DENVER (KDVR) — One of the world’s largest trains is heading for Colorado next week with three stops around the state. The train, known as Big Boy No. 4014, was built in the mid-1900s as one of 25 ...

Meet the Union Pacific Big Boy, a train so massive it redefined what was possible in railroading. Explore its incredible design and legacy in conquering mountainous terrain. Dramatic manhunt caught on ...

Engineers operate the Union Pacific’s Big Boy as it rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. The 1.2 million-pound locomotive first put into operation in 1941 is one of 25 ever built and the ...

For more than 70 years, WARE has been passionate about steam. Part of that passion involves knowing the history of our industry, and having an appreciation for the milestone pieces of equipment that ...

HOUSTON — A 600-ton piece of history is in Houston, allowing hundreds a chance to see the Big Boy locomotive up close. The 80-plus-year-old engineering marvel is wrapping up its trip through the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — One of the world’s largest ...

Engineers wave to onlookers as Union Pacific’s historic “Big Boy” steam locomotive passes through Lawrence Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. The “Big Boy” steam locomotive didn’t stop in Lawrence this time, ...

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — On Tuesday, residents of Osawatomie, Kansas, took a walk through their town history with the 30-minute stop of Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive. "Forty years of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - To the delight of hundreds of spectators, the famed Big Boy locomotive arrived early Thursday afternoon in North Topeka. The historic train– billed as the biggest of its kind in ...

The world's largest operating steam train is in Denver. Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a pit stop in the Mile High City on Friday. It first rode the rails in the 1940s ...