It is big. And loud. Furthermore, it belches steam. "It's the smell," says railroad fanatic Sam Sargent about a 1940s train engine known as the Union Pacific Big Boy, the largest, heaviest and most ...

Editor’s note: The video above captured Big Boy No. 4014 in Illinois during a prior visit. A one-million-pound train known as ...

Railroad has released the eastern extent of the historic “Big Boy” steam locomotive, including its stops in Kansas. UP’s Big ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. >> In its prime, a massive steam locomotive built in Schenectady, N.Y., known as Big Boy No. 4014 was a moving eruption of smoke and vapor, a 6,300-horsepower brute dragging heavy ...

DENVER (KDVR) — One of the world’s largest locomotives passed through Colorado in October, operating much like it did when it was first built in the mid-1900s. The train, known as Big Boy No. 4014, ...

One of the world’s biggest and most powerful steam locomotives is chugging to its big debut after five years of restoration work. Big Boy No. 4014 rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A WWII-era locomotive steeped in American history is set to travel through Kansas during its big coast-to-coast tour celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary. A representative of ...

The historic steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225, which was pulled from service two weeks ago, has been repaired and will lead the North Pole Express this weekend, the Steam Railroading Institute ...