UP 4014 crosses a small bridge and prepares to stop in front of a large crowd at the depot in Texarkana.

UP Sr. Mgr of Heritage Operations, Ed Dickens, smiles as he watches scores of visitors pass by 4014 despite the rain.

A warning sign hangs below a noteworthy plaque placed on the 4014 by Pomona, CA. The photographer may have seen this plaque when he visited the place where UP 4014 was displayed in Pomona back in ... (more)

Enjoying the early morning sunshine in the cab of the Big Boy.

A late running Amtrak Texas Eagle, with AMTK 161 on the point, rolls past the Union Pacific 4014 at the Prescott Depot and Museum.

The day after Veteran's Day, I came across this photo opportunity of the US Flag on the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 tender and one of the US Flags on display at the Prescott Museum and Depot.

The sun has risen on a cold crisp fall morning at the Prescott Depot as the Big Boy gets ready to continue its Great Race Across the Southwest towards Little Rock, Ark.

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 speeds north through Mabelvale, as it only a few miles away from a stop at the Little Rock Union Station.

The Big Boy has just completed slowly crawling through the south leg of the Van Buren wye and is now climbing up a slight grade. The UP 4014 steam crew member was riding on the platform to check ... (more)

The Big Boy begins to depart the depot at Gurdon, and puts out an impressive plume of smoke.

The Big Boy races around a curve as it crosses the State Road 35 crossing. Two eastbound trains delayed the Big Boy in departing Prescott, so engineer Ed Dickens opened her up to make up some tim... (more)

The beast emerges from a cloud of steam and smoke as the Big Boy departs Prescott, Arkansas on a 20 degree morning. It may of been cold, but it sure helped to highlight the steam.

The UP 4014 steam crew, having fixed a stuck bell on the locomotive, check other components as morning breaks over Prescott, Arkansas.

Touring the system, the Big Boy blasts through the rural wooded landscape still covered in colorful fall foliage.