Construction got a slow start in Omaha, Nebraska, eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. By April 1864 the jubilance of groundbreaking had long ago faded into the ether. Chief engineer ...
TOPEKA – The Union Pacific (UP) Railroad’s famous No. 4014 “Big Boy” engine will be arriving in Kansas this week to begin its journey through the Sunflower State.UP first announced its ...
Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives were built for Union Pacific in 1941 ... marked the creation of America’s first transcontinental railroad. The locomotive leaves Prescott at 9 a.m. Wednesday ...