2026 · 250th Anniversary Tour

Coast to coast under steam.

Big Boy 4014 — the largest operating steam locomotive in the world — is rolling across the United States to mark America’s 250th. This is an unofficial fan tracker for the tour: the schedule, the route, Union Pacific’s last reported live position, and the history behind every stop.

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Big Boy 4014 under steam, smoke and steam billowing from the stack as the locomotive accelerates along the main line.
Photo: Masoncnugent ·CC BY-SA 4.0 ·Wikimedia Commons

Stops on the tour

59

Drawn from the published Union Pacific schedule.

Next scheduled stop

Altoona, PA

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Today’s scheduled position

Altoona, PA

From the published schedule — see the tracker for the live position.

Schedule & map

Every published stop with arrival and departure times, plotted on a map of the route.

Route map

The whole tour on one map — every published stop connected in schedule order, state by state.

Tracker

Union Pacific’s last reported live position, plus where 4014 is scheduled to be today.

History

Restoration of 4014 in Cheyenne, the Big Boy class, and broader steam-era context.

FAQ

Where is it right now, do you need tickets, is there a printable timetable — answered.

About

What this site is, what it isn’t, and how the schedule pipeline works.