4014 sits on the siding at College Station, waiting for the next day's excursion.
It’s cold and damp, and almost snowing on Union Pacific’s Wasatch grade during the morning of May 8, 2019. UP Big Boy No. 4014 descends the slope at Castle Rock, Utah, as the the locomotive le... (more)
Steaming Out Of 2021. Any list of the top stories of 2021 has to include the second year of touring of Union Pacific Railroad's 4014 (Alco, 4-8-8-4) across the system since its 2019 restora... (more)
Just coming to a stop. Arrival at Denver after a dramatic trip in from Limon. The cold wet air from an impending winter storm take heart to Big Boys own weather system.
UP 4014 The Big Boy heading west through Eureka.
Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 takes off out of Poplar Bluff, MO, on its journey to St. Louis. Here the massive engine is crossing the Black River on its way out of town.
UP 4014 commences its 2021 Steam Tour highballing out of Cheyenne in the early morning hours of August 5th.
Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 swings through a curve as it makes its final ascent over the High Plains on its last legs towards Denver. Somehow I was able to find one shot with minimal crowd interf... (more)
Million Pounds Dramatic weight and gravity cross my mind while I stand beneath this fire breathing machine on a frigid November day along the original Kansas & Pacific Transcontinent... (more)
UP 4014 greets the sunrise in North Platte, Nebraska. The locomotive would depart North Platte for Grand Island later in the day.
UP's Big Boy 4014 puts on a steam show as it crosses a long bridge in Peoria, Colorado.
UP 4014 headed to Fairbury Nebraska where it will overnight.
UP Big Boy 4014 runs through the S curves east of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
UP 4014 waits for the sunrise in Sharon Springs, Kansas and will soon depart for Denver, Colorado.
This giant begins to stir. It is early morning and the temperature is 20 degree as the crew on the UP 4014 prepare for the departure from the Prescott, Arkansas depot for a run north to Little Ro... (more)