Welcome to the Trainscapes segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Trainscapes will feature train content including videos of trains and behind the scenes action of trains and locomotives. Some people have an interest in seeing trains, and we here at Geek Alabama aim to please the train lovers!

In a very rare scenario the 4014 Big Boy climbed up Echo Canyon and the Wasatch grade without a diesel assist on April 20, 2026 during the Coast to Coast tour. Not that this short train was any kind of a workout for the Big Boy but still very rare non the less.

The rest of the passenger train with UP1616 ran back to Council Bluffs on its own the same day. This short clip will be part of a longer production.

Trainscapes: Special Executive Union Pacific Train | Pengra Pass & High Joso Trestle Trainscapes: Big Boy 4014 The Westward Tour: 1000 Miles – All 5 States Trainscapes: Spokane’s Latah High Bridge & Marshall Canyon Trains