Presents

New DVDs by different photographers and producers, all about the Big Boy 4014 and the recently completed restoration and inaugural run.

In color and dramatic footage, see the return to life of the newly re-commissioned, restored, and working 4014!

For more than half a century, Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 was on display in Pomona, CA. In 2013, Union Pacific began the process to move and restore it back into excursion service, which would make 4014 the ultimate rolling museum as it showcases UP in its finest era. But before that can happen, the massive 4-8-8-4 would have to be moved from its resting spot at the RailGiants Train Museum in Southern California to Cheyenne, WY where UP bases its steam power.

Plenty of work was required to get the big locomotive on the move, from the temporary snap track across a huge parking lot to getting it back on the mainline. Several stops were made along the way to inspect the Big Boy. Both the media and large crowds of fans took part in this historic event. Pentrex covered this extraordinary move throughout much of Southern California. 

Big Boy 4014 Update will show the tireless steam crew erecting the temporary track across the parking lot. ...towed by a front-end loader... cheering crowds when a UP diesel coupled onto the tender of 4014  ...many great runbys were made as the train began its journey to Cheyenne ...and meets with opposing freight traffic were also made on Cajon Pass.

For more on the 4014 Big Boy, see "Big Boy 4014 Returns to Steam"

Big Boy 4014 West

Kalmbach/Trains Magazine  Big Boy - Back In Steam

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If you want more steam locomotive action, see also:  Big Steam is Back and the 611 in Steam: Return of the Finest Passenger Locomotive.  Or check out the many DVDs we have in stock or can bring in for your viewing pleasure; just click here.