The world’s largest steam locomotive will be traveling across Nebraska.
Union Pacific’s steam train Big Boy No. 4014 will be making stops in Gering, Broadwater, Lemoyne, North Platte, Cozad, Kearney, and more. 4014’s final stop will be in Omaha, where it will be on display for 11 days during the College World Series in Omaha, before returning to Cheyenne Wyoming.
Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December of 1941. This powerful machine was built to cross the Wasatch Mountain Range east of Ogden, Utah. It was retired in 1961 after traveling a little over a million miles, reacquired by Union Pacific in 2013, and restored to service in 2019.