Jaixen said the brakes were custom-made when it was restored, and the crew brings along a modern diesel-electric locomotive and some empty freight cars to help with braking. “While the Big Boy ...

The "4014" is the only operating "Big Boy," the biggest steam engines ever built. Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will make two whistle stops in Colorado at the ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will depart from Denver Union Station back to the locomotive's home base in Cheyenne, ending the locomotive's "Heartland of America Tour." Big Boy No. 4014 will ...

There will be no public access, but the locomotive will depart Denver at 9 a.m. Wednesday to travel back to Cheyenne. The 1.2 million pound Big Boy steam locomotive was built in the 1940s to ...

DENVER (KDVR) – “Big Boy,” one of the world’s largest trains ... the train is now the world’s largest operating steam locomotive and is ready to hit the rails again.

The steam locomotive plans to stop at 1000 West 4th Street. It will depart on Friday, Nov. 15 at 8 a.m. So come on out and see a part of American history. Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives were ...

Hundreds of Kansans greet the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, on Oct. 17, 2024, in North Topeka. (Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — The train named Big Boy was late.

DENVER (KDVR) — One of the world’s largest locomotives passed through Colorado in October, operating much like it did when it was first built in the mid-1900s. The train, known as Big Boy No ...