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America's most powerful locomotive was so extreme, cities had to ban it

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...
PhillyVoice

Historic Union Pacific steam train to visit Philly for Fourth of July

The Big Boy locomotive is stopping at the Navy Yard to mark the nation's 250th anniversary during its first East Coast tour.
The Times Leader

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 set to pass through this region in June

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 is set to pass through this region in June for the first time as part of a historic coast-to ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Massive Big Boy locomotive to start coast-to-coast tour in March: What we know

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with an additional date for the Ogden, Utah, stop initially omitted by Union Pacific. (NEXSTAR) – The wait is over, sort of. Union Pacific has announced the ...
Reading Eagle

Reading & Northern Railroad to host biggest steam locomotive in the world

The Reading & Northern Railroad plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary by bringing the biggest steam engine in the world to its tracks. On June 14, Union Pacific’s “Big Boy” #4014 will take a ...