Update on 9/10 at 12:18 p.m. VILLA GROVE, Ill. (WCIA) — The Big Boy has left Villa Grove. WCIA Meteorologist Jacob Dickey estimates that the train will pass through the following places at the ...

The 600-ton Big Boy locomotive recently left California for the first leg of its journey. Once in Cheyenne, UP will give Engine 4014 a complete overall in its maintenance shop.

"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.

That said, it's still impressive that the Big Boy 4014, a locomotive delivered by Union Pacific Railroad in December of 1941, still holds distinction in the Guinness Book of World Records for the ...

OMAHA, Neb., August 12, 2024--Union Pacific Railroad today announced its famed Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive will stop in more than three dozen communities during its fall tour across 10 states ...

The train, called the "Big Boy," was built in 1941. Only 25 of these trains were ever built, and they are the largest steam engines in the world, Union Pacific said.

Tracy Stake and her granddaughter, Ivy Meekins, 2, wearing a paper motorman’s cap, wait near the railroad tracks Sept. 9, 2024, to see Union Pacific's Big Boy steam engine.

Union Pacific No. 4014, better known as "Big Boy," will start its 2024 tour on Aug. 28 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and will work its way across nine states, including Oklahoma in October.

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.