Great video!! I bet any engineer or fireman that operated a 4000 back in the 1940’s and 50’s never saw a cab that clean and tidy; beautiful restoration of the 4014!!👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This must be the most awesome vehicle to drive. I mean, aeroplanes may be bigger, faster and such but with this you are completely in touch with all the mechanics and power. Ed has one of the best jobs in the world. Thanks for sharing this. Simon
I am 81 now and, as a boy, I would run down to the tracks and watch each time I heard the whistle of a steam engine. I wanted to be an engineer, but I became an airline Captain instead.
Good choice! Unfortunately the airline industry is what put a lot of these passenger trains and their locomotives out of business- both Steam and Diesel/electric.
Me too, although steam was long gone by my time, my first big fascination was anything and everything to do with the railroad. Now I'm a trucker, but what an era it must have been to lived during the tail end of the steam era! When my grandpa was a kid, he and his brother could catch rides on the caboose of a steam locomotive into town to take in a movie or whatever for 25 cents!
@@glennoropeza3545the trucking industry had a great deal to do with the reduction of American railroads. revenue from oil and rubber made a lot of money for people other than railroads
I'm in my late 70's. I remember steam locomotives when I was a boy. So exciting to see Big Boy. Especially when he gave that stalled freight train some help. It doesn't get any better than that.🎉
What a majestic machine! I have loved the 4-8-8-4's since I was a kid. I always loved 3985 and wondered man, what if a 4000 ever ran again? Here it is. Amazing! This just shows how much the 4000's meant to the Union Pacific.
When it was sitting in Pomona I got to blow the whistle They had air pumped in . Sounds fantastic with steam .glad it's free on the rails again . fantastic job those people did just great
2:11 - Love the wrist flick to control that whistle!! Who do I have to bribe to get a ride in the cab?? When I was a kid I wanted to be a train engineer - I even had a train engineer hat. I did become an engineer, a Mechanical engineer.
IRON~HORSE'S..Are Amazing..Still Running To This Day ! ~~ My Grandfather Was Born In 1877..Became An Engineer And Ran Trains..Starting In 1900..WOW ! ~~ Great To See Pieces Of History..Still On The Go !
Yep she's a really big girl!!! I'm a former locomotive engineer and instructor with Canadian National Railways and I now give tours of the Northern Type steam locomotive here in Toronto Canada. She's the biggest type that we've had here, but barely half the size of your Big Boy locomotive. A real honor and pleasure (mostly), to have had the privilege of operating such a beautiful beast.
When I was a child one of the things i loved doing was pretending to be an engineer in the cab of the Big Boy at the L.A. County fair. It's so wonderful to see it come alive again in my lifetime.
Beautiful, impressive loco, excellent video (shot 'out west' -- beautiful). I'm an 'airplane nut' but there is NOTHING more impressive than a GIANT steam locomotive shootin' out steam and smoke and sounding a steam whistle. Always amazed at how so many huge, heavy, 'loco' parts can be assembled and run at high speed without exploding and running off the tracks. Keep her running and best wishes to everyone who makes that possible. She's a national treasure.
My dad was a fireman on the Northwestern Pacific in Northern CA in the 1950s. Now I take his grandchildren to see steam trains around the west. The UP crew are hard workers Proud Americans.
Very nice video. As a boy I would go and wait for the commuter train to stop at the station. It was pulled by a steam locomotive and I believe it was one of the last in the country. This was the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in the early 60’s. It was good to see parents bringing their children to see living history.
wow!! my brother and I were traveling on the road by the tracks just a few weeks ago on our way to and from Reno. wish we could have seen Big Boy!! we're both RR enthusiasts from our days as kids living near tracks in the early 1960's! spent a night in Elko and couldn't sleep well that night but watched and recorded trains running past our hotel in the wee hours of the morning at the Quality Inn on the N side of town.
Oh no, I was just in Elko. I didn't see any info on this & I was at the museum. Would love to see this coming through the Palisades. Great shots of the Humboldt river crossing. See you at the Star! & Thanks to all for the hard work of keeping these running.
It's a different monster when actually shoveling coal. That oil feed fire is not the same. The power it has when coal fire feels a true inspiring machine made by man. It's just sad that 95 percent of the steam locos are being converted to oil burners. I did fireman work for 6 years on 618 and 75 in heber, Utah.
Two men could not shovel sufficient coal into the heart of this beast to keep the pressure at 300psi. It had to use the screw auger to deliver coal to evenly distribute the fuel inside the boiler. The Fireman controlled the auger from his seat and balanced water insertion with independent valves during the run. Every function was manually controlled. Nothing automated, nothing programmed. Just experienced operators trained to 1940’s operations keeping the monster happy and fed! 🚂
looking at all of those parts, I imagine the weight of each and how much power to drive one cam, one wheel, one gear and then think of the combined weight. All on heated water. It's amazing.
I used to watch the Union Pacific VHS TAPE that came with the Book. Over and over again! And this scene came on just like on youtube now. Coal needs to make a comeback in the USA. I found out from recent online research of my own. That there are coal burning railways in Europe still used for commuter service.
that steam engine train weighed over a million pounds and could pull a 5 1/2 mile train by itself awesome that's 1 of a kind they don't make like that no more 😮😮 alot trains hauled the goods 4 WW2 during the war years 😊😊 OMG 7 11 2O24
What a treat - views from the cab, with Ed no less. Excellent coverage of a historic steam engine.
This man is so fortunate that he has the job that every man,who was once a little boy, wanted.
Great video!! I bet any engineer or fireman that operated a 4000 back in the 1940’s and 50’s never saw a cab that clean and tidy; beautiful restoration of the 4014!!👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
My point exactly 💯 but you have to see that there is a woman involved. 😊😊😊
@@timlabellCooool also I get the joke XD😂
This must be the most awesome vehicle to drive. I mean, aeroplanes may be bigger, faster and such but with this you are completely in touch with all the mechanics and power.
Ed has one of the best jobs in the world.
Thanks for sharing this.
Simon
Complément en contact avec la mécanique... c'est ça.
The wrist motion to blow that whistle perfectly is aweseome.
They call it "Quilling". Each engineer develops their own Quill style over time.
Ed Dickens - Whistle Artist!!
It doesn't meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission standards, but who cares?! Look at it go!
By a MAN who Loves his job
Ed Dickens is clearly a virtuoso at the steam whistle
I am 81 now and, as a boy, I would run down to the tracks and watch each time I heard the whistle of a steam engine. I wanted to be an engineer, but I became an airline Captain instead.
Good choice! Unfortunately the airline industry is what put a lot of these passenger trains and their locomotives out of business- both Steam and Diesel/electric.
Me too, although steam was long gone by my time, my first big fascination was anything and everything to do with the railroad. Now I'm a trucker, but what an era it must have been to lived during the tail end of the steam era! When my grandpa was a kid, he and his brother could catch rides on the caboose of a steam locomotive into town to take in a movie or whatever for 25 cents!
Same age as Biden and still has childhood dreams.
Well done you Guys. Best Wishes from me in New Zealand
@@glennoropeza3545the trucking industry had a great deal to do with the reduction of American railroads. revenue from oil and rubber made a lot of money for people other than railroads
Hats off to the men that designed and built this marvel; and to those keeping her alive!!!
And they did that without computers. 🙂
Wow, this takes me back to the end of the steam era as a child. Steam locomotives have personality that diesels just don't have. Love'em!
you will never find a man in the world today, that love's his job more than Ed. and the steam crew.
aggree
It doesn't meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission standards, but who cares?! Look at it go!
Ed
Thank God there are people who still have the working knowledge to operate these giant monsters!
@@glennoropeza3545 it's a steam locomotive for Christ sake. We got this man no worries dude.
Great video! Very unique view and perspective. One I've never seen before. Thanks for posting it.
Big Boy may be old but it's a priceless piece of history still rolling to this day
It surely is a beauty
ITS NOT THAT OLD
Yea its like 80 years old, meanwhile fenchurch is over 150 years old@@MrKellyk56
Superb job ❤
I'm in my late 70's. I remember steam locomotives when I was a boy. So exciting to see Big Boy. Especially when he gave that stalled freight train some help. It doesn't get any better than that.🎉
What a majestic machine! I have loved the 4-8-8-4's since I was a kid. I always loved 3985 and wondered man, what if a 4000 ever ran again? Here it is. Amazing! This just shows how much the 4000's meant to the Union Pacific.
A real feast for the eyes loved it especially the sound of that prairie horn..
Nice video, thanks for sharing!!!!
Thank you for making me feel like I was 10 again. Wow. I wish the big boy would come to the Northeast. I'd definitely take a ride. Great video.
Blowing that whistle is an artform in itself. :)
I bet every time Ed opens the throttle on the Big Boy he says "I can't believe I get paid to do this!"....
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with everyone!
Blessings to ya’ll from Oklahoma!
This never gets old.
When it was sitting in Pomona I got to blow the whistle
They had air pumped in . Sounds fantastic with steam .glad it's free on the rails again . fantastic job those people did just great
They need to get a couple of other engines at Pomona restored and running. But we know it takes $$ and a place to run them.
@@eva.cassidy yes I like the little ten wheeler. I would restore it .I think they should paint it . before it crumbles away.
2:11 - Love the wrist flick to control that whistle!!
Who do I have to bribe to get a ride in the cab??
When I was a kid I wanted to be a train engineer - I even had a train engineer hat. I did become an engineer, a Mechanical engineer.
Ed Dickens is a gentleman of the highest order. A master of his craft and a lover of the industry and its history. Part of the soul of the Big Boy
IRON~HORSE'S..Are Amazing..Still Running To This Day ! ~~ My Grandfather Was Born In 1877..Became An Engineer And Ran Trains..Starting In 1900..WOW ! ~~ Great To See Pieces Of History..Still On The Go !
I Love Big Boy! I got a chance to see Big Boy In Victorville California a few years back on a Tour. Thanks for sharing this outstanding Video 🚂
It was in Roseville today
Yep she's a really big girl!!! I'm a former locomotive engineer and instructor with Canadian National Railways and I now give tours of the Northern Type steam locomotive here in Toronto Canada. She's the biggest type that we've had here, but barely half the size of your Big Boy locomotive. A real honor and pleasure (mostly), to have had the privilege of operating such a beautiful beast.
sat in the cab, of the big boy at scranton. I can only imagine how awesome it is at speed functioning.
When I was a child one of the things i loved doing was pretending to be an engineer in the cab of the Big Boy at the L.A. County fair. It's so wonderful to see it come alive again in my lifetime.
Your username! 😂 Does patrolling the Mojave almost make you wish for a nuclear winter?
@@ryandunham1047 sometimes yes, but perhaps a volcanic might be better..
@@mojavepatrol4767 NCR might disagree with you. 😂
Beautiful, impressive loco, excellent video (shot 'out west' -- beautiful). I'm an 'airplane nut' but there is NOTHING more impressive than a GIANT steam locomotive shootin' out steam and smoke and sounding a steam whistle. Always amazed at how so many huge, heavy, 'loco' parts can be assembled and run at high speed without exploding and running off the tracks. Keep her running and best wishes to everyone who makes that possible. She's a national treasure.
It is rivaled by watching a tug at the Alton locks throwing a 12 foot rusted tail in the air as a small tug leaves the locks at Alton I'll.
That was Great! Thanks for sharing!
Incredible, what a view
You were extremely lucky to get to ride in the cab! I am jealous!
🎶🎵🎶🎵16 cars and 16 restless riders…three conductors…25 stacks of mail….🎶🎵🎶 love that song and this train brings it to life!
City of New Orleans, made famous by Arlo Guthrie, but written by Steve Goodman, I believe. Excellent video.
Thanks for posting it
The scene of the cowboys with the mountains in the back was magical!
Thank you so much for sharing,to see Big Boy running wow and from the cab too, cheers from Melbourne Australia 🦘
I'm 69. Lived in Omaha my entire life. We had the shops here. Wow. Lots of great memories there. Thanks for the video.
Now that is an AMAZING piece of Machinery
These triple expansion steam locomotive are nothing but raw brutal torque!
Its not. Is a single expansion locomotive- its 2 4-8-4's under a common frame.
My dad was a fireman on the Northwestern Pacific in Northern CA in the 1950s. Now I take his grandchildren to see steam trains around the west. The UP crew are hard workers Proud Americans.
Brought tears to my eyes!❤
Very nice video. As a boy I would go and wait for the commuter train to stop at the station. It was pulled by a steam locomotive and I believe it was one of the last in the country. This was the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in the early 60’s. It was good to see parents bringing their children to see living history.
I can’t wait for Big Boy to return to Ogden next week. I’m going to take my daughter and her children to see this magnificent machine.
wow!! my brother and I were traveling on the road by the tracks just a few weeks ago on our way to and from Reno. wish we could have seen Big Boy!! we're both RR enthusiasts from our days as kids living near tracks in the early 1960's! spent a night in Elko and couldn't sleep well that night but watched and recorded trains running past our hotel in the wee hours of the morning at the Quality Inn on the N side of town.
that whistle work was like a maestro conducting an orchestra
Delicious so delicious ❤
Truly a thing of beauty and power. I would love to see her, and her musical-virtuoso engineer, in person.
❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Oh no, I was just in Elko. I didn't see any info on this & I was at the museum. Would love to see this coming through the Palisades. Great shots of the Humboldt river crossing. See you at the Star! & Thanks to all for the hard work of keeping these running.
So cool. Made the drive to Roseville to see it during the layover there.
This Is A Treat For Me ❤
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing
What a great sharing !!!! Thank you so much ;-) I am surprised because I thougt it would be very noisy but it actually sounds nearly silent !!!
It's a different monster when actually shoveling coal. That oil feed fire is not the same. The power it has when coal fire feels a true inspiring machine made by man. It's just sad that 95 percent of the steam locos are being converted to oil burners. I did fireman work for 6 years on 618 and 75 in heber, Utah.
Two men could not shovel sufficient coal into the heart of this beast to keep the pressure at 300psi. It had to use the screw auger to deliver coal to evenly distribute the fuel inside the boiler. The Fireman controlled the auger
from his seat and balanced water insertion with independent valves during the run. Every function was manually controlled. Nothing automated, nothing programmed. Just experienced operators trained to 1940’s operations keeping the monster happy and fed! 🚂
I'll take oil any day for a steam plant.
This UP 4014 Big Boy have PTC on this steam locomotive.
looking at all of those parts, I imagine the weight of each and how much power to drive one cam, one wheel, one gear and then think of the combined weight. All on heated water. It's amazing.
That was fun! Thanks for the cool video.
You can hear Big Boy breathing, inhaling & exhaling!! 😊❤❤❤
Excellent !
I used to watch the Union Pacific VHS TAPE that came with the Book. Over and over again! And this scene came on just like on youtube now. Coal needs to make a comeback in the USA. I found out from recent online research of my own. That there are coal burning railways in Europe still used for commuter service.
Interesting to see a third turbo-generator installed. 🤔
My understanding is that it's being used to power the new PTC equipment that was recently installed.
Love that locomotive 😊
OMGOSH, this is such a WOW! I would so love to do this!
amazing that this loco has been preserved and used
great video !
كم..اعشق...القطارات..والسيارات...البخاريه..القديمه....تذكرني..بزمن..البساطه..والطيبه..🙂
A kids dream. Awesome video!
Just caught up to this video production😊! Thank goodness I DID 👍
that steam engine train weighed over a million pounds and could pull a 5 1/2 mile train by itself awesome that's 1 of a kind they don't make like that no more 😮😮 alot trains hauled the goods 4 WW2 during the war years 😊😊 OMG 7 11 2O24
Union pacific always does things in a big way
So many people already to welcome this beauty..❤❤❤
Qué MARAVILLA!!!!
CASI 300 AÑOS DE HISTORIA DE LA INGENIERIA!!!¡
VIVA EL FERROCARRIL!!!!!
This was amazing to hear and watch.
awesome piece of machinery, glad it survived
What a behemoth! What a pleasure!
It's good that they are saving these steam engines.
It was awes9me to see in Roseville yesterday!
That fireman must have been overjoyed when UP converted her from coal to oil. Now he can sit back enjoy the ride.
That gentleman is Shure a master of his craft
It had to be hot in that cab! 🥵
Is that Ed at the controls again?
yea
This makes me want to put my train set together and play with it.
Loco is cool😊
The loco's girl is smooth❤👍
Well done +1
wow.that is one big steam locomotive.
Biggest EVER 😊
Fantastic steam Locomotive. The legend.
We took our Grandsons to see Big Boy! 🚂
4:05 perfectly cut whistle 😂
Would love footage of when this thing rolled into Salt Lake. I didn't get to be there for it ;;
HAVING RIDDEN THIS AREA ON AMTRAK CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, I RECOGNIZE NUMEROUS AREAS HERE!!
KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHERS!!
👍👍
Америка должна гордиться такими паровозами😊👍👍👍👍
I got to hear that whistle while standing under a highway bridge. About blew out my ear drums.
Gorgeous piece of machinery
4014❤awesome 🚂🚂
Said it before...that's one mother of an engine!
Boy oh boy, so BIG! Whát a machine!
Wish we could've gotten this in 1080
Sure looks like fun!
Looking forward to seeing it again in Oklahoma!
Wow thanks 😊
What a beautiful monster😁
@ 4:23 the iron horse greets a herd!
They should call this magnificent beast: The Bison