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To the delight of hundreds of spectators, the famed Big Boy locomotive arrived early Thursday afternoon in North Topeka.The ...

Union Pacific’s No. 4014 steam locomotive is a massive 132-foot long engine that has been touring the rails of middle America ...

Heritage railway researchers are looking for the women who helped build a wartime steam locomotive during World War Two. The ...

It was a site to see as hundreds of people stopped to see the Union Pacific's Big Boy #4014 on it's eight-week, 10-state tour.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is in Kansas City, Missouri. Union Pacific’s No. 4014, aka “Big Boy,” arrived at Union Station Tuesday evening and ...

New research has uncovered the missing stories of the women who built steam locomotives during the Second World War.

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.

Whistle stops in Colorado are scheduled in Strasburg and Greeley. Big Boy No. 4014 will also be at Union Station in Denver on Tuesday, Oct. 22, for a private railroad employee event. There will be no ...

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Big Boy No. 4014, shown during a whistle-stop in Denton in 2021, will be in downtown Fort Worth for public viewing Thursday ...

We would like to thank MOB for their trust.” MOB CEO Georges Oberson said: “The arrival of these modern, innovative locomotives will secure the long-term future of the Goldenpass Express, one of the ...