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8 Places to see a Big Boy Steam Locomotive.

8/24/2020

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Large Steam Locomotive pulls a train of Yellow Coaches.
Union Pacific "Big Boy" - the largest operational Steam Locomotive in the world.
The Union Pacific "Big Boy" steam locomotive is the largest steam locomotive ever built. Designed to eliminate the need for a second "helper" engine, the locomotives hauled freight trains over the Wasatch Mountains and later over Sherman Hill in Wyoming. 

The Big Boy is a 4-8-8-4 standard gauge steam locomotive originally built to burn coal.
The American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Schenectady Shops built an initial order of 20 Big Boy Steam locomotives delivered in 1941 and a second order of 5 Big Boy Steam Locomotives were delivered in 1944.
​Out of the 25 total Big Boy locomotives, 8 survive today in preservation.

1. - Holiday Park | Cheyenne, Wyoming. 
Big Boy Steam Engine #4004
https://www.cheyenne.org/listing/big-boy-steam-engine/116/

2. - Forney Transportation Museum | Denver, Colorado.
Big Boy Steam Locomotive #4005
https://www.forneymuseum.org/index.html

3. - National Museum of Transportation | St. Louis, Missouri. 
Big Boy Steam Train #4006
https://tnmot.org/
Large Steam Locomotive behind fence under a blue sky.
Big Boy Steam Locomotive #4012 at Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
4. - Steamtown National Historic Site | Scranton, Pennsylvania
Union Pacific Big Boy #4012
https://www.nps.gov/stea/index.htm
*Note - #4012 is currently not on public display during a cosmetic restoration. 
5. - National Railroad Museum | Green Bay, Wisconsin. 
Big Boy Locomotive #4017
https://nationalrrmuseum.org/

6. - Museum of the American Railroad | Frisco, Texas. 
Big Boy Engine #4018
http://www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org/
Black Steam Locomotive and Yellow Diesel locomotive on display at park at dusk with full moon overhead.
Union Pacific Big Boy #4023 on display at Kenefick Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
7. - Kenefick Park | Omaha, Nebraska. 
Big Boy Train #4023 - the only surviving Big Boy from the 1944 order of locomotives. 
https://www.lauritzengardens.org/About/Kenefick_Park/
Large Steam Locomotive,
Big Boy Steam Locomotive #4014
8. - Union Pacific Steam Shop | Cheyenne, Wyoming
Union Pacific Big Boy #4014
This is an active steam locomotive shop because the #4014 is a fully operational Big Boy locomotive that is part of the Union Pacific Steam roster. The #4014 is only available for public viewing during special events. 
​The #4014 has been converted to burn oil. 
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/

For more photos and information on #4014 click here ---> UP Steam
Large Black Steam Locomotive lets off steam under a blue sky.
Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Engine #4014 makes a public appearance during a 2019 tour.
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