Moment of science: How to operate “Big Boy,” the world’s largest steam locomotive

Full steam ahead! Dan Smith has a one-track mind this week, showing what it takes to put "Big Boy's" 1.2 million pounds into (loco)motion. 🚂 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Largest Operating Steam Locomotive in the World Weighs 1.2 Million Pounds. Now, the Historic Train May Be Coming to Your Town

Built in the 1940s, Big Boy No. 4014 retired in 1961 after traveling for more than one million miles. It's now making its way ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Big Boy, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, is set to roar through Lawrence this week

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will travel through Lawrence once again, ...

The biggest steam locomotive is whistle-stopping across the U.S.

Huge crowds of train fans turn out as the 1940s era Big Boy steam locomotive is making a rare trip cross country.

Live tracker for Big Boy’s return: Follow world’s largest steam locomotive through Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Big Boy No. 4014 is heading back through Ohio, and anyone hoping to catch the world’s largest operating ...
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Union Pacific's Big Boy steam engine rolls through Pleasant Hill, Missouri

Watch as Union Pacific's famous Big Boy steam engine makes its way through Pleasant Hill, Missouri, drawing a large crowd.

Big Boy, the world’s largest working steam locomotive, comes to St. Louis

Hundreds of people line up to watch the world's largest operating steam locomotive, the Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, ...
KBIA

Big Boy, the world's largest working steam locomotive, is making stops near Columbia next week

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive will roll through Missouri next week as Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 stops ...
SlashGear

Here's How The World's First Steam Engines Worked

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...
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Model of Vertical Marine Steam Engines

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model illustrating the ...