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Trains Top 10 stories for 2019, No. 1: Big Boy’s triumphant return
Dec 27, 2019

Trains Top 10 stories for 2019, No. 1: Big Boy’s triumphant return

For Trains editors, the story of 2019 is — and has to be — the return of a Big Boy.…

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Big Boy to meet its match in Duluth this month
            NEWSWIRE
Jul 9, 2019

Big Boy to meet its match in Duluth this month NEWSWIRE

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone No. 227, left, and Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. Two photos,…

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How to draw a digital Big Boy locomotive. Step by Step
            NEWSWIRE
Jul 5, 2019

How to draw a digital Big Boy locomotive. Step by Step NEWSWIRE

Rick Johnson; Trains staff “We’ve done a diesel and an electric; now we need to do a cutaway of a…

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Three Pennsy cars will celebrate 1949 ‘Broadway Limited’
            NEWSWIRE
Jul 2, 2019

Three Pennsy cars will celebrate 1949 ‘Broadway Limited’ NEWSWIRE

PRR tail car Frank Thomson will bring up the markers on the special move to celebrate the 1949 Broadway Limited.…

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UP announces schedule for Big Boy’s next tour in the Midwest
            NEWSWIRE
Jun 13, 2019

UP announces schedule for Big Boy’s next tour in the Midwest NEWSWIRE

Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — The Big Boy No. 4014 is headed back out on the Union Pacific system beginning…

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Big Boy stubs its toe with derailment
            NEWSWIRE
May 16, 2019

Big Boy stubs its toe with derailment NEWSWIRE

UP steam program manager Ed Dickens hammers home wood blocking to rerail No. 4014. The locomotive derailed Thursday afternoon in…

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Big Boy No. 4014’s first passenger train will be nine cars long
            NEWSWIRE
Apr 25, 2019

Big Boy No. 4014’s first passenger train will be nine cars long NEWSWIRE

Big Boy No. 4014, shown in November 2013 when the engine was removed from the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, will…

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Big Boy excursion ticket details: $3,000 for coach, $5,000 for dome 
            NEWSWIRE
Apr 12, 2019

Big Boy excursion ticket details: $3,000 for coach, $5,000 for dome NEWSWIRE

Restored Big Boy No. 4014 will pull the first public excursion powered by a UP 4000-class ever on May 12.…

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UP releases schedule for 4014, 844 steam trips to Golden Spike anniversary
            NEWSWIRE
Mar 13, 2019

UP releases schedule for 4014, 844 steam trips to Golden Spike anniversary NEWSWIRE

UP Big Boy No. 4014 at the Cheyenne, Wyo., round house on May 8, 2014. Five years to the day…

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End of the line for Cheyenne Frontier Days train
            NEWSWIRE
Jan 21, 2019

End of the line for Cheyenne Frontier Days train NEWSWIRE

The 2018 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train accelerates out of Greeley, Colo., in July. Trains: Jim Wrinn DENVER — The last…

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Investigators rule UP 844 excursion death accidental; family agrees
Aug 5, 2018

Investigators rule UP 844 excursion death accidental; family agrees

BRIGHTON, Colo. — Investigators say the death of a woman photographing Union Pacific steam locomotive No. 844 July 21 suggests…

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Details emerge about a pedestrian struck and killed by UP 4-8-4 in Colorado
Jul 23, 2018

Details emerge about a pedestrian struck and killed by UP 4-8-4 in Colorado

DENVER — Details are emerging about the moment leading up to a person’s death Saturday after being struck by Union…

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