A 4 train meet between UP 4014, to yard jobs, and an outbound local took place just after 8AM as the Big Boy began its journey to the Big Easy!
Big Boy And The Big Easy. On the afternoon of Friday, August 20, 2021, Union Pacific Railroad's 4-8-8-4 4014 (Big Boy) crossed the Mississippi River over Huey P. Long Bridge with the city o... (more)
Mission Accomplished! I was able to get the shot that I drove so far to get: The World's Largest Steam Locomotive Crossing the Huey P. Long Bridge.
Beginning the day's run to Beaumont, Texas, as part of its 2021 tour to New Orleans, the Big Boy slowly chugs up the West Belt out of downtown Houston, under the Collingsworth Street overpass.
Yoo·faa·luh. While Union Pacific Railroad's 4014 (Alco, 4-8-8-4) has been traveling around the system, it has seen all kinds of terrain from mountains to canyons. One of the more distinct... (more)
BigBoy 4014 eastbound near Bushnell, NE
UP Big Boy 4014 leaves Julesburg, Colorado as it runs east towards Nebraska.
UP 4014 (Big Boy 4-8-8-4) has just left Cheyenne, Wyoming and runs through Archer Hill as it heads east towards Nebraska.
Birds Eye View Of The Big Boy. Union Pacific Railroad's 4014 ("Big Boy", 4-8-8-4, Alco, 1941) made the first stop of the day on its trip south to Fort Worth, TX in Vinita, Oklahom... (more)
UP Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) runs past a large silo at Chappell, Nebraska.
UP 4014 "Big Boy" rolling southbound on the UP Cherokee Sub near Vinita, OK.
The Big Boy's first servicing stop for the day on Thursday, August 12, was Vinita, Oklahoma. This scene shows the typical crowd and turnout for the steam train's brief appearance in the numerous s... (more)
UP Big Boy 4014 draws a crown at every major intersection as it races east towards Sidney, Nebraska.