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 ...

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 ...

Q: I need help identifying a specific Pennsylvania ... Steam Locomotive Roster website indicates that this was the third steam engine to wear number 1299. The Mikado was built at the railroad's ...

In a press release by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, The 332 Steam Locomotive “was built in 1906 by ALCO locomotive works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Duluth Missabe and Northern ...

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

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 and the railroad’s diesel honoring Abraham Lincoln will make a round trip ...

The railroad currently relies on about 7,600 diesel-powered locomotives to move freight through its network. "We’re committed to actions that reduce Union Pacific’s environmental footprint 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 ...