4014 Coming Into Town

[SidewaysTA]

I've been loosely following UPRR's restoration of their Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 for the last few years as well as the various video's of it running now that is operational. Yesterday, it came through College Station along with 4141, Bush 41's locomotive. Very cool to see this magnificent machine in person. Here's a quick video of it. There's lots of videos of it on YT for those interested in seeing more of this piece of history.

 

[PhulesAu]

Saw it in Flatonia , Eagle Lake , East Bernard , Rosenburg and Sugar Land.
Am too stupid to get the pictures to load.

 

[busykngt]

Looked like they had one or two sleeper cars - guess those were reserved for ‘big wigs’ with Union Pacific on this tour around the southwestern U.S.?

 

[CalifornianTexaboo]

Looked like they had one or two sleeper cars - guess those were reserved for ‘big wigs’ with Union Pacific on this tour around the southwestern U.S.?

Do they allow you to check guns as luggage on trains? If so, I'll gladly go on a Southwest tour.

 

[Big Green]

@SidewaysTA I can’t get the video to play. Where is that taken?

Did you go to the public viewing? How crowded was it?

 

[busykngt]

Here’s a copy of its current “tour” schedule (map at the bottom of the page - begins & ends at Casper, WY):
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

Coal powered, in case you were wondering (engine # 4005 was converted to burn oil). Next one to be restored will be converted to nuclear powered....

jk.

 

[Kar98]

Do they allow you to check guns as luggage on trains? If so, I'll gladly go on a Southwest tour.

https://www.amtrak.com/firearms-in-checked-baggage

The passenger is responsible for knowing and following all federal, state, and local firearm laws at all jurisdictions to and through which he or she will be travelling.

Lawdy...

 

[Dad_Roman]

I posted a lot of vid on the NSFW thread.

Thanks TA....very nice!

 

[SidewaysTA]

@SidewaysTA I can’t get the video to play. Where is that taken?

Did you go to the public viewing? How crowded was it?

It's at the fm 159 crossing about 10 miles south of College Station.

I didn't get a chance to go to the viewing unfortunately.

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[Dad_Roman]

I didn't get a chance to go to the viewing unfortunately.

Im gonna say you didnt miss anything.

In Jewett I estimate 3-4000 people and the train ran 30 min late on that stop. Dunno if that was because of the people or not.

In Palestine there were at LEAST 10K people to welcome it into the yard. Might've been more than that. It was unreal how many folks were there.

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[SidewaysTA]

Im gonna say you didnt miss anything.

In Jewett I estimate 3-4000 people and the train ran 30 min late on that stop. Dunno if that was because of the people or not.

In Palestine there were at LEAST 10K people to welcome it into the yard. Might've been more than that. It was unreal how many folks were there.

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Yeah, the viewing here was on campus and i figured it would be a madhouse especially with the small parking lot.

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[DyeF9]

Im gonna say you didnt miss anything.

In Jewett I estimate 3-4000 people and the train ran 30 min late on that stop. Dunno if that was because of the people or not.

In Palestine there were at LEAST 10K people to welcome it into the yard. Might've been more than that. It was unreal how many folks were there.

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There were a lot of people, but I definitely don't think it was that many in Palestine. I had no issues walking around and getting a front row view. The train is so big though, that to actually get a decent picture of it, I had to walk back about 70 feet.

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[busykngt]

I’m not a “train guy” but I’ll have to admit, it does look impressive - easy to see why they called them “big boys”! Little history I read on it, says it was originally placed into service the month Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

 

[toddnjoyce]

We saw and got to climb all voter 4005 at the Forney Museum in Denver.

https://trn.trains.com/photos-video...presents-big-boy-no-4005-at-the-forney-museum

Sad to have missed seeing a Big Boy in person, but all the videos have been great.

 

[SidewaysTA]

On of these days I'm going to hit up one if those RR museums.