As we speak, Union Pacific #4014–the only operating Big Boy–is traveling over Norfolk Southern’s former Nickel Plate Road main line, headed eastbound. The NKP was very well-known for its fleet of fast Berkshires and Hudsons, but the Big Boy will be the most-watched of the steamers to hit the carrier’sRead More →

Big news from Steamtown: Union Pacific’s Big Boy, #4014, will be coming to Scranton to be displayed from June 17-30, 2026. This will see the engine travel down the former Erie Lackawanna Railroad’s Scranton Division mainline, including the Tunkhannock and Kingsley viaducts, and put it in the company of theRead More →