UP 4014 slow rolling downgrade into Benson, AZ

UP Varnish Flies at Gaviota It certainly feels like a fall day along the California coast this afternoon as the gloomy sky helps the passage of this seven-car, Union Pacific business car sp... (more)

Bringing back memories of classic, streamlined passenger trains running along the coast - UP 7437 leads a 7 car business car special past the Santa Susana depot as it heads for it's only station s... (more)

Welcome back to California Big Boy 4014! History has been made on October 12, 2019 as the first and only 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive in the world crossed over the, nearly 4,000ft ... (more)

Welcome back to California Big Boy 4014! UP's Big Boy 4014 passes through the old SP location of Mons, where a set of double crossovers once were. It truly was an amazing sight to see a Big Boy cr... (more)

UP 4014 on its way through Mohawk during The Great Race Across the Southwest

UP 4014 on its way through Dome valley during The Great Race Across the Southwest

“World Famous” UP Big Boy #4014 takes charge of POGEN1-12 as they hustle into Morgan, UT upon starting the return leg of the Great Race to Promontory. It’s hard to believe that over five mon... (more)

Named for vintage railroad photographer Herb Sullivan, a rancher from Placentia, California, who created iconic photographs of trains on this curve in the 1930s and 1940s, and the curve was later ... (more)

The Tour of the Bigboy! After spending a night in Yuma, AZ the UP 4014 and train get on its way to continue the "Great Race Across the Southwest" as they try to make up time. The steam team is run... (more)

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive rumbles through the desert paradise of Palm Springs, CA on its eastbound trip from West Colton, CA to Yuma, AZ. From there, the steam crew will continue on with their... (more)

Big Boy - Eastbound and Down: Following a weekend of successful excursions over Cajon Pass, the Big Boy has turned eastward as it begins to traverse the Sunset Route with stops in Yuma, Tus... (more)

Passing through a Cajon Pass landmark, the Mormon Rocks (created by the San Andreas Fault) is Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014, leading a 23-car passenger train from Barstow to the railroad’s We... (more)

Union Pacific No. 4014 turns full power as it crosses over from the Palmdale cutoff to the BNSF Cajon Sub at Silverwood just before it crests the summit of the famed Cajon Pass.

UP Big Boy 4014 leads a long passenger special over the Cajon Wash and up the Palmdale Cutoff enroute to Yermo. A couple diesel helpers are in tow for the climb up Cajon Pass.