BELLE PLAINE, Iowa (KCRG) - Big Boy is coming to town. For those not in the know, that’s the world’s largest steam train. Big Boy Number No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. It was retired ...

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 ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. This summer, it will take passengers on a trip from Omaha to Boone, Iowa. Union Pacific's historic steam locomotive Living ...

OMAHA, Nebraska (KCRG) - Union Pacific Railroad announced its famed Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive will stop in three Iowa communities this fall. The 2024 Heartland of America Tour kicks off Aug. 28, ...

An authentic steam locomotive will chug into downtown Des Moines this morning, pulling several century-old passenger cars that will soon be filled with kids, parents and grandparents who love old ...

The town of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, sits in Iowa’s southeast corner, in the middle of gently rolling fields of corn and soybeans. Over the recent Labor Day weekend, its normal population of about 9,000 ...

Iowa Interstate Railroad's Chinese-built 2-10-2 steam engine will run from Newton, Iowa, to Bureau, Ill., this weekend for train buffs who like to see steam engines. Locomotive 6988 will go through a ...

Union Pacific's steam locomotive #3985 is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world. This 4-6-6-4 locomotive, built in 1943 still runs today as part of the railroad's public relations ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam engine arrives July 30, 2019, in Wheatland on its trip across Iowa. The largest steam locomotive ever built is scheduled to once again cross Eastern Iowa on Sept ...