Big Boy No. 4014 weighs about 1.2 million pounds and stands about 16-1/2 feet tall. Troyer said she had work off Monday, and her mother told her that morning to come see Big Boy with her.

Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound locomotive put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Only 25 of this kind of train were built and this is the last ...

According to a press release, 25 Big Boys were built during World War II, but only 8 survived. No. 4014 is the only one still in operation and remains the world’s largest operating steam locomotive.

The world’s largest steam locomotive will pass through Oklahoma in the next few months. Big Boy No. 4014's 2024 tour will start Wednesday, Aug. 28 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and pass through nine states.

"It was big and just huge," Levi Roach said. After a long day of anticipation, the iconic " Big Boy " steam engine train rolled into Big Sandy.

Union Pacific announced that the famous steam engine No. 4014 will launch its Heartland of America tour. The steam engine will stop in Topeka from 12:15-12:45 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Great Overland ...

The world's largest operating steam locomotive engine, Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, will depart from Boone on Sept. 5, 2024 as part of its Heartland of America Tour.© Provided by Union Pacific ...

The steam engine will spend the day at a private Union Pacific event. Big Boy No. 4014 will head to Mexia on Thursday, then travel through Navasota and Hempstead before arriving in Houston on ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Big Boy No. 4014 kicked off its Heartland of America Tour on Wednesday that will bring the world's largest steam engine to Colorado for two whistle stops this fall.

Big Boy No. 4014 is a 132-foot-long, 1.2-million-pound locomotive with a water capacity of 25,000 gallons. It was in service for Union Pacific from 1941 to 1961, traveling more than a million miles!