The world’s largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, rolls into Topeka on Oct. 17, 2024. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) The train named Big Boy was late. Anticipation and impatience ...

Engineers wave to onlookers as Union Pacific’s historic “Big Boy” steam locomotive passes through Lawrence Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. The “Big Boy” steam locomotive didn’t stop in Lawrence this time, ...

Union Pacific is dropping new hints this week of a coast-to-coast journey for its historic locomotive nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ ...

A rolling piece of American history, Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy No. 4014, will steam through Southeast Missouri on Saturday, making a brief stop in Scott City before heading on to St. Louis that ...

VILLA GROVE, Ill. (WAND) – Thousands of people across Illinois lined railroad tracks for minutes or hours waiting to catch a glimpse of Union Pacific 4014 commonly known as the Big Boy. This iron ...

The largest steam locomotive in the world, Union Pacific No. 4014, is spending the night in Oklahoma. The “Big Boy” rolled through the state in 2019 headed north, this year it’s headed south and ...

Riddle me this: what has 24 wheels, weighs more than three Jumbo Jets, and can pull five miles (eight kilometers) of cargo at seventy miles per hour full steam? That last clue should easily give it ...

Hundreds of Kansans greet the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, on Oct. 17, 2024, in North Topeka. (Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — The train named Big Boy was late.