4014 Bigboy

[beast556]

Any one else go see the bigboy's leave Cheyenne today? I'm in no way shape or form a train guy but it was awesome to see that old steam engine up and running. If any one can post the video I took that would be great.

[Irving]

I got you fam.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBfjjrSxG1U

[Wulf202]

I can see it from my place every year. Its whistle is quite different from the normal train. All the intersections have a few people videoing it

[Bailey Guns]

That's pretty cool.

[beast556]

Thank you Irving for posting the video.

[fairrpe86]

Was quite the spectacle to see. Caught it under way in Tie Siding.

[Sawin]

It’s amazing. Cool to see.

[BPTactical]

American iron at its finest, built for 1 purpose- winning a war.
Isn't it over a million pounds?

[StagLefty]

American iron at its finest, built for 1 purpose- winning a war.
Isn't it over a million pounds?

Closer to 500 tons jeez !!!

[BlasterBob]

After retiring from the Santa Fe RR (25 years ago) with 34 years of service, it still produces a lump in my throat hearing the whistles or horns of both freight and passenger trains. Thanks for posting that great video.

[Aloha_Shooter]

American iron at its finest, built for 1 purpose- winning a war.
Isn't it over a million pounds?


Closer to 500 tons jeez !!!

Ummm ... 500 tons x 2000 pounds/ton = 1,000,000 ... which is what Burt was saying.

[JohnnyDrama]

That's really cool. Thanks for posting the video.

[BPTactical]

Ummm ... 500 tons x 2000 pounds/ton = 1,000,000 ... which is what Burt was saying.

I think he knows that, he had just finished his catnip so.......

[BladesNBarrels]

Ummm ... 500 tons x 2000 pounds/ton = 1,000,000 ... which is what Burt was saying.

The RailGiants Train Museum says you're 20% low

Union Pacific No. 4014 is a Big Boy class steam locomotive having a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement.
They are the heaviest single expansion steam locomotive ever built, weighing about 1,200,000 pounds. Big Boy locomotives are hinged (or articulated) because of its great length.

[wctriumph]

I love steam locomotives, steam power anything really. I am old enough to have seen steam locomotives still in service as the transition was being made to diesel power. When I was a small child I saw a steam shovel and a steam powered bulldozer demolish a large two story farmhouse in Culver City. They were monsters and made an incredible noise. They had two tenders there with water and coal to keep them running while they worked.

These big engines sound alive. I hope that UP will keep these monsters alive forever!

[fairrpe86]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e--U1t8zfnE

[Irving]

How come no one cares about the second engine?

[BladesNBarrels]

How come no one cares about the second engine?

Or the 3rd?

[beast556]

How come no one cares about the second engine?

From what I gathered the other one has been up and touring for a few years. The 4014 is a bigboy and the largest engine in the world and last ran in 1959. The videos dont do it justice it was definently awesome to see in person.

[Ah Pook]

Seen two Big Boys. Guess I have to work for the other six. Followed the early resto of 4014 but lost the follow up. Looks like a project to catch up.

http://trn.trains.com/railroads/railroad-history/2018/02/where-to-find-famous-locomotives

[wctriumph]

I was coming back from Salt Lake City and came down 287 from Laramie and there was a Challenger sitting out on the tracks, not moving, smoke flowing up into the sky. I pulled over on the shoulder and watched from a distance and after about an hour it was just sitting there. I found a road and drove down to the train and it was broken! One of the big solid bearings/ bushings on the main Rod had seized up because the machine shop had machined it just a little oversized. They were trying to pull it out and were waiting for a new one to be brought out from Cheyenne. They finally got it pulled and the new one installed and got the engine going again. It took quite a while but I was fully entertained talking to the engineer and the brakeman. They let me up into the cab and man, if could, I would change careers so I could drive that sucker. They use it to take train rides from Denver to Cheyenne for the Cheyenne Days. Not as large as the Big Boy but just as cool for me.

[BladesNBarrels]

Did the Cheyenne Frontier Days trip in 2013, after entering the drawing for 3 years.
It is worth doing at least once - lots of food, parade in Cheyenne, BBQ, and rodeo performance.
They were using Old 844 and every intersection had people taking photo's and waving, lots of American Flags.
And, it was a great weather day.
Half way, they took a break and took on water.

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