Union Pacific 4014 continues its tour of the Midwest as Ed Dickens takes the train out of Milwaukee on the Milwaukee Subdivision bound for its next stop in West Chicago, Illinois.

On a humid morning, Ed Dickens puts on a show with UP 4014 as they thunder north for Duluth past a deadline of stored SD70MAc’s at BNSF’s Northtown Yard in Minneapolis.

Pacing the Tour Bus Coming into the historic and tourist town of Hermann, MO, Big Boy is created by hundreds of people who have pulled off the side of the highway to witness. A group even rented ... (more)

Ed Dickens has a watchful eye as the Union Pacific Big Boy and the rest of its train, including UP 844 and all the yellow passenger cars full of VIPs, gets into position in front of the Cheyenne D... (more)

UP Big Boy 4014 leaves Sharon Springs, Kansas behind under storm clouds and sun rays and heads to Colorado.

It is early in the morning as UP 4014 starts to leave Sharon Springs, Kansas and head towards Colorado.

Big boy makes a brief stop between Pine Bluffs, WY and Kimball, NE

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 rolls west over the Gasconade River on the Jeff City Sub.

UP 4014 commences its 2021 Steam Tour highballing out of Cheyenne in the early morning hours of August 5th.