Ths is Union Pacific’s 4014, Big Boy returning from a coast to coast tour celebrating the United States 250th anniversary. Big Boy is a1.2 million pound steam locomotive that was restored by Union Pacific and now tours mosstly through the mid-west. The “Big Boy” engines were the largest ever made. Union Pacific (UP) needed aContinue reading “Big Boy on its way home”
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Big Boy Engineer
Ed Dickens is the manager of heritage operations and senior engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy steam locomotive, also known as Locomotive 4014. Dickens is a key figure in the revival of the Big Boy and is considered a rockstar by train fans
Big Boy makes an appearence in Missouri
Big Boy No. 4014 departed on the “Heartland of America Tour” on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and traveled across nine states: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. Here it is pulling into the station in De Soto, Missouri. The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simpleContinue reading “Big Boy makes an appearence in Missouri”