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Union Pacific 4014 is a preserved 4884-1 class 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Union Pacific (UP) as part of its heritage fleet. Built in November 1941 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York , it was assigned to haul heavy freight trains in the Wasatch mountain range .
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 ...
The Union Pacific heritage fleet includes commemorative and historic equipment owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.The fleet currently consists of two historic steam locomotives, three historic diesel locomotives, seventeen modern diesel locomotives in historic or commemorative paint schemes and nearly four dozen passenger cars used on office car specials and excursion trains.
A Big Boy locomotive.This example is Union Pacific 4014. 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement. A 4-8-8-4 in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a locomotive with a four-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck.
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 ...
The world's largest steam locomotive, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, can be followed and tracked as it makes its way for a stop in Salina this week. The world's largest steam locomotive, Union ...
Baldwin Locomotive Works: 4-6-4, class 3450: 4/1927 Built as ATSF#3450. Donated 1955. Southern Pacific 5021: American Locomotive Company: 4-10-2, class SP-2 5/1926 Built in Schenectady as Southern Pacific #5021. Donated 1956 and displayed in San Bernardino. Moved to the RailGiants museum in the 1970s. Union Pacific 9000 American Locomotive Company
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fox 43 AM Live’s Matthew Johnstone sat down with Sean Zears with Shawnee County Parks and Recreation to talk about the arrival of Union Pacific’s ‘Big Boy’ locomotive Monday.