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)

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)

Heading from Barstow to Union Pacific’s West Colton Yard is a 23-car passenger train powered by UP 4014, a recently restored 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” steam locomotive. The train is seen crossing t... (more)

Passing through a Cajon Pass landmark, the Mormon Rocks (created by the San Andreas Fault) is Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014, leading a 23-car passenger train from Barstow to the railroad’s We... (more)

Heading west out of Victorville, California, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 meets an eastbound UP freight (UP M-WCOG-09) at Frost, the location of the Santa Fe’s “natural crossover.” This spot ... (more)

After passing through Summit, on BNSF’s Cajon Sub, Union Pacific train P-YRWC-09 crosses over to the UP’s Mojave Sub at Silverwood. This train, powered by UP 4-8-8-4 4014, marked the first ti... (more)

Rods Down and Rods Down!

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 is the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operational steam locomotive in the world. Between 1941 and 1944 the American Locomot... (more)