World’s largest steam locomotive returns to the rails for special holiday tour

For the first time since 2019, Union Pacific’s Living Legend No. 844 will be hitting the rails with Big Boy No. 4014. These ...
9NEWS

Rare chance to ride world’s largest steam locomotive as Big Boy rolls to Colorado

DENVER — The world's largest steam locomotive will return to Colorado on a limited holiday tour. Union Pacific said Big Boy No. 4014 will make its first-ever holiday tour with a trip from Cheyenne to ...
Hot Rod

Is Union Pacific’s Big Boy Locomotive the Ultimate Hot Rod? We Hit the Rails to Find Out

To celebrate America’s 250th—the semiquincentennial—in a huge, or should we say Big way, the Union Pacific Railroad embarked on a truly epic, once-in-a-lifetime journey powered by their most prized ...
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Every Train Fan Gets Close To The World’s Largest Steam Locomotive Sitting In A Nebraska Park

A Big Boy steam locomotive once rode down a highway on a truck. It's the only known time one of these giants traveled by road ...
The Greeley Tribune

Greeley reacts as Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive chugs through town

Downtown Greeley was buzzing Wednesday afternoon as thousands gathered to see, hear and even feel the Big Boy No. 4014 as it made its final stop on its nearly 10,000-mile cross-country journey. Cheers ...
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Iconic ‘Big Boy’ steam engine departs Salina on cross-country

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Update: The world’s largest steam engine, “Big Boy,” is again on the move, departing Salina Friday morning ahead of its final handful of stops in Kansas on its cross-country, ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Lawrence’s train enthusiasts turn out in the rain to greet beloved ‘Big Boy’ locomotive

Spectators watch the “Big Boy” steam locomotive pass through the Union Pacific Depot in North Lawrence on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The crowd welcoming “Big Boy” might not have been as large as in ...
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Historic Big Boy locomotive returns to Colorado

DENVER — Big Boy No. 4014 is returning to Colorado after a coast-to-coast summer tour to celebrate America's 250th anniversary. Union Pacific said the world's largest steam locomotive will return back ...
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Big Boy, America’s largest operating steam locomotive, rolls through Leetsdale

It was a sight thousands of people had been waiting for. Folks from throughout Western Pennsylvania, and as far as New York and Delaware, lined the outskirts of the Norfolk Southern train tracks in ...
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Moment of Science: How to operate “Big Boy,” the world’s largest steam locomotive

(WTVG) 133 feet long... 1.2 million pounds... 25,000 gallons of water. We could throw the stat line at you all day, or you can come along for the ride! For this week’s Moment of Science, we’re showing ...
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Legendary locomotive Big Boy rolls into Union Station

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Union Pacific’s legendary Big Boy 4014 is the world’s largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive. On Tuesday, it sounded its horn as it rolled into Union Station in Kansas ...
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Big Boy steam locomotive arrives in Kansas City metro, drawing huge crowds

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, arrived in Pleasant Hill and Kansas City, drawing hundreds of spectators. GOP lawmaker pronounces Trump agenda 'dead' ...