Returning to California for the first time since the Rebuild, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 finds a welcoming throng of fans in the middle Of the Mohave National Preserve.

Sunrise Steam. Early on the morning of Thursday, August 12, 2021, a lot of people people were already trackside in Parsons, Kansas to await the departure of Union Pacific Railroad's "B... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) put on a steam show as it backs into Denver's Union Station. The historic trip to park a Big Boy locomotive in downtown Denver drew thousands of visitors that... (more)

Union Pacific's magnificent Big Boy #4014 rounds the corner at Speer, Wyoming as it begins the trip to Denver, Colorado.

UP 4014 departs Denver with the "2022 Museum Special" as it approaches the UP diamond in Commerce City with the Denver skyline in the background.

After stopping a Greeley for a "water" stop, Big Boy 4014 begins the last leg of its trip to Cheyenne as it passes through the farm fields of Greeley.

Charging hard around the curve of Brighton, UP 4014 heads north along the Greeley Sub, towards Cheyenne, with a nine car passenger special.

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 leads a nine passenger special from Denver, CO back to the Big Boy's home of Cheyenne, WY as it passes through Platteville.

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) makes its way through the Cheyenne, Wyoming yard towards the depot, where it will lash up with the passenger cars for the run to Denver, Colorado.

Videographer Bruce Brackley has a front row seat as Big Boy UP 4014 (4-8-8-4) runs through Speer, Wyoming on its way to Denver., Colorado.

The South Platte River is running high and fast as massive rainstorms over the last few days has put the river at capacity. Here we see the Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 running over the bridge at... (more)

Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotive #4014 (4-8-8-4) runs past a crowd of amazed onlookers at Nunn, Colorado.

UP Big Boy 4014 runs through the cut at Speer, Wyoming as it begins the journey towards Denver, Colorado where it was displayed for a day at Denver's Union Station.

Ed Dickens, Union Pacific Engineer and Senior Manager of Heritage Operations for Union Pacific Railroad, works in his office on UP Big Boy 4014 as it runs through the clouds in Cheyenne, Wyoming. ... (more)

The UP 4014 backs into Denver Union Station. Steve Lundt photo