Ticketed viewing
Scranton, PA
Steamtown National Historic Site
What’s happening at this stop
From June 17 through 30, 4014 remains on view beside Steamtown's No. 4012 — the only place anywhere you can see two Big Boys together. During this stretch Steamtown opens the cab of No. 4012 for visitors to climb into (the Experience rail car is not available in this window).
Entry is by free, timed reservation through the National Park Service (see Tickets below).
Tickets & admission
Ticket or timed reservation required. Free entry; $1 non-refundable Recreation.gov service fee per ticket.
Timed-entry reservation for the June 17–30 on-view period.
Issued by Recreation.gov (National Park Service).
Why this stop matters
Scranton built itself on anthracite coal and the railroads that hauled it: the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western was one of the last major US carriers to run scheduled passenger steam. Today the Steamtown National Historic Site preserves much of that heritage in the former DL&W shops.
Steamtown grew out of a private locomotive collection assembled by New England seafood magnate F. Nelson Blount, relocated to Scranton's former DL&W yards and made a national park by Congress in 1986. The site is also home to Big Boy No. 4012 — which is what makes the 2026 side-by-side reunion with 4014 possible.