132-foot long engine that has been touring the rails of middle America since August. See ‘Big Boy,’ world’s largest steam locomotive ...
Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives, which weigh 1.2 million pounds and are 130 feet long, were completed for Union Pacific in 1941. No. 4014 then drove 1,031,205 miles and was in service for 20 years ...
Kenefick Park is a public park at 100 Bancroft Street in South Omaha, Nebraska, [1] named for John Kenefick, a former chairman and CEO of Union Pacific Railroad. [2]It is located at the southwest point of the Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha's botanical gardens, just north of Interstate 80, and just west of the Missouri River and the Iowa state border.
Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound locomotive put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Only 25 of this kind of train were built and this is the last ...