I'm an old guy now, but used to pace fast trains. It is sometimes a daunting endeavor. Also paced steam fan trips back in the day. Those were exceedingly difficult with all the traffic, and today is even worse. I would be the driver and my buddies would be shooting, I almost never shot while driving, too difficult. It seems as if this fellow is doing it all, in all that traffic, and getting excellent footage!!! Simply amazing, and I thank you personally. My friends and I went out to see Big Boy on it's way back to Cheyenne after it's first trip to Promontory Point. A wonderful experience for sure!
Gerry i am 73 years old and i can witness the power of steam engines. In 1967 in Louisiana i worked for J.P. Owen Drillling Co. The company had 3 steam driven land drilling rigs. In the late 60's one of them drilled a deep well in what was to become the deepest oil & gas producting wells at 27,000'. They were powerful drilling rigs that made the biggest smoke rings ever seen. I really enjoyed working on them. Not many poeple left that i know of can say that. :)
I am sitting here in absolute awe.... If you dont think for one minute this is not an amazing comeback; and it does not invoke a feeling of humility then there has to be something a little weird about you. who knows; maybe its me... This really is a beautiful site.... I wish we still had this type of service available to passengers...
One of the things that I noticed in this video is that Big Boy 4014 has a new headlight at the front that contains 2 lamps inside it. This is one incredible steam locomotive.
The last company to produce 32 V 250 Watt bulbs that were used in the original headlight housing is no longer producing them. They’ve become so scarce they’ve opted to just install an original Pyle National headlight conversion plate. It uses a pair of 200 W, 32 V PAR 56 bulbs. Those are still readily available as they are the same ones used in current locomotives.
I’ve been following the restoration off and on for years. I’m so excited to see her running again in all her glory. Truly an amazing piece of machinery. I have to make a trip out West to visit her.
Would love to make the same trip! Wish it every time I see a new video. I bet it along with the scenery would be a life long memory. (memory wouldn't have to last to long for this old fart!)
Big Boy 4014 always seems to draw a crowd wherever he goes. I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise considering there aren’t many locomotives like him that are still running rather than just sitting idle in a museum.
I would like to know when UP will start running excursions with BIG-BOY; where we can all actually ride on the train. Hook up 40 cars and let it pull us from Denver to anywhere in Wyoming and back!!!
This is an absolute beast! An incredible loco. The power is out of this world. As a Brit who models American Railroads this is one model I would love to have complete with a sound module!! Awesome
@@OregonCrow you hardly know anything about this locomotive obviously because this locomotive is beyond powerful it's torque is unreal and its power is limitless.!
@@gregorybolton9959 not true, see that diesel-electric locomotive behind it? That locomotive is actually doing all tha work lol Union Pacific is just using this old locomotive as a marketing stunt
Mr. Sharp, I believe Broadway Limited has brought out a big boy in HO that is reported to have DCC and sound. Don't know if they are available in the UK. If you are interested, hold on to your hat, they are pricey. Thankx
That's some of the best footage I've seen to date. I had to slow it to .25 speed and watch all that drive linkages and mechanisms while you're so close! Astounding clarity!!!
There are men with heart at work. Thuringia Germany can really learn a lesson here. They prefer to let everything nostalgic degenerate and everyone blames the other. Very, very sad for Germany Thuringia. Greetings from Thuringia and my respect for that.
@@uniontrains.8631 The Challenger 4664 was good for 90 mph. The Challenger was a combination Locomotive. It was good for passenger, and freight service. The 4884s where only used for freight service.
Actually, the Big Boys could run at up to 80 MPH during their regular service days, according to Union Pacific. Obviously that would be on more level track with a "shorter" train though (not a 3-4 mile long one).
@@FanRailer I had heard and read they limited it to 45. We got to pace it down in NE headed to Grand Island a few years ago, all it did was 40-45. I had thought they were permanently limiting it to 45 but also heard UP may let it move faster. This video looks about 45 MPH.
It is always a pleasure to see UP 4014 in action & this was the only excursion trip for 2022 ; the traveling scenes of pacing the train on the highway system are impressive while viewing the motion of 4014's driving wheels.
@@davechupp7922 UP does not sponsor the train rides. They are privately sponsored. My wife and I were also in the Challenger dome car on Sunday 12 May 2019 when the Big Boy returned to Cheyenne WY after the Golden Spike ceremony in Ogden Utah. That was the very first excursion with the Big Boy and was sponsored by The Utah Historical Society. The trip was from Ogden Utah to Evanston Wyoming over the same tracks the Big Boys ran on when in service. The trip included breakfast, lunch and a bus ride back to Ogden. We also got a private tour of the train and a presentation by Ed Dickens the day before. For that trip we did not sit in in the dome. Our seats were down stairs and were $3000 each. Dome seats for that trip were $5000. When 4014 did the Southern California tour later that year there was an excursion from Colton Yard CA to Barsto CA. As I remember coach seats for that trip were $750 and dome seats were I think $1200. That trip was sponsored by a Southern California railroad origination.
Well you fellas saying 4014 was restricted to only 40 to 45 back when Ed left Salina,Kansas had found out there was a blizzard in Colorado union Pacific wanted 4014 back in Cheyenne so was told to open her up so he did so even when they payed over in Denver. so next morning Ed turned 4014 loose and highballed home arriving a day earlier than planned.
Wow this awesome giant is moving! I just wish the photographer would open the window to hear the sounds of it? What speed was he doing here? I am a woman & just love interesting things like this as sadly all our old trains have been left to rust away to junk! Thank you from the Eastern Cape, South Africa
The engineer normally likes to run it around 45 mph (72kmh) but will open it up to 55 mph (88kmh) in the open like that. At 45 mph, it burns through about 26 gallons of fuel oil (98L) per mile.
Yes, the connecting rods are moving pretty fast at whatever the speed is on this run. These are freight engines made for pulling. Drive wheels are 68" compared to the passenger 844's 80". You can also tell the low gearing by how smooth it runs at very low speed.
This particular one was restored by Union Pacific in the mid to late '10s and was brought into excursion service in 2019 as part of their celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the America's first Transcontinental Railroad. UP continues to use it for public excursions and at special events.
The speed big boy is going out right now on that long stretch it looks like she’s going faster than she did back in her youth days. Kind of makes me think of some of the Challenger videos of 3985 being paced like that
Exactly the same issues here in the UK with the eco mentalists trying to ban everything. Fair play to you yanks, I never thought I'd see a Big Boy run again, I used to look at pictures of it as a kid. Top job
That would be a show of ignorance. The white exhaust is just steam, in other words, extremely pure water. The black exhaust is mostly cinders which will settle on the ground.
@@navmark77 Undoubtedly, there may, at some time be some damn fool ignoramus that does not have clue as to how to a steamer operates. Nor would they be aware of efficient operation procedures of steam. Most of what is seen from the stack is steam vapor.
During some of the departures, it is clear that the steam engine is not doing work; i.e. the diesel locomotive is propelling the train. This is revealed by the fact that the Big Boy is not chuffing at all as the train accelerates. Later on they bring the driving cylinders on line. Perhaps this is to reduce the effect of the exhaust in a municipality? Or perhaps to save some fuel?
Love this titan of a machine. I'm still shocked the whistle 844 has worn for so long is from this exact big boy an no one knew. Has such a roar to it that just fits a big boy, though I will say, I hope they donate 3985 with the whistle that 4014 wore when she was restored. It's a brand new whistle, new old stock. 2019 is probably the first time it ever saw steam.
If they did that, as far as my knowledge of it goes, it would leave them down a serviceable whistle for the 844. The only other whistle I know to be in their possession, which I could be wrong about, is the whistle the 844 used to wear back in the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s before it became VERY wore out and was replaced with the whistle heard in this video. I could be wrong about that though, so don’t quote me on it.
@@justahillbilly7777 no, you are correct and they might have 838's whistle as well and we just don't know it, unless that the whistle currently worn by N&W 611 which is a UP Hancock.
@@ChargerusPrime From what I’ve seen here on the ole interwebs, the 611’s current whistle is off of older sister number 610 and that the whistle is owned by Scott Lindsay, but that the 611’s whistle from 2015 WAS of Uncle Pete origin, and possibly from one of the FEF’s. All just railfan grapevine hearsay though, so a grain of salt is what I shall prescribe alongside this hearsay. Honestly, I’d like to hear the 4014’s 2019 to 2021 whistle on the 844. I personally hope that whistle will make the 844 sound similar to how it did from the 80’s to the early 2000’s because the smooth baritone hum of the 844 in that time period is what I associate with the 844 the most and personally consider to be the 844’s defining sound. In regards to the 3985’s whistle, I’d like to see it eventually make its way over to Rizzoli Locomotive Works to be rebuilt if it ain’t to worn out.
@@justahillbilly7777 I absolutely agree with you on all of this. I think 844 needs a whistle similar to big boys whistle from 19 to 21 but I still think that whistle is more challenger sounding.
That’s a beautiful locomotive. It’s insane that you can still see things like that today. Seeing a gigantic line of railfanners following the train is funny to see.
I've done more than a few "steam train" excursions. Much more often than not, there is a modern diesel somewhere in the train. What percentage of the motive force is electric and what percentage is steam generated? Please tell me that the 4014 is pulling the train on its own and the diesel is there in case of a malfunction.
Diesel locomotive are basically a "dead' weight being pulled by steam locomotive. Diesel locomotive is a safety feature mandated by the US government called the Positive Train Control "PTC" this PTC is being controlled via the console panel inside the 4014 cabin connecting to the diesel locomotive. There is no one inside cabin of the diesel locomotive. In additionally to PTC, Electrical power are being supplied to passenger cabins for lighting and air conditioning as well. The real power in locomotive is steam
@@johnpodo A much appreciated comprehensive reply. I'm guessing the mandate only applies to main line operations. Am I correct to assume that operators like the Strasburgh Railroad and the Essex steam train in Connecticut don't need dynamic breaking because they operate on private rails?
I live in Cheyenne, and I've heard that whistle blow many times. Including one time when she was not quite up to pressure, and the whistle sound very WET. I watched her get rebuilt.
More or less. There are videos of Ed on RUclips discussing their choice of speed. It’s a combination of being easy on the locomotive, allowing the people a better view of the locomotive as it goes past and safer.
Ok I’m here in the Uk and we have steam engines, ours run on coal which has a certain evocative smell, what does the oil burner smell like please, I can remember diesel fuel paddle steamers in the Bristol Channel and their smell?
Hi John, from the UK here. Just returned from visiting the NYMR actually. Yes I have always wondered what oil smoke from a steam engine smells like as you say all ours are coal burning engines.
Is there a different whistle on the big boy? Sounds kinda like the challengers whistle. Also is there a schedule I can find that tells me the latest the train will run for? Might think about seeing it?
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The whistle of an Intrepid Beast of modern steam. Gives me chills...
I'm an old guy now, but used to pace fast trains. It is sometimes a daunting endeavor. Also paced steam fan trips back in the day. Those were exceedingly difficult with all the traffic, and today is even worse. I would be the driver and my buddies would be shooting, I almost never shot while driving, too difficult. It seems as if this fellow is doing it all, in all that traffic, and getting excellent footage!!! Simply amazing, and I thank you personally. My friends and I went out to see Big Boy on it's way back to Cheyenne after it's first trip to Promontory Point. A wonderful experience for sure!
Way neat story. I’d like to see her sometime.
Such a beautiful beast!
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
I am in awe every time I see this engine running. How something so large and massive can run off the power of steam is amazing.
Gerry i am 73 years old and i can witness the power of steam engines. In 1967 in Louisiana i worked for J.P. Owen Drillling Co. The company had 3 steam driven land drilling rigs. In the late 60's one of them drilled a deep well in what was to become the deepest oil & gas producting wells at 27,000'. They were powerful drilling rigs that made the biggest smoke rings ever seen. I really enjoyed working on them. Not many poeple left that i know of can say that. :)
I am sitting here in absolute awe.... If you dont think for one minute this is not an amazing comeback; and it does not invoke a feeling of humility then there has to be something a little weird about you. who knows; maybe its me... This really is a beautiful site.... I wish we still had this type of service available to passengers...
Oh, I totally agree; I am SOOOOO in love with this locomotive. I might even have to check if there is a model I could buy. 💟
@@nanmattingly6402 Broadway Limited is reported to have made the big boy available in HO with DCC and sound. Check it out.
@@jerryrollins512 thank you, I was thinking of just a model to sit on my end table, or wherever. I did check, but they are quite pricey. Thanks
It does my heart joy to see that beautiful black smoke filling the blue sky above! Yahoo.
One of the things that I noticed in this video is that Big Boy 4014 has a new headlight at the front that contains 2 lamps inside it. This is one incredible steam locomotive.
The last company to produce 32 V 250 Watt bulbs that were used in the original headlight housing is no longer producing them. They’ve become so scarce they’ve opted to just install an original Pyle National headlight conversion plate. It uses a pair of 200 W, 32 V PAR 56 bulbs. Those are still readily available as they are the same ones used in current locomotives.
@@FFred-us9tw I think 4014 has 3985’s whistle.. not the old whistle
@@goldgamercommenting2990 no, it’s 4014’s original.
@@FFred-us9tw i didn’t noticed
I’ve been following the restoration off and on for years. I’m so excited to see her running again in all her glory. Truly an amazing piece of machinery. I have to make a trip out West to visit her.
Would love to make the same trip! Wish it every time I see a new video. I bet it along with the scenery would be a life long memory. (memory wouldn't have to last to long for this old fart!)
I saw the 4014 when it left for restoration, but I haven’t been able to see it running on its own! This is such an engineering marvel! I love it.
Big Boy 4014 always seems to draw a crowd wherever he goes. I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise considering there aren’t many locomotives like him that are still running rather than just sitting idle in a museum.
Not to mention the fact that no one ever thought a Big Boy would run again, let alone be converted to oil successfully.
Seen it in person a couple of times now - I still cannot believe how big this thing is.
I would like to know when UP will start running excursions with BIG-BOY; where we can all actually ride on the train. Hook up 40 cars and let it pull us from Denver to anywhere in Wyoming and back!!!
I saw her leave union station and I was about to tear up with how beautiful it is to see such a large engine moving
Really beautiful, how it came back after a long period.
man i love those old steam trains, absolute engineering masterpiece!
The train's awesome it just demands respect.
This is an absolute beast! An incredible loco. The power is out of this world. As a Brit who models American Railroads this is one model I would love to have complete with a sound module!! Awesome
not that powerful, weak actually.
@@OregonCrow you hardly know anything about this locomotive obviously because this locomotive is beyond powerful it's torque is unreal and its power is limitless.!
@@gregorybolton9959 k
@@gregorybolton9959 not true, see that diesel-electric locomotive behind it? That locomotive is actually doing all tha work lol Union Pacific is just using this old locomotive as a marketing stunt
Mr. Sharp, I believe Broadway Limited has brought out a big boy in HO that is reported to have DCC and sound. Don't know if they are available in the UK. If you are interested, hold on to your hat, they are pricey. Thankx
That's some of the best footage I've seen to date. I had to slow it to .25 speed and watch all that drive linkages and mechanisms while you're so close! Astounding clarity!!!
3 friends and I paced the 844 going 75 mph. I can't wait to pace the 4014 . That engine is an awesome beast. 🚂👍
As cool as any rocket. Humans have built some fascinating machines. Good vid, thx.
It seems UP is running the engine a lot faster than when they first brought her to life again! Excellent video!!
Excellent chase video.
That moment after the whistle sounds, and the steam hisses from the sides. The King is ready, and you best be out of his way.
It’s majestic. Hats off, much respect and admiration. 👍🇺🇸
Train ,Train, TAKE ME ON OUT OF THIS TOWN. IM JUST A RAGGEDY HOBO, TAKE ME ON OUT OF THIS TOWN!
There are men with heart at work. Thuringia Germany can really learn a lesson here. They prefer to let everything nostalgic degenerate and everyone blames the other. Very, very sad for Germany Thuringia. Greetings from Thuringia and my respect for that.
There's something... majestic about these old steamers that you just don't get from a diesel locomotive.
Excellent video, beautifully filmed. This fantastic steam locomotive.
REALLY??? Great Camera Panning Genius, next time get a decent tripod with a Fluid Panning Head.
The speed limit on this section of track between Cheyenne, and Denver tops out at 60 mph which happens to be the top speed of the 4014.
What was 3985's allowed top speed when she was still around in the 2010's?
@@uniontrains.8631 The Challenger 4664 was good for 90 mph. The Challenger was a combination Locomotive. It was good for passenger, and freight service. The 4884s where only used for freight service.
Actually, the Big Boys could run at up to 80 MPH during their regular service days, according to Union Pacific. Obviously that would be on more level track with a "shorter" train though (not a 3-4 mile long one).
They still don’t run the 4014 over 45-50 mph.
@@FanRailer I had heard and read they limited it to 45. We got to pace it down in NE headed to Grand Island a few years ago, all it did was 40-45.
I had thought they were permanently limiting it to 45 but also heard UP may let it move faster.
This video looks about 45 MPH.
You're the most lucky person who captured such an amazing steam locomotives 👍👍❤️
Can't say that I'm a fan of the dual beam headlight, but it is nice to see this video of the Big Boy. I hope I get to see 4014 again soon
That engineer has the best job in the world.
Very impressive! Thanks for the video!
It is always a pleasure to see UP 4014 in action & this was the only excursion trip for 2022 ; the traveling scenes of pacing the train on the highway system are impressive while viewing the motion of 4014's driving wheels.
I'm in the second dome car "Challenger". I'm sure I waved at you at some point. 34 years old but that day I was a kid. 😆
How much did this train ride cost? What is the method to arranging a ride? No doubt, this ride is one you will always remember.
@@davechupp7922 UP does not sponsor the train rides. They are privately sponsored. My wife and I were also in the Challenger dome car on Sunday 12 May 2019 when the Big Boy returned to Cheyenne WY after the Golden Spike ceremony in Ogden Utah. That was the very first excursion with the Big Boy and was sponsored by The Utah Historical Society. The trip was from Ogden Utah to Evanston Wyoming over the same tracks the Big Boys ran on when in service. The trip included breakfast, lunch and a bus ride back to Ogden. We also got a private tour of the train and a presentation by Ed Dickens the day before. For that trip we did not sit in in the dome. Our seats were down stairs and were $3000 each. Dome seats for that trip were $5000.
When 4014 did the Southern California tour later that year there was an excursion from Colton Yard CA to Barsto CA. As I remember coach seats for that trip were $750 and dome seats were I think $1200. That trip was sponsored by a Southern California railroad origination.
Well you fellas saying 4014 was restricted to only 40 to 45 back when Ed left Salina,Kansas had found out there was a blizzard in Colorado union Pacific wanted 4014 back in Cheyenne so was told to open her up so he did so even when they payed over in Denver. so next morning Ed turned 4014 loose and highballed home arriving a day earlier than planned.
Opening her up means 55 mph. Big Boys were limited to that speed even when they were in operation because they become unstable at faster speeds.
Wow this awesome giant is moving! I just wish the photographer would open the window to hear the sounds of it? What speed was he doing here? I am a woman & just love interesting things like this as sadly all our old trains have been left to rust away to junk! Thank you from the Eastern Cape, South Africa
The engineer normally likes to run it around 45 mph (72kmh) but will open it up to 55 mph (88kmh) in the open like that. At 45 mph, it burns through about 26 gallons of fuel oil (98L) per mile.
@@paulcolston2243 wow a gas guzzler, but a beast of that size it’s about right! Just keep them coming please 😀
this beats any diesel locomotive any time
Yeah, and some dumbs still trying to say "bUt It'S oLd, iT's sLLoW".....
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All steam locomotives does.
@@TimsHobbiesOnRail expect those 4 driver tank engines that can barley pull any regular freight train
@@nikolatesla6565 Prove them wrong by saying "These machines can go about 70+ mph"
I believe Ed has stated it really tops out around 70 -75mph. Honestly why would you want to push the running gear that hard if you have no reason to.
Could it get up to 90? Gotta get that Delorean up to speed.
Yes, the connecting rods are moving pretty fast at whatever the speed is on this run. These are freight engines made for pulling. Drive wheels are 68" compared to the passenger 844's 80". You can also tell the low gearing by how smooth it runs at very low speed.
@@ericd2596 top speed of the BB’s are 80 mph
Those powerful engines run better at higher speeds. They were built for running at high rpms.
@@fritobuggers834 wouldnt a smaller diameter wheel create max power at lower speeds unlike the 844 that runs at high speed?
thanks for sharing - so cool
Glad to see that steam trains still run on special occasions.
This particular one was restored by Union Pacific in the mid to late '10s and was brought into excursion service in 2019 as part of their celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the America's first Transcontinental Railroad. UP continues to use it for public excursions and at special events.
@@ReptilianLepton Interesting!
😮🎉😂😮
WOW! I like so much watching train videos. I loved this steam locomotive. Very fast. I loved so much!
Incredible content here. Thanks, SteamUP
Geez, that’s one bloody big beast. Magnificent! A pity you can’t bring it out to tour Australia. 🐨🇦🇺
Thank you for Video it was awesome.
That's a really Big Boy! Love that great steam locomotive!
This is the most beautiful machine in the world. Please Americans. Don’t retire it no matter how far technology advances.
I LOVE Big Boy 4014!
Thanks for posting this I love seeing Big Boy in action. I have a weird was 4014 the only Big Built. Thanks again for everything
There were 25 4000 class ("Big Boys") locomotives built.
Thank you John for the answer I do appreciate it
It would be nice to find out how fast the Big Boy was traveling. Because it looks really good and I like it a lot.
Fantastic!
The speed big boy is going out right now on that long stretch it looks like she’s going faster than she did back in her youth days. Kind of makes me think of some of the Challenger videos of 3985 being paced like that
Happy to see her out and about
This is my favorite steam train ever
Well captured and really very interesting product also a astonishing effort altrenave energy scarcity of oil.realy beautified older ones
Thanks bro!👍
Awesome 😎
Excelente video 👍👍👍👍🤜🤛
Beautiful. Steam engines are living things. It scares me to think that someday some ass in EPA might want to ban steam engines as polluters.
Convert jets to coal.
Exactly the same issues here in the UK with the eco mentalists trying to ban everything. Fair play to you yanks, I never thought I'd see a Big Boy run again, I used to look at pictures of it as a kid. Top job
That would be a show of ignorance. The white exhaust is just steam, in other words, extremely pure water. The black exhaust is mostly cinders which will settle on the ground.
@@navmark77 Undoubtedly, there may, at some time be some damn fool ignoramus that does not have clue as to how to a steamer operates. Nor would they be aware of efficient operation procedures of steam. Most of what is seen from the stack is steam vapor.
During some of the departures, it is clear that the steam engine is not doing work; i.e. the diesel locomotive is propelling the train. This is revealed by the fact that the Big Boy is not chuffing at all as the train accelerates. Later on they bring the driving cylinders on line. Perhaps this is to reduce the effect of the exhaust in a municipality? Or perhaps to save some fuel?
I noticed that Big Boy was on line while the train was ascending a grade.
WoW~ Awesome!🚂🚂🚂
When an engineer was actually an engineer
Gotta love the Big Boy.
This is how you define horsepower!
Great Channel 👍!
Personally I much prefer 4014's whistle in this video (which it wore in revenue service) to the one it wore when it was brought back under steam
How fast was this going? Great video. It is something else to see this machine working!
Majestic
That is big! Big Boy is a monster on rail!
Amazing😍
Love this titan of a machine. I'm still shocked the whistle 844 has worn for so long is from this exact big boy an no one knew. Has such a roar to it that just fits a big boy, though I will say, I hope they donate 3985 with the whistle that 4014 wore when she was restored. It's a brand new whistle, new old stock. 2019 is probably the first time it ever saw steam.
If they did that, as far as my knowledge of it goes, it would leave them down a serviceable whistle for the 844. The only other whistle I know to be in their possession, which I could be wrong about, is the whistle the 844 used to wear back in the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s before it became VERY wore out and was replaced with the whistle heard in this video. I could be wrong about that though, so don’t quote me on it.
@@justahillbilly7777 no, you are correct and they might have 838's whistle as well and we just don't know it, unless that the whistle currently worn by N&W 611 which is a UP Hancock.
@@ChargerusPrime From what I’ve seen here on the ole interwebs, the 611’s current whistle is off of older sister number 610 and that the whistle is owned by Scott Lindsay, but that the 611’s whistle from 2015 WAS of Uncle Pete origin, and possibly from one of the FEF’s. All just railfan grapevine hearsay though, so a grain of salt is what I shall prescribe alongside this hearsay.
Honestly, I’d like to hear the 4014’s 2019 to 2021 whistle on the 844. I personally hope that whistle will make the 844 sound similar to how it did from the 80’s to the early 2000’s because the smooth baritone hum of the 844 in that time period is what I associate with the 844 the most and personally consider to be the 844’s defining sound.
In regards to the 3985’s whistle, I’d like to see it eventually make its way over to Rizzoli Locomotive Works to be rebuilt if it ain’t to worn out.
@@justahillbilly7777 I absolutely agree with you on all of this. I think 844 needs a whistle similar to big boys whistle from 19 to 21 but I still think that whistle is more challenger sounding.
@@ChargerusPrime I think the whistle on N&W 611 is from her sister Locomotive No. 610
That’s a beautiful locomotive. It’s insane that you can still see things like that today. Seeing a gigantic line of railfanners following the train is funny to see.
Very cool
О...сочлененный паровоз ( два в одном..)...Красавчик...а как звенит и пускает пар...красота!!😂🎉😊
I've done more than a few "steam train" excursions. Much more often than not, there is a modern diesel somewhere in the train. What percentage of the motive force is electric and what percentage is steam generated? Please tell me that the 4014 is pulling the train on its own and the diesel is there in case of a malfunction.
Yeah the diesel never does any work it’s just there for brakes
@@spagelsmegal that’s what I always heard as well. Just there to supply the dynamic breaking.
Diesel locomotive are basically a "dead' weight being pulled by steam locomotive. Diesel locomotive is a safety feature mandated by the US government called the Positive Train Control "PTC" this PTC is being controlled via the console panel inside the 4014 cabin connecting to the diesel locomotive. There is no one inside cabin of the diesel locomotive.
In additionally to PTC, Electrical power are being supplied to passenger cabins for lighting and air conditioning as well.
The real power in locomotive is steam
@@johnpodo thanks for the clarification.
@@johnpodo A much appreciated comprehensive reply. I'm guessing the mandate only applies to main line operations. Am I correct to assume that operators like the Strasburgh Railroad and the Essex steam train in Connecticut don't need dynamic breaking because they operate on private rails?
When UP 844 will run again?
Crew of 4014;
Driver, stoker, whistle blower (who works hardest)
~ laughs ~
I live in Cheyenne, and I've heard that whistle blow many times. Including one time when she was not quite up to pressure, and the whistle sound very WET. I watched her get rebuilt.
Fun to watch!
He looks good.
That is a neat video. How fast was she going?
That voice
I wish that they would come east to the clinchfield rail road in erwin tennessee.
Counting driver rotations per second, it looks like she's topping out at about 45-48. Is that still as fast as they’re letting her go?
More or less. There are videos of Ed on RUclips discussing their choice of speed. It’s a combination of being easy on the locomotive, allowing the people a better view of the locomotive as it goes past and safer.
They were always limited to 55 mph, even when they were in service.
Roll on Big Thunder...
I would love to see UP keep a diesel road number 4884 to run with the 4014 on excursions like they did in 2014 when they brought it home to Cheyenne.
Amazing Train, suaranya keretanya sperti MONSTER 😅
made in the city that lit and hauled the world... Schenectady N.Y.
Por isso que e s máquina mais poderosa do planeta parabéns canal MG Brasil
Excellent :)
Goodbye dual power locomotive, greetings from Indonesia.
Now that is a proper locco
That train is not the only thing leaving Denver... a whole lot of people are to..
Can't wait to see this train make its way back though corsicana.
Built in New York State 👍👏😊♥️🇺🇸
How fast did she end up going? 80?
Ok I’m here in the Uk and we have steam engines, ours run on coal which has a certain evocative smell, what does the oil burner smell like please, I can remember diesel fuel paddle steamers in the Bristol Channel and their smell?
Hi John, from the UK here. Just returned from visiting the NYMR actually. Yes I have always wondered what oil smoke from a steam engine smells like as you say all ours are coal burning engines.
Is there a different whistle on the big boy? Sounds kinda like the challengers whistle. Also is there a schedule I can find that tells me the latest the train will run for? Might think about seeing it?
The whistle on 4014 now is one of its original service whistles. 844 wore it until this excursion.
...I SAW THE 4014 WHEN IT VISITED DES MOINES, IOWA.
Мега паровоз😊🤗💥💯
whats with the 2 lights instead of one
When will the Big Boy be in Cheyenne again?