Union Pacific faced the immense challenge of hauling heavy freight trains across rugged mountain terrain, requiring ...

The war necessitated a shift toward production for the U.S. Military Railroads and the Pennsylvania Railroad ... is the Union Pacific Big Boy — the world's largest steam locomotive — which ...

capturing some beautiful photos which you can see in our gallery above or by clicking here. Ed Dickens, Union Pacific Railroad Chief Steam Locomotive Engineer drove the rumbling, ground-shaking ...

Crowds watch the arrival of Union Pacific's historic Big Boy steam ... The locomotive is touring through the Union Pacific system in 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th ...

Thousands of locomotives were produced for rail companies such as Delaware & Hudson Railway, New York central and Union Pacific. Their largest steam engine, dubbed "Big Boy," was a colossal ...

A steam locomotive that has been on display at the Franklin Institute for the last 90 years was recently removed and will be relocated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

The Tennessee Valley Railroad ... ownership of Steam Locomotive 5288 to the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust of Boyertown, Pa. The partnership will return to Pennsylvania a historic ...

Big Boy 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will make two whistle-stops in Greeley, Colo., this summer as ...

Union Pacific's famed Big Boy steam locomotive will be headed west during ... anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Big Boy also came through the High Desert in April ...