The beast has a number, ATSF 5000. More famously perhaps, it has a name that reflects its high status and the respect she ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Northeast Large Scale Train Show, sponsored by the Amherst Railway Society is coming to the Eastern State Exposition fairgrounds April 28 and 29. Just like ...

Big Boy No. 4014 was last in Texas in the fall of 2024, passing through Houston on Oct. 6 and through Fort Worth on Oct. 10 ...

Big Boy No. 4014, described as “the Elvis Presley of locomotives,” could begin its first ever coast-to-coast tour in just a matter of weeks.

BUTLER -- A piece of history rolled the rails through southeast Wisconsin on Thursday, July 25 -- the world's largest and oldest steam locomotive -- Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014. The steam ...

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.

WEST CHICAGO, Ill. (WLS) -- The world's largest steam-powered locomotive is rolling its way through Chicago's suburbs, and drawing large crowds everywhere it goes. It's called the "Big Boy," and it's ...

CHEYENNE — It’s longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive rolled ...

A caboose brings up the rear of a train. (Photo by Art Smith) A group of historical amusement park steam engines continue to work building up steam and doing what they were designed to do, haul people ...

One small word keeps coming up among those anticipating this week's historic visitor to Eastern Iowa. 'This is obviously kind of a big deal,' said Darren Ferreter. 'This is a big deal,' echoed Nick ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Big Boy No. 4014, one of the ...

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.