This video has the best audio quality of any Big Boy pacing video I have watched. Your microphone is very good at avoiding wind, car and road noise while capturing the sounds of the locomotive.
Thanks. I spent most of the 2019 Southwest Tour working to perfect the technique. Key is to keep the camera within the confines of the car and use the car itself as a big wind shield.
Thanks Fan Railer for another historic video of a "Resurrected" U.P. Big Boy!! And a 2nd kudo for adjusting your exposure at 5:20 to see very clearly the operational detail of the largest running steam loco in the world!
I never expected to see a Big Boy in operation in person. But now I have. Keep the videos coming, great to see all of the people who come out to see this show.
The sound of the steam locomotive is identical irrespective of their country of origin. Having travelled with steam trains during my childhood in the Indian subcontinent, today I missed them the most. Long live the King.
A-MAZE-ING. THANK YOU!!!! Really amazing work. And the dudes in that cab??? Yeah. Living the dream. I’m sure it is long hours but put out the card table and play a few rounds of euchre. Yeah, nope. I’m playing the whistle. Ed is the maestro!!
Steam locos have a power and majesty all their own. None like the UP Big Boy after many years of dormancy. The skill and dedication of those who brought her back to life for a new generation to marvel at is to be appreciated to the max!
I have to stop this at about 4 min because I have to say >> W O W!!! This is incredible footage - the pace driver is perfect, the shooting is marvelous!!!! Lets us see this beauty in action in the best way possible!! Just tremendous!!! Thank you!!!
The 5 mile thing is a myth. It was a theoretical capability, and at that only at level, straight track. Regular consists for a Big Boy would have been between half a mile to a mile in length, and weight in between 3000 and 6000 tons depending on the territory being worked.
All depends on how the fireman is adjusting the fuel flow, atomization, airflow, steam pressure etc depending on power needs etc. Also blowing carbon out of the flue now and then. Would have had way more smoke in the 50s when they burned coal.
@@wingtimeRV7 the fireman sands the flue to get rid of some sort of build up in the boiler (carbon?) no idea on what it is. But that black smoke is that, I think. Ask someone (engineer, etc) to explain it better. She runs on diesel oil, what grade I haven’t a clue. And of course she gets fed and watered at various stops along the way. There is s water tanker truck that has the UPSTEAM decorations that met her at Chester IL when we were on our way to visit her at St Louis. This locomotive is about as “human” a machine as you can get!
My son and I were in the correct lane of travel. Even though the video is very good, you took a high risk of a head on collision as you passed everyone. I was quite surprised there were no accidents on that section of roadway.
You don't get good stuff without taking risks. Everyone is always yammering on about "dangerous passing" while pacing, but I've yet to hear about an actual accident occurring.
Quốc gia nào mà bây giờ vẫn dùng đầu máy hơi nước loại này giờ lạc hậu rồi nên thay đổi sang đầu máy diesel hay là chạy điện không gây ô nhiễm môi trường
Questions for steam engine experts: Just behind the first group of 4 wheels is a pipe spewing out water; it ranges from hardly any, to gushing. Good view around 4:55. What is that? And, why the change in color of smoke? At times its black, other times a light blue, sometimes a light gray. Is the oil tanker divided into compartments, and the smoke change is when they change tank areas? I wonder about this stuff. :) Thx, A Lady Railfan :)
