Union Pacific is dropping new hints this week of a coast-to-coast journey for its historic locomotive nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ ...

BELLE PLAINE, Iowa (KCRG) - Big Boy is coming to town. For those not in the know, that’s the world’s largest steam train. Big Boy Number No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. It was retired ...

Big Boy, all 1.2 million pounds of it, came rolling into Houston Friday afternoon. The four-cylinder steam engine was built in 1941, and is the last of 25 similar models still in existence. Union ...

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 ...

A World War II-era steam engine is chugging into Houston this weekend for the Heartland of America tour, much to the delight of train enthusiasts. Union Pacific's Big Boy, officially known as No.4014, ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE — Union Pacific Railroad ended its eight-week Big Boy No. 4014 “Heartland of America” tour a little over a month ago, and Ed Dickens and the Steam Team are looking full-speed ahead to their ...

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Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the weight of the train. DENVER (KDVR) — “Big Boy,” one of the world’s largest trains, is taking off on Wednesday and plans to stop in three ...

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 ...