The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Company, commonly known as the Katy Railroad, was retiring their old fleet of 30 ton steam locomotives and was replacing them with new 60 ton steam locomotives. With ...

Railroad wrecks of the week:¶ In Armstrong, Okla., the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad's Texas Special ran through a signal in a dense fog and plowed into a freight locomotive.

AUSTIN, Texas — A craze swept America around the beginning of the 20th century: Inviting spectators to watch two steam locomotives running at high speeds crash into each other head-on. And it ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A craze swept America around the beginning of the 20th century: Inviting spectators to watch two steam locomotives running at high speeds crash into each other head-on. And it ...

Union Pacific Railroad ended its eight-week Big Boy No. 4014 “Heartland of America” tour recently, and Ed Dickens and the Steam Team are looking full speed ahead to future tours.

Those wishing to see Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will have their chance Wednesday in Greeley. The popular train will be on public display during its whistle ...

The world’s largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, rolls into Topeka on Oct. 17, 2024. (Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) Crowds have gathered at almost every stop on the eight-week, nine-state ...

So far, Big Boy has made its way through states like Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. Up next is Colorado. Big Boy No. 4014 stops in Colorado ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy, a 1.2 million-pound steam locomotive first put into service in 1941, rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Dominick Williams [email protected] ...

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — On Tuesday, residents of Osawatomie, Kansas, took a walk through their town history with the 30-minute stop of Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive.