UP Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) splits the signals at Egbert, Wyoming. There are many railfans eagerly waiting to catch this beauty again this year as it runs west from Cheyenne.

A crowd has gathered to see the Big Boy while it makes a service stop in Cozad, Nebraska.

As the Big Boy clicked off the last few miles to the layover Fairbury, the light got to be pretty tough for an eastbound on the Marysville Sub. The train rolls along Alexandria Lake as the crowd p... (more)

The layover in Fairbury, NE, for the 4014 helped us do 2 days of the Big Boy without traveling too far. The only shot we did the 2nd day was here near Hanover. The train laid over at Fairbury on t... (more)

The layover in Fairbury, NE, for the 4014 helped us do 2 days of the Big Boy without traveling too far. The only shot we did the 2nd day was here near Hanover. The train laid over at Fairbury on t... (more)

Union Pacific 4014...the "Big Boy" quietly rests after traveling across the state of Minnesota, reaching its northernmost destination of Duluth. While there was no formal photoshoot o... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 (4-8-8-4) runs through the iconic S curves of Archer Hill east of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Union Pacific Big Boy engine #4014 (4-8-8-4) heads east through Nebraska during its 2021 run.

The Union Pacific steam team gives Big Boy 4014 a look before getting ready to leave Julesburg, Colorado. The much anticipated trip for the big boy this year will see it travel west to California... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) runs through the S curves of Archer Hill east of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Eastbound Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 leading the 150Th anniversary of the Transcontinental special arrive in Laramie Wyoming on the way back home to Cheyenne.

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 steam eastbound after leaving Rock Springs Wyo.

Union Pacific 4014 continues its tour of the Midwest as Ed Dickens takes the train out of Milwaukee on the Milwaukee Subdivision bound for its next stop in West Chicago, Illinois.

On a humid morning, Ed Dickens puts on a show with UP 4014 as they thunder north for Duluth past a deadline of stored SD70MAc’s at BNSF’s Northtown Yard in Minneapolis.

Pacing the Tour Bus Coming into the historic and tourist town of Hermann, MO, Big Boy is created by hundreds of people who have pulled off the side of the highway to witness. A group even rented ... (more)