NORTH EAST — White steam vanished. Black smoke cleared. The chugga-chugg of the locomotive disappeared. A few minutes later, a little boy, wearing a Big Boy hat and a Big Boy shirt, began to sing the ...

For seven years, the thought of once again hearing the whistle blow on Engine 576 has motivated the volunteers working to restore it. On July 15, they heard it for the first time — to a great ovation.

The Union Pacific No. 4014 "Big Boy" locomotive passed through North East, Pennsylvania, on its East Coast tour. Thousands of spectators gathered to see the world's largest steam locomotive, which is ...