Union Pacific announced on June 17 that its legendary steam locomotive will embark on an eight-week Heartland of America Tour ...

Union Pacific will bring Big Boy No. 4014 through ... has the famed locomotive traveling from its open in Cheyenne, Wyoming, through nine states, including Colorado. The tour will make two whistle ...

Union Pacific Railroad’s “Challenger” No. 3985, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will stop in Shakopee as part of a five-state, 1,750-mile tour from Cheyenne, Wyo., to ...

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.

The Laramie settlement was founded in 1868, as a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad ... Laramie is just 50 miles west of the Wyoming state capital, Cheyenne, and 130 miles north of Denver, Colorado. A ...