EPA has issued revisions to its regulations that address the preemption of state and local emission regulation of locomotives and engines used in locomotives. This rule implements a policy change that ...

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ALTOONA, Pa.—This summer’s tear-jerker isn’t a rom-com. It’s Big Boy 4014. The 1.2-million-pound locomotive, built in 1941 to haul heavy freight across the Wasatch Mountains between Utah and Wyoming, ...

The 1.2 million-pound train still has a few stops left on its first coast-to-coast tour. By Laura Baisas Published Jul 14, 2026 3:01 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information ...

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is currently chugging across the United States. It’s known as Big Boy No. 4014, and crowds of Americans are lining railroad tracks to watch it pass ...

Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy No. 4014– the world's largest operating steam locomotive – has been barnstorming from coast-to-coast in a celebration of America's 250 th birthday. Based in Wyoming, ...

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, has been attracting record crowds across Pennsylvania as part of a historic coast-to-coast tour celebrating America’s ...

With the Fourth of July and the United States’ 250th anniversary soon approaching, the Chicago area’s commuter railroad is marking the occasion with a locomotive – manufactured by a LaGrange-based ...

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WEST CHICAGO, Ill. – Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, is making its first tour of the East Coast as part of celebrations leading up to America's 250th ...

CORINNE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marking a milestone in innovation and collaboration, Union Pacific Railroad on Tuesday unveiled its newest commemorative locomotive with Northrop Grumman and Wabtec, as ...

All aboard! Don't miss your chance to see Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, as it rolls into the Chicago area this week. Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will stop ...