The Big Boy 4014 is posed next to the historic Salina Union Station as it's greeted by crowds of people young and old who came down to see it arrive in town. Today, it made a run from Kansas City, MO via the former KP, modern day UP Salina Sub, west of Menoken, operating as UP train PKCDV-23.
This is a portion of the "Big Boy Coast-to-Coast Tour" celebrating America's 250th Anniversary. Earlier this year, the 4014 made a trip on the western portion of the system as far west as Sacremento, CA, and beginning in late May, it began the eastern leg of trip, running on the NS east of Chicago and celebrating Indpendence Day at Philidelphia. On top of the many displays and whistle stops out east, highlights of this ambitious and historic trip include a stop at Steamtown National Historic Site for photo ops with Big Boy 4012 and excursions on the Reading Blue Mountain Railroad, running side-by-side with the Reading T-1 Class 4-8-4 No. 2102. 7/23/26.



















