To Ed Dickens and the throngs who will gather along Houston area railroad tracks as Union Pacific No. 4014, aka the Big Boy, chuffs into Houston on Friday, however, the machine is a marvel and ...

Train enthusiasts in northern Illinois will soon get the chance to see an iconic steam engine as it makes its way across the ...

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.

On the front of its crisp black fabric is a shield emblem with the words Union Pacific and the number 4014 inside its border. I look at the left side and study the graphic design of the words Big Boy.