UP Big Boy #4014 Passed by TNMOT 8/30/2021

BIG BOY – Big Day!

The Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 passed by-and stopped at!–The Museum of Transportation on Monday, August 30, 2021, at approximately 9:30 am. The Museum has its own UP Big Boy, #4006, and guests visiting St. Louis will want to visit the #4006 and see inside the cab and get up close and experience that “Big Boy” is a well-earned moniker.

Big Boy Steam Locomotive

“Big Boy” is the World’s Largest Successful Steam Locomotive

Known as a “Big Boy” because of its immense size and power, Union Pacific Railroad #4006 is one of the world’s largest successful steam locomotives.

Built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company at a cost of $265,000.00 and with a total weight of over 600 tons, Number 4006 is one of 25 Big Boys. It is 132′ 9 1/4″ long, carries 33 tons of coal and 25,000 gallons of water in its tender. It is a 4-8-8-4 (simple) articulated locomotive.

Roll on over and visit Big Boy at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri!