4014_0049 January 25th, 2014. In the early evening hours before the big move, Union Pacific police guard 4014 as she waits for her return to the US rail network for the first time in 52 years. Sev... (more)

January 25th, 2014.With both rails now severed, crews gently slide the western side of the cut main line track into position to size and trim cut to the panel track where the 4014 waits.

January 25th, 2014. Track crews begin slicing the rails of Metrolink's San Bernardino mainline in preparation of sliding them a few feet south to connect the panel track where the 4014 awaits to m... (more)

January 25th, 2014. Shelli Anderson grabs a shot of UP 4014 before it leaves the Pomona Fairgrounds for the first leg of the trip to restoration. Destination, West Colton, California. There the lo... (more)

January 25th, 2014. 4014 is just a few hours away before its departure from the Pomona Fairground after calling the Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society home for the last 52 years. Crowds th... (more)

Union Pacific Steam Crew members take a break from their duties for a quick portrait session with Big Boy 4014 as the backdrop. November 22nd, 2013

The end of track is separated by just a few feet now as the nose of a Metrolkink commuter train peeks over the hedge at the Big Boy. Monday, November 25th could be the last day of work for the cre... (more)

Were getting down to the last few pull as the panel track is now only a few hundred feet from the point of where it will exit the Pomona Fairplex parking lot. A small section of rail is on stand-b... (more)

A Los Angeles bound Metrolink train rushes past the UP Steam Crew members as they work on moving more panel track into place.

The long and winding road. 4014 negotiated a tight and twisting S curve as it continues to make rapid progress out of the Fairplex parking lot.

Another section of panel track is moved into place in preparation for yet another pull northward out of the Pomona Fairgrounds parking lot.

4014 is close to the starting line at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif. Only a few pulls left before Big Boy reaches the finish line and will be back on UP mainline trackage.

Getting closer every day, the 4014 made another move this morning bringing it even closer to the Metrolink / Union Pacific rail. Notice in the background a San Bernardino bound Metrolink commuter ... (more)

With another section of panel track laid into place, the Cat and the 4014 go at it again for the second time today. Note the unevenness of the parking lot causing the rise and fall of the track. I... (more)

4014 has reached the end another section of panel track. Once the engine is secured, the crew dismantles the panel track and moves it into place for the next move north toward the Metrolink track.... (more)