Union Pacific’s Big Boy #4014 Returns To Cheyenne On Tuesday
Cheyenne-based Big Boy No. 4014 returns home next Tuesday, Sept. 7 from a month-long tour of the nation.
Big Boy 4014 Will Leave Cheyenne In August, Return In September
Union Pacific’s famed locomotive, the Big Boy 4014, will embark on its 2021 tour on Aug. 5 from Cheyenne.
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Big Boy 4014 to Run Again, Likely In August
Union Pacific Railroad’s famed Big Boy 4014 locomotive, the world’s largest steam-driven locomotive, will run again this year,
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Big Boy back in Cheyenne after Midwest tour
On Thursday, August 8, Union Pacific’s Big Boy train No. 4014 returned to Cheyenne after a tour across middle America. Cowboy State Daily was there to record the homecoming and interviewed Big Boy 4014’s Ed Dickens.
Big Boy embarks on Great Race to Promontory Point
World’s largest steam locomotive returns to the rails as Union Pacific Railroad commemorates transcontinental railroad’s 150th Anniversary.
Train engineer explains the origins of the ‘Big Boy’
In this interview with the Cowboy State Daily, former steam locomotive engineer Bob Krieger — a member of the Sherman Hill Model Railroad Club, Inc. — discusses the Union Pacific Big Boy Locomotive and explains the allure of steam engines and trains in general. The model train layout in the background is in operation and can be seen every weekend at Cheyenne’s Frontier Mall.
Largest steam locomotive ever made to hit the rails again
A resurrected giant of the rails built specifically to conquer the steep grades of the Rocky Mountain West will roll through Wyoming once again beginning Saturday.