The probable cause of a July 2024 fatal collision at Union Pacific’s Proviso Yard was an inexperienced conductor’s failure to ...

Abraham Lincoln — or at least the locomotive celebrating his memory — returned to Lincoln’s hometown of Springfield, Ill., ...

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2926 main line track will expand from about 3 miles to about 20 miles on either side of ...

5 years ago, Texas freight trains were about 8,000 feet long. Today, they average from over 9,000 feet to as much as 15K.

Union Pacific Railroad announced today its legendary steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, will make two whistle-stops in Greeley, Colorado, this summer as par ...

OMAHA, Neb., May 27, 2025--Union Pacific Railroad announced today its legendary steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, will make two whistle-stops in Greeley, Colorado, this summer as part of a ...

Big Boy No. 4014 calls Cheyenne home, along with Union Pacific’s Steam Shop and the other historic locomotive, UP No. 844. Union Pacific also has nearly 800 employees in Wyoming.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam engine is coming back to Colorado. Union Pacific will bring Big Boy No. 4014 through Colorado from Monday, Oct. 21, to Wednesday, Oct. 23, on its ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound locomotive put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Only 25 of this kind of train were built and this is the last ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound steam locomotive first put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Dominick Williams [email protected] ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Union Pacific's iconic Big Boy locomotive rolled into Kansas City on Tuesday as part of its "Heartland of America" tour, drawing train enthusiasts from across the region. The ...