Really appreciate the closeups of the manufacturers! The rear leaf springs on the loco. were made in Salem Oregon! Our states capitol. Small world that a part on such a huge engine was made in our home state.
Hello from the UK. I spent a lot of our lockdown watching railway videos and quite a few from the US. I also saw the Big Boy being rescued from its static display as well as many of the videos of it on its initial tour. It is an incredible magnificent piece of engineering and all credit to UP for restoring it. Your video, especially the last sequence really helps someone like me who has never seen it for real, to appreciate the sheer size and scale of this great beast!
@@DFWTrains If memory serves me fairly well, 4014 was at the Pomona fairgrounds in So Cal forever. I remember as a kid (13, 1968) seeing it sitting there with lots of other loco's and rolling stock when my family visited the states from the UK. And now it's back on the rails. What a head rush.
I live 5 miles nortg of abilene ks and man it was sooo cool hearing that whistle from my house! Id much rather hear that every day than the modern train horns..🙄 I jumped in my pickup and chased ith through Solomon to salina where they parked it for the night. Got some good pictures and flew my drone over it. I need to post the footage.. Man it sure was a site seeing that thing going through my area.. felt like i was back it time, so cool seeing those big silver arms on the wheels cranking her down the tracks😎
@@lovetofly32 I really understand this. A few years ago the Flying Scotsman ran close to my house. I got some good photos of it! We also have a preserved steam railway only about eight miles away. I love steam!!!
We are from Indianapolis, next door to Illinois to our west then the mighty Mississippi river. We traveled to St Louis and stayed the night there to catch 4014. That was a total bucket check!! My son who is a train geek got me into this mess, but he tells me I discovered 4014. The next item related to Big Boy is a trip with this beautiful beast.
Awesome! I like how you got the signal changing just after 19:00. My favorite scene is the one from the roof of the parking garage. I like how you labelled each location.
Shucks! I didn't know he was back in my old stompin' grounds. Fortunately I got to see Big Boy entering Hearne a couple of years ago. With respect to your coverage, I was a brakeman on that portion of the line from Hearne to Houston [Houston & Texas Central [[SP}}. With the exception of Kyle Field, most of the other buildings were not there back in the day [1967-1972]. The stretch of US 290 [Hempstead Highway] after leaving Hempstead was nothing more than rice fields after leaving Waller. Course forty years or so does change things. Thanks for the video and a ride down what used to be the Southern Pacific Hearne sub.
Just think of those folks just driving with no idea what was happening. Then the railroad crossing gates drop down in front of them and a huge black steam engine passes by in front of them. Imagine their surprise.
I always enjoy seeing footage of big boy 4014 in operation, it's a true thrill to see such a large steam locomotive be restored/ rebuilt and be placed back in service again. I am glad that I was able to see a UP rr "big boy" type locomotive return to operation within my lifetime.
Thank you so much for the video I love the4014 locomotive it is one of my favorites I should say is my favorite I have been tracking it for the last couple years with this epidemic I'm afraid to go anywhere thank you so much for the video that is a nice little Museum they have in the car's thank you so much and God bless be safe🙏👍
see the joy on the face of on lookers, never ever scrap these machines since millions are watching and enjoying ,gives compose to many many of them. Good luck. And pl keep it up.
Great chase and up-close of the locomotive at the end. Wanted to be there this year, and this was actually the stop we were going to check out. Thanks for the detailed views. Gotta be nuts power washing all that debris under the locomotive after the trips. I thought doing so on my pickup sucked 🤣 edit: i see @JawTooth was here. Legend!!
I wonder if the 4014 will ever make to the east coast namely Albany,NY? The last steam engine that was in Albany was in 1976 in celebration of 1776-200 year anniversary. I have seen 4014's sister engine up in Steam Town at Scranton, PA. It's not operational but it's all there!
The bridges and tunnels in the east won't support the size and weight of the Big Boy. When they were first manufactured and shipped, they had to be moved cold (no water, no fuel or any other additional weight) by other motive power over a special route to get to U.P. property where they were loaded and fired up.
@@anotherview9604 I agree with all you have said. They were manufactured in Schenectady, NY by ALCO. I live near Albany, NY and had been over near the plant that stood idle many years before I was there in about 1974. Most of the buildings were gone except for one very long building where I think most of their engines were assembled. Now it's all gone and in it's place is a gambling casino. NYS does not produce any heavy industry that I know of? Yes there are many large industries in the state but nothing with heavy iron.
Something I don’t get is why big boy doesn’t have any chuffing sounds like the standard and streamlined locomotives. Did the articulated engines not really display that kind of sound back in the steam era?
@@slycat1939 My wife and I rode the double header (4014 and 844) on May 12, 2019 from Ogden, UT to Evanston, WY when the train was returning to Cheyenne after the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike celebration in Ogden, UT. Dome seats were $5000 each and coach seats were $3000 each. The dome seats sold out in just over an hour so we settled for coach seats. Later that year when Big Boy toured the south west they had an excursion in Southern California. I don't remember but I think coach seats were around $750. I don't know what dome seats went for. I also don't know what the cost was for the New Orleans excursion.
My Cousin goes to Texas A&M and was getting ready to go to class after arriving on campus and watched this magnificent steam train pass by before going to class recorded the whole thing and sent me a video I was so jealous and he hasn't stopped talking about it since. Also this is going to show my lack of train knowledge but what are the cars the big boy is towing between the tender and diesel loco are those like fuel tanks or extra coal also what's the point of the diesel train being there is it actually the one pulling the cars or is it just at idle providing power for the cars
Wouldn't want to be the newbies on the crew who have to was the engine down when it gets back to Cheyenne, it throws grease like it's going out of style. Man that would be a full weeks work cleaning the Big Boy up for the next trip.
Why is Cedar Creek showing up between Navasota and Hempstead? It's way over by Austin, no railway either and not really even a town to speak of. Must be another Cedar Creek somewhere between Navasota and Hempstead but it isn't on my Google maps.
Listen to the diesel. That is doing most of the work. The engine is NOT chuffing. It is more or less just coasting. See the steam coming from the cylinders, they are blowing condensate out because there is not enough hot steam running to prevent consensation in the main steam lines. WHY AREN'T tTHEY MAKING THAT ENGINE WORK??? WHY IS IT JUST COASTING WITH MINIMAL THROTTLE?
It doesn't take much horsepower to keep a lightweight train like that rolling on flat ground. 4014 has plenty of reserve power pulling that tiny train. That monster was built to tow big trains up Sherman Hill.
@@A_Bit_of_Thought Better thought - It takes 1 HP to move 33,000 pounds 1 foot in 1 minute. Big Boy weight 1.200.000 pounts. So, without any consideration of grade, friction or efficiency it requires 36 HP to move the engine alone. . But that is not the point here. The point is that bioler pressure in that rolling teapot is 300 Lbs/Sq In. When even half that pressure is emitted from the cylinders there is a loud CHUFF. So, smart guy, we are talking about the sound SOUND of ESCAPING STEAM - not how many HP it takes to move the ENGINE. Can you understand that point. The Engine is NOT chuffing. Did you get that statement. Therefore there in MINIMAL steam pressure being let into the cylinders. Therefor, considering condensation - which is why the cylinder drain cocks are almost constantly OPEN - indicated by steam vapor pouring from the bottom of the cylinders. Ed SAID that the diesel is "Helping" to conserve water. Next question - Have you ever heard a locolmtive start up without chuffing? NO - That is one of the thrills of watching the mechanics of a steamer. At every quarter turn of a driver there is a Chuff - as expanded steam is released through the slide valves an up the injector nozzle in the smoke box. This is accomplanied by a puff of smoke, regardless of how dense the soot is. Stop talking about HPO and start thinking about the noise of escaping steam. THE ENGINE IS NOT BEING RUN ON FULL PRESSURE> FACT - like it or not. FACT!!!!
@@organbuilder272 Check your math. When you are talking about the amount of power to move something, which direction are you talking about moving the object? In a horizontal direction, once your object starts moving, the only energy needed is to compensate for friction losses or to change the speed the object is moving.
Robert, I followed the UP 4014 for a few days. There were a few grade ascents. Sometimes you could hear the locomotive stack talk, other times not. They do work the Big Boy at times. Additionally, if you walk beside as it begins to roll, you can see the wheel slip and hear a chuff, so it is doing work. How much? Ask UP.
4015 is along for safety, dynamic braking, and compressed air for the consist. Legal operations on Class 1 track requires this for 4014. There are very few locations on the mainline routes now that can supply water, etc in the amounts necessary to keep the pot boiling. When BB runs low on water, it goes neutral to conserve energy and the diesel does the work until a suitable resupply can be located. Otherwise, if all is in order, 4014 is generating all the traction power according to UP. A modern PCS unit is also installed in the cab.
Boa Noite! O nosso Brasil necessita de colocar trens para todos Estados, assim! Iremos crescer assustador e ficaremos acima da média brigando entre as grandes potências. Abraços
