Union Pacific announced several new stops for Big Boy engine #4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, as part of a transcontinental tour celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary.

The world's largest steam engine will roll through the heart of Iowa this fall. The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will soon depart on its Heartland of America Tour, highlighted by an overnight stop ...

The Big Boy No. 4014 passed through Summit County in early April and will wrap the western leg of its Coast-to-Coast Tour ...

Union Pacific operates two WWII-vintage steam locomotives, among the most modern and powerful ever built, on public relations ...

“Of course I like trains!” Noah Miller, 22, exclaimed incredulously, looking beyond the Crete Park District clearing and to the trees obscuring the tracks about 100 feet ahead, as if expecting the ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam locomotive is back on the rails to celebrate America's 250th anniversary. Union Pacific Railroad said its first-ever coast-to-coast steam tour will be led by ...

Rail enthusiasts around the country are gearing up for a once-in-a-lifetime event as Union Pacific’s legendary steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, embarks on the first coast-to-coast tour in its ...

Riddle me this: what has 24 wheels, weighs more than three Jumbo Jets, and can pull five miles (eight kilometers) of cargo at seventy miles per hour full steam? That last clue should easily give it ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A handful of rail fans peered through the fencing from the I-80 bridge into the Union Pacific rail yard in Cheyenne on Sunday. The rising sun backdropped the shadowy figures. Banging ...

The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...

More than 100 people gathered in Fargo to see a rare half-scale replica of a 60-90 Twin City tractor, built over eight years ...

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...