For sight-seeing enthusiasts, history buffs and lovers of locomotives, witnessing the arrival of Union Pacific Railroad's "living legend" Saturday in Cape Girardeau, was a once-in-a-lifetime ...

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena says he wants the world’s heaviest operational steam locomotive — Big Boy 4014 — to make its first ...

Riddle me this: what has 24 wheels, weighs more than three Jumbo Jets, and can pull five miles (eight kilometers) of cargo at seventy miles per hour full steam? That last clue should easily give it ...

The CEO of Union Pacific told Trains.com late last week that the company plans to send the engine on a transcontinental trip.

HICKORY RIDGE, Ark. (KATV) — The historical steam engine locomotive, Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, has made its way to Arkansas on the "Heartland of America Tour". The Big Boy is the largest steam ...

No railroad was better equipped to shoulder the heavy burden of wartime traffic thanks to the three types of Union Pacific steam locomotives that constituted its front line of defense: the 4-6-6-4 ...

A historical steam engine is scheduled to be at Pine Bluff’s Union Station from 10:30-10:46 a.m. Friday. Union Pacific Steam Engine 844 will be pulling its tender, two additional tenders, a commissary ...

The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...

Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer size, speed, and weight are mesmerizing to think about and captivating to ...