Big Boy 4014 arrives at Steamtown in NEPA on June 13. Each day until then, we're sharing a fascinating fact about the world's largest operating steam locomotive

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, is drawing crowds as it makes its first East Coast tour ahead of America's 250th birthday.

Photo by Roger Coda A crowd of 5,000 welcomes Big Boy 4014 to Ripley on Tuesday. Ripley and Chautauqua County rolled out a huge welcome mat Tuesday to commemorate a “whistle-stop” by the Union Pacific Railroad’s legendary Big Boy 4014 locomotive that ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The world’s largest operating steam locomotive will make a whistle stop in Euclid on Monday, and the city is preparing for large crowds. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 is scheduled to stop from 1:30 to 2 p.

The Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 will make six stops in upstate New York from June 10-12. It’s expected to cross over Letchworth’s picturesque gorge around noon June 11.