Trains

Union Pacific plans to send the Big Boy from coast to coast for America’s 250th

Union Pacific plans to send Big Boy No. 4014 on a transcontinental trip next year as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary ...
KMBC Kansas City

Canadian Pacific steam engine built in the 1930s makes its way to the Kansas City metro

The engine is coming to town as a way to honor the new partnership between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. LOOKING AT A 23 MINUTE DRIVE, SO PACK YOUR PATIENCE. SIERRA, A SPECIAL ATTRACTION ...
The Gazette

Historic steam engine passes through Iowa on Thursday

Iowans look on as Big Boy No. 4014, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, rolls into Belle Plaine on Thursday afternoon. The Union Pacific engine is touring Midwestern and Southern ...
Business Wire

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 ...
Chicago Tribune

The Empress steam locomotive rolls through Franklin Park on Canadian Pacific ‘Final Spike’ tour

A 1930 steam engine called The Empress pulled into downtown Franklin Park Wednesday – taking a break from its trek along the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad line on its trip from Calgary, Canada ...