ROCHELLE, Ill. (WTVO) — Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest steam engine train, is set to return to northern Illinois this week, and here’s where you can see it. The Big ...

The train, No. 4014, is the only operational one of 25 special trains built in the 1940s. Built on massive 4-8-8-4 wheel sets, the locomotives hauled cargo up steep mountain passes in Utah and ...

The train departs for Cheyenne on Saturday morning. CBS Union Pacific took delivery of Big Boy No. 4014 in December 1941. It was retired in 1961 after traveling 1,031,205 miles in 20 years.

Big Boy No. 4014 - the world's largest steam engine train - is set to make a return to Slat Lake City in 2024.Authorities of Union Pacific announced that Big B ...

Officials say only eight of the 25 survive to this day, and Big Boy 4014 is the only one still in operation. The train's arrival is typically a busy time for Union Station.

The train will next be on public display for two days in Ogden, Utah, from July 20 to 21. As part of the tour, the Union Pacific Museum will host a now-sold-out passenger trip from Roseville to ...

OGDEN — Hundreds of people packed Salt Lake Central Station on July 4, many standing on its narrow train platform to catch a glimpse of Big Boy No. 4014 as it huffed and puffed its way into the ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, known as the world's largest steam train, will make its return to Utah next year as part of a six-state tour highlighting the historic train.

Guercio worked at the museum where Big Boy No. 4014 was previously stored. He said that he has worked on the train for over 30 years, most of that time in Los Angeles. Jon Shapley/Staff photographer ...

The Big Boy 4014 traveled over 1 million miles over the steep grades of the western U.S.— typically operating between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyoming—for about two decades. But as diesel ...