ALTOONA, Pa.—This summer’s tear-jerker isn’t a rom-com. It’s Big Boy 4014. The 1.2-million-pound locomotive, built in 1941 to haul heavy freight across the Wasatch Mountains between Utah and Wyoming, ...

The 1.2 million-pound train still has a few stops left on its first coast-to-coast tour. By Laura Baisas Published Jul 14, 2026 3:01 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information ...

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is currently chugging across the United States. It’s known as Big Boy No. 4014, and crowds of Americans are lining railroad tracks to watch it pass ...

Union Pacific's massive locomotive Big Boy 4014 comes to the St. Louis area July 18-19. Here it is shown in July, 2024. They don’t call it “Big Boy” for nothing. Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 is the ...

Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy No. 4014– the world's largest operating steam locomotive – has been barnstorming from coast-to-coast in a celebration of America's 250 th birthday. Based in Wyoming, ...

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Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, has been attracting record crowds across Pennsylvania as part of a historic coast-to-coast tour celebrating America’s ...

With the Fourth of July and the United States’ 250th anniversary soon approaching, the Chicago area’s commuter railroad is marking the occasion with a locomotive – manufactured by a LaGrange-based ...

Thousands of people gathered on Tuesday to watch the world's largest operating steam locomotive roll through Pennsylvania for the first time as part of a coast-to-coast tour celebrating America's ...

The historic 1.2 million-pound Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive is on the eastern leg of its nationwide tour and will pass through a number of Ohio cities this summer. Local crowds cheered the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The world’s largest steam locomotive will be making several stops in Ohio this summer. Big Boy 4014 is one of eight remaining locomotives of its kind, but is the only one still ...