Big Boy No. 4014 was last in Texas in the fall of 2024, passing through Houston on Oct. 6 and through Fort Worth on Oct. 10 ...

Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a "hinged" frame to help it get around curves.

Union Pacific Railroad said Big Boy No. 4014 will return to the rails in a "big way" in honor of America's 250th anniversary ...

MEXIA, Texas (KWTX) - The world’s largest operating steam engine, Big Boy No. 4014, made a stop at E Commerce St. Crossing in Mexia as part of the Pacific Union’s Heartland of America Tour. Hundreds ...

The world's largest operational steam locomotive is one again making a stop in Salina this year, its third stop in the past five years. The Union Pacific Steam Club announced the full schedule for Big ...

Big Boy, all 1.2 million pounds of it, came rolling into Houston Friday afternoon. The four-cylinder steam engine was built in 1941, and is the last of 25 similar models still in existence. Union ...