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Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4014 leads its train through an S-curve on the Sunset Route between Willcox and Bowie, in Cochise County, Arizona, on a bright October 19, 2019, afternoon.
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Trains meet at San Simon, Arizona, October 19, 2019
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Outside Willcox, Arizona, Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 4014 moves eastward toward its next stop at Bowie, Arizona, on October 19, 2019.
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With Ed Dickens, Union Pacific's Manager-Heritage Equipment at the throttle, Big Boy 4-8-8-4 4014 pulls its special train toward the next stop in Benson, Arizona, 15 miles ahead, October 19, 2019
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Passing the signal on Marsh Station Road, Big Boy 4014 continues eastward in Pima County, Arizona, on October 19,2019
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Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 4014 steams through Pima County, Arizona, as it travels its owner's lines in the southwest United States, October 19, 2019
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Escorted by light aircraft, Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 and its train roll eastward through Pima County, Arizona, on October 19, 2019
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Trailed by a powered sailplane along Marsh Station Road in eastern Pima County, Arizona, the Union Pacific's restored 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4014 pulls its special train eastward toward a scheduled stop at Benson, October 19, 2019
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Charging upgrade from Benson, Arizona, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 approaches the Sybil Road crossing in Cochise County on the Sunset Route transcontinental line built by the Southern Pacific, October 19, 2019
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Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive 4014 departs from Tucson, Arizona, on the morning of October 19, 2019, and passes through the curve at Milepost 988 on the Sunset Route
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Power reverse and and rods, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4014 steam locomotive, Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 2019
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Crosshead and crosshead guide, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4014, Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 2019
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Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive 4014 at Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 2019
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Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4014, Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 2019
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Ed Dickens, Union Pacific manager--heritage equipment, remembering a very special railfan, Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 2019
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Big Boy 4014 and its steward, Ed Dickens, at the UP Yard in Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 2019
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Ed Dickens, themanager of Union Pacific's heritage equipment and the steam program, speaks with a family about their children's love of steam locomotives, Tucson, Arizona, October 18, 2019.
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Ed Dickens in the engineer's seat as Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive 4014 prepares to depart from Tucson's railroad station, October 17, 2019
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Big Boy's valve gear, Tucson, Arizona, October 17, 2019
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Builder's plate from UP Big Boy 4014, Tucson, Arizona, October 17, 2019
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Big Boy's face, Tucson, Arizona, October 17, 2019
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Big Boy rods, Tucson, Arizona, October 17, 2019
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Union Pacific Big Boy accelerates eastward out of Red Rock, Arizona, on the morning of October 17, 2019
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Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 4014, one of a series of 25 and the largest steam locomotives ever built, at Red Rock, Arizona, October 17, 2019
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Big Boy 4014 in Red Rock, Arizona, October 17, 2019
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Big Boy 4014 comes to Tucson, Arizona, October 17, 2019
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Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 4014 continues to accelerate as it it departs eastward from Tucson Yard and passes Milepost 988, October 19, 2019.
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Newman Peak is the background for the Union Pacific Big Boy, number 4014, as it glides eastward through the former SP water stop at Red Rock, Arizona, about 40 miles northwest of Tucson, on October 17, 2019
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Not long after sunrise, Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 departs from Tucson, Arizona's yard and passes milepost 988 (the distance from the Market Street HQ of the former Southern Pacific railroad--now merged with UP--and accelerates toward its next stop, Benso
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Then...quietly...smoothly and like a almost like a ghost...the Big Boy appeared, and as if by magic the freight trains had cleared a path so we could see it. So here it is, the largest locomotive ever built, Union Pacific Big Boy 4014.
