The Big Boy begins to depart the depot at Gurdon, and puts out an impressive plume of smoke.

The Big Boy races around a curve as it crosses the State Road 35 crossing. Two eastbound trains delayed the Big Boy in departing Prescott, so engineer Ed Dickens opened her up to make up some tim... (more)

The beast emerges from a cloud of steam and smoke as the Big Boy departs Prescott, Arkansas on a 20 degree morning. It may of been cold, but it sure helped to highlight the steam.

The UP 4014 steam crew, having fixed a stuck bell on the locomotive, check other components as morning breaks over Prescott, Arkansas.

Touring the system, the Big Boy blasts through the rural wooded landscape still covered in colorful fall foliage.

The beautiful shield and headlight on the front of UP 4014.

Visitors admire the massive drivers, rods, and other appliances that make the UP 4014 operate. It's been so long since a large steam locomotive like this has been across so many states that folks ... (more)

According to the locals the biggest thing to ever happen in Prescott in recent memory as big crowds showed up from all over the southeast to see UP's Big Boy depart Prescott in a cloud of steam to... (more)

After getting delayed in Prescott, UP 4014 highballs across the bridge in Arkadelphia to Malvern, Ark.

Steam and cowboys - the Old West is still alive as Big Boy 4014 rests in Alpine.

Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 passes through Oro Grande shortly before it’s servicing stop in Victorville, California, on October 9, 2019. This is the big Alco 4-8-8-4’s second day in Cali... (more)