The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2926 main line track will expand from about 3 miles to about 20 miles on either side of ...

5 years ago, Texas freight trains were about 8,000 feet long. Today, they average from over 9,000 feet to as much as 15K.

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive, known as Big Boy No. 4014, is coming back to Colorado this summer with two whistle stops.

Big Boy No. 4014 calls Cheyenne home, along with Union Pacific’s Steam Shop and the other historic locomotive, UP No. 844. Union Pacific also has nearly 800 employees in Wyoming.

The Big Boy No. 4014 was one of 25 manufactured exclusively for Union Pacific, and it’s now the only one in operation after it was brought out of retirement and restored between 2013 and 2019, which ...

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.

Train enthusiasts gathered at Union Station in Kansas City Tuesday night to see the arrival of Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive. The 1.2 million-pound, 132-feet long engine is ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound steam locomotive first put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Dominick Williams [email protected] ...

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — On Tuesday, residents of Osawatomie, Kansas, took a walk through their town history with the 30-minute stop of Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive.

The "Big Boy" is always a big attraction in Kansas City, and it's rolling in for a stop on its Heartland tour next week. Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive is making a stop in ...

HOUSTON — Big Boy is coming to Houston. The world's largest operating steam locomotive - Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014-has rolled into Houston. It will be in the Bayou City on Oct. 6 through ...