Undeterred by the blistering New Orleans heat, hundreds of people of all ages snapped pictures, peppered the crew with questions and gazed in awe Saturday at a rare and majestic operational steam ...

BELLE PLAINE, Iowa (KCRG) - Big Boy is coming to town. For those not in the know, that’s the world’s largest steam train. Big Boy Number No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. It was retired ...

DENVER (KDVR/NEXSTAR) — Will Union Pacific’s legendary “Big Boy” steam locomotive stop near you during its upcoming tours across much of the U.S.? One of the world’s largest trains will pass through a ...

Trains come and go from Houston every day, carrying the things that end up in stores and factories around the region. None of them get the attention or attract the crowds of Union Pacific’s Big Boy.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the weight of the train. DENVER (KDVR) — “Big Boy,” one of the world’s largest trains, is taking off on Wednesday and plans to stop in three ...

The Big Boy locomotive gathered steam heading into Hazen last week in an old-fashioned display of the railroad’s role in developing the West. Scores of people gathered near the only railroad crossing ...