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A Union Pacific Big Boy at Kansas City Union Station. Who would have guessed?! Follow 4014 on the run to Kansas City and home to Cheyenne: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. 4014 runs in a near blizzard!
It’s nothing short of amazing, In 2013 Big Boy 4014 was a static display in Pomona, California. In 2018Â she was in pieces in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In late 2019 we see 4014 under her own power in California and at scenic spots along the Sunset Route!
Henry Hank Griffiths Jr. was one of the most prominent railroad cinematographers of the steam era. Traveling throughout the northwest, he captured images of steam at work in locations other photographers seldom visited.
Just 25 Big Boys were built and they only remained in service for 18 years before the end of the steam era. Yet their power and performance make them as popular today as in their own day. This is Part Two of a two part series.
Measuring 132 feet long and weighing one and a quarter million pounds, the Union Pacific Big Boys were the largest, heaviest, most powerful steam locomotives of their type. Part One of a two part look at the Big Boy.
For more than half a century, Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014 was on display in California. In 2013, Union Pacific began the move and restoration that will bring her back into excursion service. This is the story of her move from Pomona to Cheyenne.
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