Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy rolls through Central Iowa

UP 4014 Big Boy, an Alco 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, leads the Union Pacific Museum Special under a graying sky through central Iowa on July 31, 2019. With auxiliary water tenders UPP 814 Joe Jordan and UPP 809 Jim Adams, UP 3025 - an EMD SD70AH-T4 diesel-electric locomotive, tool car UPP 6334 Art Lockman, power car UPP 209 Howard Fogg, baggage car UPP 5714 Lynn Nystrom, dome passenger car UPP 7015 Challenger, museum car UPP 5752 Promontory, sleeper car UPP 1602 Green River, power car UPP 2066, dome passenger car UPP 9005 Walter Dean, diner car UPP 5011 City of Denver, and business car UPP 119 Kenefick bringing up the rear.

UP 4014 leads the Union Pacific Museum Special past the Nevada, Iowa water tower on July 31, 2019.

UP 4014 speeds past a highway intersection just south of Cambridge, Iowa on July 31, 2019. Fellow rail-fan Paul Rowe stands beside the signal shed.

UP 4014 under a gray sky between Ankeny and Des Moines, Iowa on July 31, 2019.

Left, I’ve been spotted! Photo by Paul Rowe. Center and right, UP 4014 backing into Short Line Yard in Des Moines, Iowa on July 31, 2019.