What might be more surprising, however, is that the most powerful steam engine in the world is also one of the oldest locomotives in service and was constructed all the way back in the early 1940s.
DENVER (KDVR) — One of the world’s largest locomotives passed through Colorado in October, operating much like it did when it was first built in the mid-1900s. The train, known as Big Boy No ...
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.
A dinosaur rolled into Kansas City Tuesday night. It’s not really a dinosaur, but the Union Pacific No. 4014 Big Boy steam locomotive that rumbled and hissed to a stop at Union Station to the ...
The "4014" is the only operating "Big Boy," the biggest steam engines ever built. Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will make two whistle stops in Colorado at the ...
Sep 18, 2024 Sep 18, 2024 Updated Oct 27, 2024 BIG SANDY — The locomotive’s bell clanged loudly as the long, black train rolled to a stop. Its deep whistle blew, its loud roar reverberating ...
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fox 43 AM Live’s Matthew Johnstone sat down with Sean Zears with Shawnee County Parks and Recreation to talk about the arrival of Union Pacific’s ‘Big Boy’ locomotive Monday.