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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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
It was rebuilt again in 2015 and returned to service in 2016. In addition to being one of UP's oldest locomotives, it is the only steam locomotive to never be officially retired from a North American Class I railroad. [1] UP 4014: a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy class freight steam locomotive, began operating in excursion service in 2019. It is the largest ...
RailGiants Train Museum is a railroad museum of historic trains located at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, United States. It is owned and maintained by the Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The museum also operates the Fairplex Garden Railway, a garden railroad which uses G scale model trains. [1]
Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy No. 4014 stops at Fort Worth’s T&P Station during its Heartland of America Tour on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. ‘Big Boy’ was built in 1941, one of only 25 ever ...