Huge crowds greeted UP’s Big Boy when it arrived in West Chicago on July 26, and continued turning out for its three days of display in the city. TRAINS: David Lassen WEST CHICAGO, Ill. — An estimated 45,000 people visited Union Pacific’s Big Boy during its three days on display in West Chicago, a Union […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 was steamed up on July 29 to gain experience with how a 2900 boiler does its job. On hand for the event was Matt Casford who works for BNSF Railway in Texas and is an engineer on AT&SF 4-8-4 No. 3751, which is owned […]
At long last, 2716 arrives in Ravenna, Ky. following a three-day trip from the Kentucky Railway Museum. Chris Anderson RAVENNA, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 has arrived in Ravenna, Ky. The three-day move of the 2-8-4 “Kanawha” from Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Ky. to Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.’s headquarters in Ravenna was […]
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s triumphant tour across the Midwest. In this video, see Big Boy run down Union Pacific tracks to Chicago in late July 2019. […]
Huge crowds turned out on Friday, July 26, for Big Boy No. 4014’s arrival in West Chicago, Ill. When the locomotive visits Rochelle, Ill., on Tuesday, the city will offer free shuttle bus service to its railroad park. TRAINS: David Lassen ROCHELLE, Ill. — If you’re planning to see Union Pacific’s Big Boy during its […]
Clinchfield Railroad No. 800 blasts through Shepherdsville, Ky. at 40 mph during the move of C&O 2716 on Friday. Chris Anderson FRANKFORT, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 “Kanawha” steam locomotive No. 2716 is more than halfway to its new home at Ravenna, Ky., and followers of the move still have several events surrounding the […]
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A spectator frames his shot through Whitnall Avenue fence in south suburban St. Francis. Brian Schmidt MILWAUKEE – Steam locomotive fans came out in droves to see Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 in southeast Wisconsin on Thursday and Friday. The locomotive traveled over the Adams Subdivision on Thursday, arriving at Butler Yard in […]
ALNA, Maine — Shipments of equipment from the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum have arrived at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum’s Sheepscot campus, over the past two weeks, moved by truck from Portland and unloaded via a recently built ramp track. First to arrive were Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad “Rangeley,” […]
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is taken near the Union Pacific main line in Sussex, Wis. […]
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is from Clyman Junction, Wis., where Big Boy passed right under an increasingly scarce piece of railroad architecture: the once ubiquitous coaling tower. […]
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is from Clyman Junction, Wis., where Big Boy passed right under an increasingly scarce piece of railroad architecture: the once ubiquitous coaling tower. […]
