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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4018 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69589Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:9/1941
Notes:Schenectady 1941, donated to Texas State Fairgrounds (Dallas) July 9, 1962.
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
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Big Boy 4018
Title:  Big Boy 4018
Description:  UP 4018 rests outside the roundhouse in Ogden, Utah. Note the tender of another steam engine on the far left. Big Boy 4018 will be donated to the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas in July of 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  6/20/1947  Upload Date: 7/6/2021 7:14:35 PM
Location:  Ogden, UT
Author:  F.J. Peterson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  UP 4018 sports white flags in this undated image by UP. The date and location are unknown, but I would wager this is in Cheyenne or Laramie sometime before 1951, as 4018 still has its coolant pipes along the front handrails. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1948  Upload Date: 5/31/2021 1:04:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Union Pacific Museum
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
Doubleheader Big Boys
Title:  Doubleheader Big Boys
Description:  Big Boys 4018 and 4000 drag a 95 car train up the grade halfway between Buford and the summit. The 4018 is likely on the train as an engine move, transferrign the engine back to Laramie for another eastbound train. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  6/25/1949  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 12:16:18 AM
Location:  Buford, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4) UP 4000(4-8-8-4)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
4018 Taking On Coal
Title:  4018 Taking On Coal
Description:  Big Boy 4018 gets serviced at the Cheyenne engine terminal in February of 1950. The big ALCO was one of 8 Big Boys to be preserved, being donated to the state fairgrounds in Dallas, Texas in July, 1962. The engine was built in 1941. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  2/18/1950  Upload Date: 7/15/2022 10:43:01 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  R.W.Andrews
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
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Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1950  Upload Date: 2/22/2010 3:49:33 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  C.T. Bruce Collection
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Winter,Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1777   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Big Boy 4018 leads a train through Sinclair, Wyoming, on October 10, 1951. The first boxcar is a Northern Pacific 40" boxcar in the "Main Street of America" scheme. The Big Boy, meanwhile, is over three times the length of said boxcar. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  10/10/1951  Upload Date: 7/6/2021 7:17:30 PM
Location:  Sinclair, WY
Author:  R.H.Kindig
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Varied Power at Green River
Title:  Varied Power at Green River
Description:  UP 4018 waits its turn at the coal tower in Green River Ahead of it is an unknown 3900-series Challenger. UP turbine 58 was one of the original set of 4500 GTELs built in the early 50s. They would be retired in 1964, only a decade into their service life. Also in the picture is a pair of F3s in Armour Yellow. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1954  Upload Date: 5/28/2021 8:56:37 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Walter H. Thrall
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4) UP 58(4500 GTEL) UP 3959(4-6-6-4) UP 1553(F3A)
Views:  775   Comments: 0
Doubleheading Eastbound Empties
Title:  Doubleheading Eastbound Empties
Description:  Big Boys 4018 and 4017 race along with a train of empty gondolas near Cooper Lake. The train did not require the second engine tonnage-wise, but instead the engine was added to transfer power back to Cheyenne to compensate for a spike in westbound traffic. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/18/1956  Upload Date: 10/7/2022 12:01:08 AM
Location:  Cooper Lake, WY
Author:  F.G.Gschwind
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4) UP 4017(4-8-8-4)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4018
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4018
Description:  Emerging from the fog at Dale Junction, WY, 4-8-8-4 4018 roars through the mist. 4018 was built by ALCo in December 1941. It was retired in July 1962 and donated to the Texas State Fairgrounds.
Photo Date:  8/19/1956  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:03:43 PM
Location:  Dale Jct., WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4018
Title:  Big Boy 4018
Description:  Union Pacific 4018 prepares to depart Cheyenne yard with an outbound train. The 4-8-8-4 was built in 1941 by ALCO, and was stored out of service in Green River after 1958. The engine would later be donated to the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas in 1962. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  11/10/1956  Upload Date: 7/16/2022 1:08:52 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Stan Kistler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1985  Upload Date: 3/28/2021 6:40:01 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
SLSF 2/ UP 1
Title:  SLSF 2/ UP 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/27/1998  Upload Date: 5/21/2015 10:25:21 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  G Gerard
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 1625(2-10-0) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  1452   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy
Title:  UP Big Boy
Description:  At Fair Park Dallas
Photo Date:  7/28/2002  Upload Date: 8/31/2013 11:28:40 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Jimmy Duncan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1014   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  I had her stand next to it for an indication of scale.
Photo Date:  6/1/2006  Upload Date: 6/17/2006 11:19:44 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1400   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  How is that lineup? Big boy-DDA40X-ATSF FP45.
Photo Date:  6/1/2006  Upload Date: 6/17/2006 11:45:16 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1459   Comments: 0
UP 4018 Big Boy Locomotive
Title:  UP 4018 Big Boy Locomotive
Description:  I wish I could have that Monster.
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 5:57:40 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Allan Love Jr.
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1430   Comments: 0
UNION PACIFIC BIGBOY 4-8-8-4 4018
Title:  UNION PACIFIC BIGBOY 4-8-8-4 4018
Description:  AFTER A NEW PAINT JOB THE BIGBOY SHINES IN THE FALL LIGHT.
Photo Date:  11/3/2007  Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:22:39 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  MIKE SELBY
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  3105   Comments: 0
Big Boy
Title:  Big Boy
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/28/2008  Upload Date: 7/29/2008 12:24:16 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Nick Johnson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
Two proud behemoths from a bygone era
Title:  Two proud behemoths from a bygone era
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/16/2009  Upload Date: 10/23/2009 10:59:47 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4903(GG1) UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  984   Comments: 0
UP 4018, 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy'
Title:  UP 4018, 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy'
Description:  Build Date: December, 1941 Builder: ALCO, Schenectady, NY : Union Pacific Configuration: 4-8-8-4
Photo Date:  5/16/2009  Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:34:16 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1325   Comments: 2
UP 4018 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' running gear
Title:  UP 4018 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' running gear
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/16/2009  Upload Date: 10/23/2009 11:49:41 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1147   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  In about a year, this locomotive is going to see live rails when it gets moved from Dallas to Frisco Texas . . . about 20 miles north. Photographers from all over the world will be here to see that day.
Photo Date:  6/6/2009  Upload Date: 6/7/2009 2:13:07 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Larry Bell
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  795   Comments: 2
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2009  Upload Date: 6/7/2009 2:26:47 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Larry Bell
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
PRR 4903 UP 4018 SLSF 4501
Title:  PRR 4903 UP 4018 SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 8:05:38 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  J d
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 4903(GG1) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  1774   Comments: 0
#4018 Big Boy
Title:  #4018 Big Boy
Description:  #4018 Union Pacific Big Boy Dallas Train Museum
Photo Date:  7/31/2010  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 3:13:01 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  W G Peterson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1089   Comments: 0
UP #4018 Big Boy
Title:  UP #4018 Big Boy
Description:  Big Boy #4018 at the Dallas Train Museum
Photo Date:  7/31/2010  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 3:57:43 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  W G Peterson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
UP #4018 Big Boy
Title:  UP #4018 Big Boy
Description:  Big Boy #4018 at the Dallas Train Museum
Photo Date:  7/31/2010  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 3:59:35 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  W G Peterson
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1679   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Number 2 stands next to the drive wheels of the "Big Boy".
Photo Date:  3/25/2011  Upload Date: 6/4/2011 2:17:59 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Mark Mears
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1062   Comments: 1
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Number 1 on the "Big Boy".
Photo Date:  3/25/2011  Upload Date: 6/4/2011 2:21:17 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Mark Mears
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  717   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Number 2 walks along the "Big Boy".
Photo Date:  3/25/2011  Upload Date: 6/4/2011 2:23:29 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Mark Mears
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501 + UP 4018
Title:  SLSF 4501 + UP 4018
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2013  Upload Date: 3/10/2024 9:36:18 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
UP 4018 at the Dallas Fairgrounds
Title:  UP 4018 at the Dallas Fairgrounds
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2013  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 10:39:33 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
UP 4018 + SLSF 4501
Title:  UP 4018 + SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2013  Upload Date: 2/12/2024 11:10:27 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Going out with a bang! The final piece of equipment belonging to Museum of the American Railroad to be moved is UP 4018 Big Boy. A BNSF diesel is pulling 4018 along with nine tank cars for braking power to the new location in nearby Frisco. The GP38-2 powering the train to Frisco was originally delivered to Frisco in 1973. This move is the first time Big Boy has seen the main line since being parked at the museum in Fair Park 48 years ago in August 1965.
Photo Date:  8/18/2013  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:15:13 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  873   Comments: 3
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Big Boy 4018 crosses the Bexar Street bridge bound for the new home in Frisco.
Photo Date:  8/18/2013  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:15:15 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  703   Comments: 1
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Big Boy 4018 crosses the Carlton Garett Street bridge as she creeps through SP Junction heading to her new home in Frisco.
Photo Date:  8/18/2013  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:15:17 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  547   Comments: 1
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  The massive Big Boy 4018 creeps through South Dallas en route to her new home in Frisco. Quite a sight to behold with every railfan in the area tripping over each other trying to get a photo.
Photo Date:  8/18/2013  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:15:20 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  631   Comments: 4
UP 4018
Title:  UP 4018
Description:  Big Boy 4018 creeps past Dallas Union Terminal en route to her new home in Frisco.
Photo Date:  8/18/2013  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 9:15:39 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  774   Comments: 1
Big Boy in Big D
Title:  Big Boy in Big D
Description:  Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotive 4018 is passing the Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas on it's way to Irving then on to the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco.
Photo Date:  8/18/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:37:27 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
Lube
Title:  Lube
Description:  Makeshift lubing system
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 6/8/2015 4:45:45 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Jimmy Duncan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Almost home
Title:  Almost home
Description:  BNSF train D-IRBIRB1-25M moving the Museum of the American Railroad's Big Boy UP 4018 is about to cross under the Sam Rayburn Tollway as it enters into Frisco, Texas and completes a 2 weeks journey to it's new home.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:42:49 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2764(GP39E) BNSF 2732(GP39-2) UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  851   Comments: 0
Job well done
Title:  Job well done
Description:  The MAR and BNSF crews that brought the Big Boy to Frisco pose in front of the UP 4018 after spotting it in it's new home at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:41:14 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
Making it's final move
Title:  Making it's final move
Description:  BNSF and MAR crews supervise the final back up move needed to get UP 4018 to it's resting spot at it's new home at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:40:23 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
The Big Boy is finally home
Title:  The Big Boy is finally home
Description:  UP 4018 Big Boy gleams in the afternoon Texas sun after being delivered to it's new home at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:37:52 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
Big Boy in motion
Title:  Big Boy in motion
Description:  Museum of the American Railroad's UP Big Boy 4018 heads north out of Irving, Texas enroute to it's new home in Frisco.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:38:13 PM
Location:  Irving, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  427   Comments: 2
Getting a shot of the Big Boy
Title:  Getting a shot of the Big Boy
Description:  Numerous townspoeple and local railfans get a shot of Union Pacific Big Boy engine 4018 as it passes through Carrollton, Texas.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:38:39 PM
Location:  Carrollton, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
Back 'er up Big Boy
Title:  Back 'er up Big Boy
Description:  BNSF and MAR crews are carefully backing the UP 4018 down the lead track into the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:39:04 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Big Boy gleaming in the sun
Title:  Big Boy gleaming in the sun
Description:  UP 4018's fresh paint gleams in the north Texas summer sun as it passes through Farmers Branch, Texas.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:39:35 PM
Location:  Farmers Branch, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
Riding in the Big Boy
Title:  Riding in the Big Boy
Description:  Crew members with the Museum of the American Railroad are riding in the cab of UP 4018 Big Boy as they prepare to depart Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  8/25/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:40:00 PM
Location:  Irving, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
UP #4018
Title:  UP #4018
Description:  Big Boy at new location
Photo Date:  3/30/2014  Upload Date: 4/18/2014 9:54:35 AM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Larry Marshall
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  769   Comments: 0


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