The Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive is undoubtedly the beast of American railroading history, and this epitome of heavy haulage is now available for Train Simulator with ...

The Big Boy stands 17 feet tall and is 133 feet long — 99 feet less than a Boeing 747. Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific to haul freight during the war efforts.

Engineers operate the Union Pacific’s Big Boy as it rolls into Kansas City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. The 1.2 million-pound locomotive first put into operation in 1941 is one of 25 ever built ...