On its trip back west, the Big Boy 2021 Tour makes a stop in Kirkwood, Missouri in front of the iconic ex-Missouri Pacific passenger depot.
The line of cars following beside (and behind) UP 4014 Saturday goes as far as the eye can see in this photo of the Big Boy rolling across the St. Francis River.
Having gotten a new camera body, I was happy to break it in with the UP 4014 Big Boy to see what kind of picture quality I was going to get. I'm very happy with the Canon 5DSR.
Big Boy 4014 rolls through the super elevated curve in Vacherie, LA as it continues east towards New Orleans.
UP 4014 comes across the Mississippi River after leaving Scott City, greeting fans as it makes its way across the breath-taking trestle.
UP Steam Excursion 2021: UP #4014 Crosses the Big Muddy River
A relatively unusual Big Boy public passenger excursion departs New Orleans. Running along the Mississippi River levee, approaching the upriver (west) end of city’s ‘front belt’, the train s... (more)
Ed has 4014 working hard as he gets the train to track speed after a quick stop in Plaquemine, LA. Next stop, New Orleans!
Beginning the day's run to Beaumont, Texas, as part of its 2021 tour to New Orleans, the Big Boy slowly chugs up the West Belt out of downtown Houston, under the Collingsworth Street overpass.
Yoo·faa·luh. While Union Pacific Railroad's 4014 (Alco, 4-8-8-4) has been traveling around the system, it has seen all kinds of terrain from mountains to canyons. One of the more distinct... (more)
The Big Boy's summer tour train crosses Lake Eufaula near Eufaula, Oklahoma, alongside US highway 69.
Engineer Ed Dickens is at the controls of UP Big Boy 4014 as it heads towards Denver, Colorado during its shakedown test run. The Big Boy engine stayed the night in Denver before heading back to ... (more)
UP Big Boy 4014 runs south on the Greeley Sub through Platteville, Colorado on its shakedown trip to Denver, Colorado.
Super Elevation Ed Dickens in command leans the Big Boy 4014 west of Hanna, WY.