January 25th, 2014. 4014 is just a few hours away before its departure from the Pomona Fairground after calling the Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society home for the last 52 years. Crowds th... (more)

Union Pacific train PWCWC2 25 (Passenger; West Colton CA to West Colton CA) originated at West Colton Yard on Saturday, January 25th and headed west. At Bassett, it reversed direction and headed ... (more)

An aging star, at one time the biggest, coming out of retirement attracts throngs of paparazzi! The hundreds of onlookers in attendance watch as Union Pacific 1996 begins to roll Big Boy 4... (more)

Union Pacific SD70ACe 1996 arrived early in the morning of January 26th, 2014, to pick up UP "Big Boy" 4014 from the Los Angeles County Fairplex, where the 4014 had been on display for over 50 yea... (more)

Big Boy, your ride is here! At 1:45 am, Union Pacific SD70ACe 1996 arrives at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds (Fairplex) to pick up Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 4014 for its trip to ... (more)

The First Steps of Many.. UP 1996, the Southern Pacific Heritage unit, slowly rolls back out of the Fairplex in Pomona with UP 4014, The Big Boy. They is the first movement of the engine as... (more)

Passing through downtown Pomona, UP 4884 leads the hospital move with UP 4014 as numbers of foamers follow along parallel State Street.

Union Pacific's steam crew makes final preparations to move Big Boy 4014 out of the Los Angeles County Fairplex facility just before Midnight on January 25th, 2014. Within just a few short hours,... (more)

ATSF 3751 rounds a curve along the SCAX San Gabriel Subdivision, blowing its whistle for White Avenue as it continues east to San Bernardino.

Union Pacific Steam Crew members take a break from their duties for a quick portrait session with Big Boy 4014 as the backdrop. November 22nd, 2013

The end of track is separated by just a few feet now as the nose of a Metrolkink commuter train peeks over the hedge at the Big Boy. Monday, November 25th could be the last day of work for the cre... (more)

Were getting down to the last few pull as the panel track is now only a few hundred feet from the point of where it will exit the Pomona Fairplex parking lot. A small section of rail is on stand-b... (more)

Having finished most of its move across the Fairplex parking lot, Big Boy 4014 sits across from a piece of the panel track that was utilized to get it there.