Union Pacific Big Boy is ready to roll after resto.
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Six year restoration for the biggest loco of all....amazing thing, Would love to see it on the move:
https://jalopnik.com/people-are-very-excited-about...
https://jalopnik.com/people-are-very-excited-about...
RDMcG said:
Six year restoration for the biggest loco of all....amazing thing, Would love to see it on the move:
https://jalopnik.com/people-are-very-excited-about...
If that's true then it is very good news. I was starting to think there were problems as some changes were made last week to the itinerary for 4-8-8-4 no.844 which was originally intended to move from Cheyenne to Ogden, Utah, this week, This was changed to the two engines going together leaving tomorrow - it was starting to look like UP might have to tow 4014 to Ogden...https://jalopnik.com/people-are-very-excited-about...
I've been keeping an unhealthy interest in this because I'll be going over to Ogden to see for myself. Leaving LHR on Tuesday
Hornby/Rivarossi are releasing a modle of it. https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/... Even at 1:76 its 475mm long.
I'm sure I read the cost was estimated to be around the $14m mark, I don't know what the UP annual advertising budget is but the free publicity they've had from this must be enormous. I remember watching a clip of 4014 being dragged back to Cheyanne at the start, the crowds turning out were huge and thats without a wiff of steam in sight.
The move from Cheyenne has begun. A video posted an hour or so ago shows 4014 and 844 presumably at Cheyenne.
Towing a diesel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cofv2msLz-0
Towing a diesel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cofv2msLz-0
silverfoxcc said:
tr7v8 said:
Isn't that a fantastic place. The stuff he has i there!!More pics in the middle of this. https://pbase.com/tr7v8/denver_2017&page=all
On their way from Cheyenne to Ogden
Point of Rocks earlier today (or yesterday!)
The engines are scheduled to be given a Rest Day tomorrow at Evanston, and do the remaining three or so hours to Ogden on Wednesday morning,
I should at least be in the right country to see them by then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXRHk8Hq-Y
Point of Rocks earlier today (or yesterday!)
The engines are scheduled to be given a Rest Day tomorrow at Evanston, and do the remaining three or so hours to Ogden on Wednesday morning,
I should at least be in the right country to see them by then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXRHk8Hq-Y
Congratulations to UP for making this happen. I've been following progress since they announced their intent, and started surveying the existing machines to select an example for restoration.
I visited the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay a few years ago where 4017 lives. I was blown away by the scale of these locomotives. I mean, I knew they were big, but nothing prepares you for the enormity of it. The cab/footplate space is as big as my kitchen!!
I'm tempted to go over and see 4014 in steam at some point.
I visited the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay a few years ago where 4017 lives. I was blown away by the scale of these locomotives. I mean, I knew they were big, but nothing prepares you for the enormity of it. The cab/footplate space is as big as my kitchen!!
I'm tempted to go over and see 4014 in steam at some point.
Well I got here
Ogden this morning (Thursday 9th May):
Ogden UTA station with many men of a "certain age" and their womenfolk in many cases
844 waiting for the star of the show:
|https://thumbsnap.com/9W6sE7E3[/url]
4014 arriving after being stabled half a mile away out of sight of the crowds
4014 and 844 meet as the gathered throng watches:
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Ogden this morning (Thursday 9th May):
Ogden UTA station with many men of a "certain age" and their womenfolk in many cases
844 waiting for the star of the show:
|https://thumbsnap.com/9W6sE7E3[/url]4014 arriving after being stabled half a mile away out of sight of the crowds
4014 and 844 meet as the gathered throng watches:
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