{"id":219059,"date":"2026-06-14T16:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219059\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:47:40","slug":"photo-gallery-readers-share-images-of-union-pacifics-big-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219059\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo gallery: Readers share images of Union Pacific’s Big Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northeast Pennsylvania has been captivated by the arrival of the Big Boy.<\/p>\n

Thousands of enthusiasts lined the tracks on Saturday to witness Union Pacific\u2019s No. 4014\u2014the largest operational steam locomotive in the world\u2014as it made its way through the region.<\/p>\n

For those who missed its journey, the engine will be on public display at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton from June 15-30. Tickets are required<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We asked our readers to share their images of the Big Boy on our local tracks. The gallery below includes those photos as well as some photos from our staff photographers.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/p>\n

Big Boy 4014 coming through the historic Solomon Gap in Mountain Top with the Wyoming Valley in the background on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of David Morris of Coal City Aerial\n<\/p>\n

\"Union<\/p>\n

Union Pacific’s Big Boy over Keyser Avenue in Scranton on June 13, 2026. (Courtesty of Joe Ruddy, Scranton)<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy at the Oak Street grade crossing in Pittston. Courtesy of Bob Larson, Lake Hopatcong, New Jesey.\n<\/p>\n

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The final railcar of the Big Boy 4014 train was the Marco Polo luxury railcar, right, that served as the personal presidential train car for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Residents<\/p>\n

Residents line up to await the arrival of the Big Boy 4014 locomotive in Fairview Twp. between Route 309 and Route 437 on Saturday, June 13, 2026. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy near Railroad and Phoenix steets in Duryea. Courtesy of Michele Basile of Duryea.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Scott Twp. on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of William Carr, Owego, New York.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Scott Twp. on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of William Carr, Owego, New York.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Scott Twp. on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of William Carr, Owego, New York.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy rear of the Parodi Apartments on North Main Avenue on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Virginia Goodrich of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

\"Union<\/p>\n

Union Pacific\u2019s Big Boy 4014 runs parallel to passenger cars pulled by Reading and Northern\u2019s 2012 locomotive behing a housing development on Whispering Way in Jenkins Twp. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Tripps Park in West Scranton on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Karen Tunis.\n<\/p>\n

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Big Boy 4014 passes by spectators in Fairview Twp. between Route 309 and Route 437 on Saturday, June 13, 2026. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Pittston on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Christina and Harry Stevens of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Pittston on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Christina and Harry Stevens of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

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The final railcar of the Big Boy 4014 train was the Marco Polo luxury railcar, right, that served as the personal presidential train car for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The massive wheels of Big Boy 4014. (Bob Kalinowski \/ staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The massive wheels of Big Boy 4014. (Bob Kalinowski \/ staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Reading<\/p>\n

Reading and Northern\u2019s 2012 locomotive was slightly ahead of Big Boy 4014 while passing behind a housing development on Whispering Way in Jenkins Twp. on Saturday, June 13, 2026. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Big Boy rolls through Duryea. Courtesy of Richard Dunn of Pringle.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy rolls through Duryea on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Richard Dunn of Pringle.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Pittston on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Christina and Harry Stevens of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Pittston on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Christina and Harry Stevens of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

\"Railfans<\/p>\n

Railfans await arrival of Big Boy in Jenkins Twp. behind a housing development on Whispering Way on Saturday, June 13, 2026. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

People placed coins on the train tracks for Big Boy to flatten in Jenkins Twp. behind a housing development on Whispering Way. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Big Boy courtesey of Joe Nealon.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy courtesy of Michael Swank of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy crosses the Nicholson Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Luz Cabrales of Scranton Films.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy crosses the Nicholason Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Luz Cabrales of Scranton Films.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy crosses the Nicholson Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Luz Cabrales of Scranton Films.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Clarks Summit on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Maia Loiacono of South Abington Twp.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy courtesy of Michael Swank of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy courtesy of Michael Swank of Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

\"Karel<\/p>\n

Karel Zubris on Saturday, June 13, 2026.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy approaches on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Karel Zubris.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy crosses the Nicholson Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Karin Moyer, Cressona.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy crosses the Nicholson Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Kyle R. Francis, Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy crosses the Nicholson Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Kyle R. Francis, Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy crosses the Nicholson Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Luz Cabrales of Scranton Films.\n<\/p>\n

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Big Boy crosses the Nicholson Viaduct on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of John Kear, Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A black & white image of Big Boy crossing the Nicholson Viaduct courtesy of John Kear, Scranton.\n<\/p>\n

\"Jen<\/p>\n

Jen Leptuck of Pittston photographed this image of Big Boy 4014 & Reading 2102 in Pittston Twp. on Saturday, June 13, 2026.\n<\/p>\n

\"Heather<\/p>\n

Heather Hedrick, Keegan and Cayleigh of Susquehanna watch the Big Boy pass in New Milfrod on Saturday, June 13, 2026.\n<\/p>\n

\"Heather<\/p>\n

Heather Hedrick, Keegan and Cayleigh of Susquehanna watch the Big Boy pass in New Milfrod on Saturday, June 13, 2026.\n<\/p>\n

\"Heather<\/p>\n

Heather Hedrick, Keegan and Cayleigh of Susquehanna watch the Big Boy pass in New Milfrod on Saturday, June 13, 2026.\n<\/p>\n

\"Jaby<\/p>\n

Jaby Wenhardt of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey came to NEPA to photograph the Big Boy locomotive.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Dupont on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Christopher Ritzco of Pittston.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy in Dupont on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of Christopher Ritzco of Pittston.\n<\/p>\n

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The Big Boy 4014 locomotive approaches a group of spectators in Fairview Twp. between Route 309 and Route 437 on Saturday, June 13, 2026. (Bob Kalinowski \/ Staff Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Big Boy 4014 coming through the historic Solomon Gap in Mountain Top with the Wyoming Valley in the background on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Courtesy of David Morris of Coal City Aerial\n<\/p>\n

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There is still time to share your photos.\u00a0Email your photos to citydesk@citizensvoice.com. Please include your name, hometown and location of the photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northeast Pennsylvania has been captivated by the arrival of the Big Boy. Thousands of enthusiasts lined the tracks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,803,139,28,178,180,179,181,2155],"class_list":["post-219059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}