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Fall for 2025’s Big Steam

The fall season for 2025’s big steam will include Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611, returning to service after a 2024 ...
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Three superlative Union Pacific steam locomotives

No railroad was better equipped to shoulder the heavy burden of wartime traffic thanks to the three types of Union Pacific steam locomotives that constituted its front line of defense: the 4-6-6-4 ...
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Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 to Steam Across 10 Midwestern and Southern States in Fall Tour

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific announced today that its legendary steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 will embark on a second tour this year, with a trip planned this fall in middle America ...
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Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014 Will Make Two Whistle-Stops in Colorado During Limited 2025 Excursion

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 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 ...

This Historic Steam Train Through the Rockies Has Some of the Best Foliage Views in the U.S.—and It's the Longest and Highest Steam Railroad in America

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, North America’s longest and highest steam railroad, takes passengers deep into ...
The New York Times

All Aboard a Steam Train to See ‘The Railway Children’

The smells and sounds of locomotive travel get the audience in the mood for a theatrical adaptation of the beloved children’s book. Credit...Video by Ellie Smith For The New York Times Supported by By ...
Railway Age

Big Boy to Make Two Whistle-Stops in Colorado During Limited 2025 Excursion

Union Pacific’s (UP) Big Boy 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will make two whistle-stops in Greeley, Colo., this summer as part of a limited summer excursion. Big Boy will be ...