man I remember watching this 10 Years ago when I was 5 and still into thomas. Now I'm taking my first steps into serious model railroading. Finally remembered the title of this amazing documentary.
This is my favorite classic railroad film of all time, along with Norfolk and Western 611 "Going Home." I'm glad UP has chosen to restore 4014, I hope they get many good excursions out of it.
Thanks so very much for this documentary, the Big Boy engine as with all steam locos was a living breathing mass of metal that has a beauty all of its own, fabulous machine and thankfully was saved and restored. To work on one of these each day must have been hard work at times but wonderful to look back on.
When I was a kid, my parents took me to Steam Town because I begged them for years. When we went to the gift shop, they bought me a DVD containing historical railroad movies. This happened to be one of them, and it was my favorite in the entire disk. I must've seen it over a thousand times. I think we gave the disk away at a thrift store, but I have many fond memories of watching all of those old train movies as a kid.
I had this as a VHS when I was a kid, and dreamed of the moment in the beginning where a young kid sees one rolling by. It's so awesome to watch now, 30 years later, and see they only got the "happy memory" part wrong, with 4014 now operable.
I grew up from the mid-40’s -1060. In the 50’s I rode steam train almost everywhere. In 1949 me, my brother and mom road a steam train from Denmark,SC to SF, Ca on our way by ship to Guam. I just wish young people could ride steam trains like I had, it was a great time.
if you rode from denmark that must mean you must have rode on the southern part of the way. it must have been nice. seeing as i live in columbia and back when i rode my bike around id still see alot of their bridges and such i always wondered what it was like to ride the southern back then. you ride a named train?
God that whistle... I think that 3 chime whistle is my favorite whistle to ever get put on a locomotive. It is both haunting and powerful. (Fixed whistle-type error)
@@ethancederberg718 Np yeah the 4000s wore Hancock Longbell 3-chimes. But each had a different tone character as 4014 still wears it's original Hancock 3 to this day.
Haven't seen this one before. Magnificent machine and superb production. Thanks to all who contributed to this production. And special thanks to those who made the biggest steam engine ever come back to life. Marty Jasper
+Robert Brunner I saw 4004 in in the second week of march for spring break im thinking next year me and my dad should go back to the steam shops and check the progress of 4014 if anyone has question ask im start about trains!!!
up4014 steam train fan What ever happened to UP 4013? I saw him in this video. Will 4014 really be ready for the sesquicentennial of the golden spike in 2019?
Got to see the bigboy 4014 the other day. Stopped right near my home on a frontage road. Got to take plenty of videos and photos of it! Truly amazing to see!
Finally a Big Boy documentary showing what these engines were built for (around 19 minutes in) , hauling (racing) armaments like tanks, and munitions to the coasts. mb
1:16 "For by 1960 the age of steam had virtually ended, and the thrill of seeing a mammoth engine at work was to be only a happy memory of childhood." *Not anymore.*
Too bad the people that worked on this video never got to see the 4014 return to operation, since they died long before Ed Dickens was even in charge of the steam operations.
If #5511 at 5:18 looks like its smoke isn't being lifted very high, that's because it's not actually steaming. That locomotive was out of service by the time the movie was made, but to make it appear operational, the railroad set some tires on fire in its smokebox and pushed its train from behind with a diesel locomotive. The visibly weak puffs come from the valve gear being moved by the rotating driving wheels. You'll also note the lack of steam coming out of other places on the locomotive--compare it to the film segments just before.
well yea but US Steam locomotives barely visit Europe and when they get there, they have to remove the bells and cowcatchers since Europe does not use bells and cowcatchers on their trains. And they also got to change their couplings from the knuckle couplings to the chain and buffer couplings.
14:11 Narrator: With Big Boy's Size, Two Stacks were needed, Hoods to deflect the smoke confirm it a clear view from the cab often were used by the Engineer. Me: Speaking of the hoods, I've got good news for the Big Boy fans, As of July of 2021 before the Break-in Run to Denver, CO. 4014 has it's Stack Hoods Back!
2:21-2:41 13:09-13:19 20:18-20:21 and 20:26-20:29 I believe the drive wheels (while they paced the Big Boy filming a closer shot of the wheels) belongs to 4014, I know it's impossible because we haven't seen 4014's number appearing in the Documentary, but I figured out from Pentrex's Last of the Giants Volume 3 (on "Big Boy Combo Part 2"), the scene they made a pacing scene of 4014 on the motorized vehicle, I saw a missing cylinder cap in lower cylinder, and a dirty white soot on 4014's third (tire) and forth wheels in the front engine unit!
The ending is sad, as the whistle is heard one last time. This is the only movie made by Pentrex that has the word THE END rather than the copyright screen.
Only thought this would be fitting to say. I got to see big boy X4014 just outside New Orleans 2 days ago. Something I thought id never get to experience it was an overwhelming moment that I won't soon forget.
I was standing about ten feet from 4014 when the whistle was blown. It was something you not only hear, but feel to the core of your body. Something I will never forget.
I remember last year my parents took me to see big boy roll through Kansas Citys union station. I'm 24 years old and I still thought it was pretty cool, lmao.
These are the largest steam locomotives in the world. If anybody want to ask me any questions on the big boy let me know. I hope you like this video I really do like it because it is a good memory of the big boy class locomotives. Hope you guys like this video and I liked it I didn't recorded somebody did but I like this video a lot as me good memories cuz I have two of them in my H 0 gauge collection. Guys have a nice evening have a good year
Well I do know the date when it will be running for the anniversary of 2018 that's what you Union Pacific said online about the railroad. I have a DCC locomotive that runs DC Rivarossi unit and Genesis big boy. This locomotive I've had for about 5 years now. Now I have a Southern Pacific cab forward made by Broadway unlimited. It is a DCC engine with smoke and sound and whistle. This engine is made of brass it is one of the highlights collectible engines I have in my collection. I have another cab forward I'm rebuilding right now but it's going to take a long time.
Finer than a MILLION Porcupines!!!!!!! As it happens, I have an HO (1/87th) scale model of the same 4013 that appeared several times in this film. It is about the only American freight loco in my fleet. It was made by Trix, the DC version of Märklin. Most of my models are of European electric and diesel locos with lots of freight wagons and some passenger coaches.
Joe Burke I have seen the Big Boy at Steamtown (#4012) up close, and she is truly a sight to behold, but I feel that it might take longer to restore her than it would her sister #4014.
+Joe Burke well your going to love 2019 union pacific is currently restoring 4014!! for the salt lake city trip in may 2019 for the 150th aniversery celeberation of the golden spike hopefully I get to go since I know ed dickens in person
I'm sure you know that 4014 is operational again. Little did we know when this video was first put on RU-vid that one day we would see a Big Boy operational again.
