Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 traveling without diesel assistance. The videos shows 4014 in Rawlins, WY before heading eastbound. The first run by is just outside of Rawlins. The next is near Creston, WY.
Pretty awesome. As an "Original Transcon RR" enthusiast, this area reminds one of a photo A.J. Russell took in 1868, approx., showing Dan Casement, Cornelius Bushnell, his daughter, etc., while UP was being built. Russell's photos can be found on OMCA site, are quite remarkable, upon navigating past their intro page. Another rephotography opportunity is at Green River, where A.J. exposed several wet plates of Jack Casement and his guys building the permanent bridge there. THAT photo was published in Frank Leslie's magazine, revealing Russell's rise as one of the first "Photo-journalists" of his day....quite remarkable, given those times of Manifest Destiny, and limits of the technology of the era. Thanks for the video. Subscribed.😇
The algorithm is weird. This is only the second new Big Boy video I've seen since that incident in which it helped a stalled freight train last year (the first one, just moments before clicking on this one, I couldn't comment on due to that pesky Made for Kids label). Now my itch has been scratched.