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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4012 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69583Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:8/1941
Notes:Schenectady 08/1941, retired 02/62, donated 08/64 to Steamtown
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
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Big Boy Move (43)
Title:  Big Boy Move (43)
Description:  The special would spend the night at East Deerfield and resume it's westward journey the next day.
Photo Date:  11/13/1984  Upload Date: 2/28/2006 3:37:00 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1081   Comments: 0
Big Boy Move (44)
Title:  Big Boy Move (44)
Description:  From E. Dfld., the train would proceed to Mechanicville, NY., then over the D&H to Binghamton, then down the old DL&W to Scranton. While traversing the Lackawanna, they would pause on Tunkhannock Viaduct in Nicholson, PA. for photos.
Photo Date:  11/13/1984  Upload Date: 2/28/2006 3:37:56 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 360(GP39-2) UP 4012(4-8-8-4) BM 364(GP39-2)
Views:  2691   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  The guy who is standing in front of Big Boy is Paul Morris, the person who gave me this picture to scan and post on the net.
Photo Date:  6/11/1990  Upload Date: 7/28/2005 4:27:17 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Matthew Sebastionelli
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1458   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  Another view of Big Boy.
Photo Date:  6/11/1990  Upload Date: 7/28/2005 4:30:17 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Matthew Sebastionelli
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  A close up at the bearings and drivers on Big Boy.
Photo Date:  6/11/1990  Upload Date: 7/28/2005 4:31:21 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Matthew Sebastionelli
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1465   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  UP 4012 sits behind the former DLW station in Scranton, now a hotel. It has since been moved to the boarding area for visitors to Steamtown.
Photo Date:  10/20/1990  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 3:32:10 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1002   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  Sitting cold at Steamtown.
Photo Date:  10/1/1994  Upload Date: 4/20/2005 6:57:42 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Dennis Andariese
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1723   Comments: 0
MILW 261
Title:  MILW 261
Description:  261 passes by the Big Boy
Photo Date:  7/2/1995  Upload Date: 4/25/2009 12:15:50 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1143   Comments: 4
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  8/1/1995  Upload Date: 1/31/2019 6:44:25 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  On display at Steamtown
Photo Date:  7/23/1996  Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:52:48 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Doug Little
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  883   Comments: 0
UP 4-8-8-4 #4012 - Union Pacific
Title:  UP 4-8-8-4 #4012 - Union Pacific
Description:  Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4012 has the distinct honor of being the largest steam locomotive east of the Mississippi River in the US. It was built by Alco-Schenectady in November of 1941 and is on permanent display at Steamtown USA in Scranton. Jim Lockart slide
Photo Date:  6/1/1997  Upload Date: 5/21/2022 3:48:16 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/1997  Upload Date: 11/16/2017 9:23:17 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
My boys meet UP X4012
Title:  My boys meet UP X4012
Description:  My sons and I meet UP X4012 at Steamtown in the fall of 1997. Colin is a bit touchy with the noise, possibly from CN #3254.
Photo Date:  9/1/1997  Upload Date: 3/18/2018 6:48:29 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
Birthday girl
Title:  Birthday girl
Description:  My wife(she wasnt yet in this photo) was adventurous, so when I suggested we take a ride behind a steam engine, she was all for it. She posed with one of the drivers on UP 4012 here, four days after her birthday, showing how big they are. She had a good time that day, and would do it again.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:39:52 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
A view of the whole yard
Title:  A view of the whole yard
Description:  This is a view of the joint delaware-Lackawanna / Steamtown facility at Scranton. From right to left-- UP 4-8-8-4 4012, DL Alco S6 1044, a string of coaches, CN 3377, more coaches, a string of old NYC subway cars, CNYX FP7 97A, and Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern C425 805.
Photo Date:  7/31/2003  Upload Date: 7/27/2005 1:10:44 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Matt Florack
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4) DL 1044(S6) CNYX 97A(FP7A) MHWA 805(C425) CN 3377(2-8-2)
Views:  2452   Comments: 2
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  25,000 gallons!
Photo Date:  7/31/2003  Upload Date: 7/28/2005 2:14:01 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Matt Florack
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  689   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  It's huge!
Photo Date:  7/31/2003  Upload Date: 7/27/2005 1:08:29 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Matt Florack
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  908   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  UP 4012 on display at Steamtown. Not sure of the exact date.
Photo Date:  8/10/2004  Upload Date: 1/12/2005 6:42:37 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Northeast RFan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1068   Comments: 1
UP 4012 in collection at Steamtown 9/24/04
Title:  UP 4012 in collection at Steamtown 9/24/04
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/2004  Upload Date: 12/29/2005 5:35:37 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Terry Terrance
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  1126   Comments: 0
Big Boy 4012
Title:  Big Boy 4012
Description:  she looks bad. .
Photo Date:  7/2/2005  Upload Date: 7/2/2005 8:08:58 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Paul Strubeck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  897   Comments: 1
BULLARD 2 infront UP 4012
Title:  BULLARD 2 infront UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2005  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 8:19:17 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  BULLARD 2(0-4-0T) UP 4012(4-8-8-4) CN 47(4-6-4)
Views:  811   Comments: 0
CN 47
Title:  CN 47
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2005  Upload Date: 1/23/2014 1:35:34 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  BULLARD 2(0-4-0T) UP 4012(4-8-8-4) CN 47(4-6-4)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
UP 4012 on Display
Title:  UP 4012 on Display
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2005  Upload Date: 12/12/2013 12:22:04 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4) CN 47(4-6-4)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
UP 4012 Tender
Title:  UP 4012 Tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2005  Upload Date: 3/17/2019 7:41:54 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  75   Comments: 2
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/22/2005  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 11:55:16 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  T.J. Mahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  669   Comments: 0
The Big Boy
Title:  The Big Boy
Description:  Steamtown's largest locomotive, UP 4012, sits on display at the Steamtown yard.
Photo Date:  7/8/2006  Upload Date: 5/16/2008 10:51:48 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
Big Boy #4012
Title:  Big Boy #4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/2006  Upload Date: 4/4/2007 12:16:53 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Dan Morgan
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
UP #4012
Title:  UP #4012
Description:  I shot this after we took our group photo on it.
Photo Date:  7/12/2006  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 12:19:29 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Dan Morgan
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Rail Campers
Title:  Rail Campers
Description:  Railcampers 2006 on the Union Pacific Big Boy. Im'e on the far left, photo taken by councler.
Photo Date:  7/12/2006  Upload Date: 2/4/2007 8:58:29 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Dan Morgan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  702   Comments: 1
UP 4012 - Bigboy 4-8-8-4
Title:  UP 4012 - Bigboy 4-8-8-4
Description:  Sitting next to the parking lot at Steamtown, Scranton, Pa
Photo Date:  8/12/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 6:50:40 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Rule, Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/17/2006  Upload Date: 8/17/2006 11:17:51 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  399   Comments: 1
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 11/8/2016 2:51:13 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Big Boy
Title:  Big Boy
Description:  I wish this one was still alive.
Photo Date:  8/20/2006  Upload Date: 8/20/2006 11:07:02 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Stephen DiSalvo
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
Steamtown National Historic Site
Title:  Steamtown National Historic Site
Description:  The Big Boy
Photo Date:  10/31/2006  Upload Date: 11/1/2006 9:16:01 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  515   Comments: 0
Steamtown National Historic Site
Title:  Steamtown National Historic Site
Description:  The tender of the Big Boy.
Photo Date:  10/31/2006  Upload Date: 11/1/2006 9:19:26 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  656   Comments: 0
Steamtown National Historic Site
Title:  Steamtown National Historic Site
Description:  Cab section of the Big Boy.
Photo Date:  10/31/2006  Upload Date: 11/1/2006 9:25:07 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
Steamtown National Historic Site
Title:  Steamtown National Historic Site
Description:  The Big Boy
Photo Date:  10/31/2006  Upload Date: 11/1/2006 9:43:45 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Steamtown National Historic Site
Title:  Steamtown National Historic Site
Description:  The Big Boy
Photo Date:  10/31/2006  Upload Date: 11/1/2006 9:47:02 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  669   Comments: 1
UP Big Boy 4012
Title:  UP Big Boy 4012
Description:  Not to be confused with the SD70M....
Photo Date:  4/24/2007  Upload Date: 5/2/2007 9:49:26 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Kevin Andrusia
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
UP Big
Title:  UP Big
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2007  Upload Date: 5/13/2007 6:50:11 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  James cataquet
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2007  Upload Date: 5/13/2007 7:06:08 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  James cataquet
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2007  Upload Date: 7/9/2007 8:34:00 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/6/2007  Upload Date: 7/9/2007 8:56:45 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  UP Big Boy 4012 and CN 47 sit on display at Steamtown.
Photo Date:  7/8/2007  Upload Date: 4/2/2008 5:46:22 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4) CN 47(4-6-4)
Views:  842   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2007  Upload Date: 4/10/2008 9:15:24 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Gregg Pullano
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Four generations of power
Title:  Four generations of power
Description:  Amtrak P42 157, DL RS32 211, Up big boy 4012, and a much smaller steam engine meet at Steamtown.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 8/10/2007 8:24:15 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(P42DC) UP 4012(4-8-8-4) DL 211(RS32)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/29/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2018 8:31:03 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Alex Berisha
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
Big Boy
Title:  Big Boy
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/29/2007  Upload Date: 8/2/2007 6:15:05 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Ron Tilley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
UP 4012
Title:  UP 4012
Description:  UP Big Boy 4012 basks in the late afternoon sun in Scranton, PA.
Photo Date:  8/25/2007  Upload Date: 8/25/2007 10:48:42 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Darryl Rule
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
CN 3254 & UP 4012
Title:  CN 3254 & UP 4012
Description:  A Mikado and a Big Boy represent the Steam Age here as CN 3254 makes its way to the roundhouse.
Photo Date:  8/25/2007  Upload Date: 9/25/2007 12:05:10 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2) UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  524   Comments: 0


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