According to Union Pacific, eight Big Boy engines remain in existence, but only No. 4014 continues to operate. The seven ...

Big Boy No. 4014 was last in Texas in the fall of 2024, passing through Houston on Oct. 6 and through Fort Worth on Oct. 10 ...

Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a “hinged” frame to help it get around curves.

Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a “hinged” frame to help it get around curves.

Union Pacific is dropping new hints this week of a coast-to-coast journey for its historic locomotive nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ ...

As 2026 begins, and with Trains’ top railroading story of 2025 announced on the final day of the just-completed year, we today a look back at the top stories in our previous annual countdowns. This ...

Union Station urges Royals to relocate downtown, citing history and revival. Union Station highlights past ballparks and civic investment to bolster case. Downtown site promises fan atmosphere and ...

Shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. CP slipped 0.45% to C$101.98 Tuesday, in what proved to be an otherwise all-around positive trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX ...

OMAHA — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will jeopardize ...

Union Pacific Railroad has started development on a new, 2,000-acre industrial park near Rosenberg, which company leaders say will give people access to prime transportation corridors. The site is ...

A Union Pacific freight train travels along the tracks in Eloy, Ariz., on April 17. Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena has argued that creating a railroad that stretches from coast to coast would be good for ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. OMAHA, Neb. — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost ...