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Union Pacific 4014 is a 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 the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) at its Schenectady Locomotive Works.
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 4012 is one of eight preserved Union Pacific Big Boy locomotives. Built in November 1941 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York, No. 4012 was retired in 1962 and donated to Steamtown, U.S.A, in Bellows Falls, Vermont, and later moved to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where it remains today.
No. 4014 underwent restoration between 2016 and 2019, and completed its first post-restoration test run on May 2, 2019. [3] [4] The UP Big Boys were an expansion of the 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" type articulated locomotive. Adding four driving wheels increased the pulling power of the locomotive and reduced the need for helper locomotives over steep ...
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.
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.
Mechanical problems forced it out of service in October 2010; it was retired in January 2020 after the restoration of the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4014 [1] [2] and eventually donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America in 2022, where the locomotive is undergoing a second restoration. [3]
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