Ivan Safyan Abrams: After a 3-hr delay for repairs due to an encounter wityh a fallen tree, UP Big Boy 4014 accelerates upgrade on the climb to the summit of the Sierras, Julne 14, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: It's a long way to Pulga--straight down!!!--in the Feather River Canyon as Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 and its train pass through on July 11, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4014 westbound through Pulga, California, in the Feather River Canyon, on July 11, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: With the Summit of the Sierra just ahead, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 continues its upgrade progress on the right-of-way of the first transcontinental railroad in the US. 07/14/2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4014 climbs the grade east of Colfax, California, on May 14, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4014 approaches the summit of California's Sierra Mountains on July 14, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Accelerating up the grade after a stop for servicing at Emigrant Gap, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 continues its climb toward the summit of Donner Pass with its train of passenger and display cars, July 14, 2024.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Departing Emigrant Gap after servicing, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 accelerate upgrade towd the Sierra summit at Noerdin, California. July 14, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: On a humid morning in July, 2024, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big boy steam locomotive climbs ther western slope of te Sierra Mountains as it returns to Cheyenne, Wyomig, after a visit to the west coast
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 works upgrade after stopping for maintenance near New CAstle, California, on July 14, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 climbs the grade out of Colfax,California on the morning of July 14, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive #4104, the world-famous "Big Boy", leads its train west at Pulga, California, in the Feather River Canyon on the former Western Pacific. July 11, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" 4014 moving westward with its train in the Feather River Canyon at Pulga, California, on July 11, 2024.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4014 moves westward on the former Western Pacific right-of-way at Pulga, in the Feather River canyon. July 11, 2024.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive "Big Boy" 4014 on the former Western Pacific southbound toward Roseville, California, July 11, 2024.
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive 4014, by most measures one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, departing from Tucson Yard and passing milepost 988, October 19, 2019.
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Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014, passing Marsh Station Road in eastern Pima County, Arizona, October 19, 2024
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014, Pima County, Arizona, east of Tucson, October 19, 2019
Ivan Safyan Abrams: 4014 and train along Marsh Station Road, eastern Pima County, Arizona, October 19, 2019
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4014 and its train eastbound at Marsh Station Road in eastern Pima County, Arizona, October 19, 2029
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive 4014 departs eastbound from Tucson Yard passing Milepost 988 at 7:55 AM on October 19, 2019
Ivan Safyan Abrams: Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy" steam locomotive departing eastward from Tucson, Arizona, at milepost 988, October 19, 2019