Code Poles and Track Speed
Ed Dickens is on the fireman side for his watchful eye over the Overland Route right of way in western Nebraska. Running track speed near Ogallala, N... (more)

Entering the Main
Like a jewel in the morning sun, 4014 eastbound gets high ball at Julesburg, CO Entering the main for North Platte, NE 8/6/21

Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 is hot and being readied for an August 6 departure from Sidney to North Platte, NE, as the sun rise for another historic day. Took the opportunity to capture t... (more)

A Glorious Morning on Archer Hill
Ed Dickens means business up Archer Hill on 4014’s departure from Cheyenne August 5, 2021 for the Big Boy 2021 Tour.

The kickoff of the Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 2021 tour got underway on August 5. The 4014 is joined by spiffied up UP 4015 with fresh silver trucks and a green anti-glare panel, as seen... (more)

4-8-8-4
A million pounds of steel and cast iron and every imaginable material under steam is an amazing feat of engineering. Mr Dickens team are super heros! Shot on Mavic Zoom

UP 4014 heads back to Cheyenne, Wyoming after a test run to get ready for the trip to Louisiana starting on August 25th.

UP Big Boy 4014 makes an impressive plumb of smoke as it heads towards the large Union Pacific yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Under threatening skies and after holding on a siding at Platteville, Colorado for two southbound freights to pass, UP Big Boy 4014 builds up steam to start its journey back north to Cheyenne, Wyo... (more)

The Big Boy Tour Train departs St. Paul for Altoona with the UP 4014 and 3025 for power

4-8-8-4 in Storm Light
Storm light and an early evening in July with some of the natural scenes along the Greeley Subdivision weave a spell of glint and steam on this hot eveni... (more)

Cheyenne Wild Flowers
Pleasant Summer wishes with the Steam Program

UP Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) rounds the corner at Speer, Wyoming on its way back to the Cheyenne Yard after a successful test run.

70 years ago it would have been a common sight to see a Big Boy engine rounding the curve and the water tank at Speer, Wyoming.

UP 4014 (4-8-8-4) looks like its back in the 1950's as it heads back to the large yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.