After a curtsy in Flatonia next to the rail observation platform, UP 4014 steams off, back nearly on schedule after a delay earlier in the morning.

A bit of a different view of UP 4014, looking down the double smoke stack, as the engine rolls toward Union Station near Westminster Jct. in St. Paul on its return from Duluth/Superior.

Union Pacific Railroad's 4014 "Big Boy" leads the Great Race Across the Southwest Special Passenger Train. The train rolls slowly across the bridge a mile and a half east of Langtry, Te... (more)

Union Pacific 'Big Big' No. 4014 climbs up the grade after making a 45 minute stop at Langtry.

UP Big Boy 4014 leads a long passenger special over the Rialto overpass along the old SP Palmdale Cutoff enroute to Barstow/Yermo.

The Union Pacific Rail Giants special waits just north of Slover for traffic to pass before it beds for the night in West Colton.

The Union Pacific Rail Giants special heads down the southern end of the Palmdale Cutoff. From here it just has a few more miles until it reaches West Colton.

Taken from a dirt road high above an area between Blue Cut and Keenbrook, the Union Pacific Rail Giants special heads through an S-Curve on the Palmdale Cutoff.

Union Pacific's steam excursion special for the Rail Giants Museum heads west into Victorville as it passes the iconic Mojave River Steel Bridge on old Route 66.

The Great Race Across the Southwest departs Alpine, Texas, the morning of November 2. Cold temperatures caused the unit to smoke hard coming through town.

4014 comes out of its service stop in Valentine, heading into the wide valley between Valentine and Marfa.

Union Pacific 'Big Boy' No. 4014 thunders through a remote cut just west of Sierra Blanca, TX.

Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision is the former Southern Pacific Palmdale Cutoff, completed in 1967. This is the western edge of San Bernardino, known as Slover on the railroad. On October 9, 2... (more)

A photo years in the making...It has already been so many years since Union Pacific asked Railgiants for the opportunity to bring 4014 back to life. The planning and preparation for the RailGiants... (more)