Steam and Snow Epic memories care of the Union Pacific Steam Program.

UP's "Big Boy" 4014 charges through Peckham looking quite at home against the backdrop of an aging elevator, farm equipment, and tall grass blowing in the wind on its way from Cheyenne to Denver. ... (more)

The double-headed Union Pacific passenger train to the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike in Ogden, Utah, led by 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014, crosses over the old highway bridge at Ragan between L... (more)

Not long after it's recent restoration, UP embarked the big boy on a tour across the midwest. At this point, they were nearing the furthest north they would go in Duluth, crossing the trestle in B... (more)

In late 2013, the reacquisition of Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 by the Railroad from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California. Of the eight "Big Boys" preserved around the ... (more)

Thoroughbreds in The Stable. Provenance, pedigree, original, profound. Union Pacific 4014, 844, and 3985, stable mates in the shrine in Cheyenne, WYO.

Union Pacific's "Big Boy" is dwarfed by the Joseph L. Block unloading Minorca-bound limestone at CN's Dock 6 in Duluth.

The Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 stretches its legs in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

UP Big Boy 4014 makes a run in the Cheyenne Yard, pulling UP 5511 around to see how the grease held up in the rod joints.

A Very Big Proposal!
Dateline July 2022, location, the Greeley Depot. I received a request to shoot an engagement from a great friend with a Big idea for a surprise proposal to his ... (more)

Westward under the Pecos Signal Tower
Arrival into Denver July 28, 2022 the Big Boy moves west towards Arvada on the Moffat Road.

UP 4014 and UP 844 double-head the UP steam special that departed Ogden, UT earlier that day, seen here passing underneath the towering red rock formations in Echo Canyon on its way back to Cheyen... (more)

Threading A Million Pound Needle
I think it will fit! Or will it? Catenary over steam, what a morning. A forest of catenary strangled the biggest of them all at the throat of Denver... (more)

Union Pacific 4014 begins its journey to Denver, Colorado, where it will eventually haul the 2022 Union Pacific Museum Special back to Cheyenne.

The Union Pacific's Big Boy engine #4014 (4-8-8-4) gets the steam fired up in preparation for backing into Denver's Union Station where it will be displayed for a day before heading back to Cheyen... (more)