Read more: 11 Of The Oldest Locomotives Still In Service Today The Union Pacific Big Boy was originally constructed in 1941, with its creation led by then-president of Union Pacific Railroad ...

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.

In the main building were several locomotives of immense power and ... N.J., but put together here in the shops of the Union Pacific Railroad, where all repairs are done also.

Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, ...

Woodburn is asking Union Pacific Railroad to voluntarily make changes, including reducing train speed, to improve safety after a recent fatality.

(WCIA) — The well-known Union Pacific Railroad’s “Big Boy ... around 52,000 gallons of water for the steam engine. They added that Railroad St. at Walnut will be closed to traffic ...

Two North Platte rail union leaders said no one was hurt when grain cars near the front of a westbound train derailed about 11 a.m. Sunday near Lee Bird Field.

Authorities are at the scene of a train derailment near U.S. Highway. No injuries or hazmat concerns have been reported. The ...