UP: Big Boy No. 4014 Steam Locomotive - Union Pacific
Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941. The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service. Union Pacific reacquired No. 4014 from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, in 2013, and relocated it back to Cheyenne to begin a multi-year restoration process.
Full Documentary: Last of the Giants – Union Pacific Railroad
Sep 12, 2021 · Last of the Giants is a documentary about the Union Pacific Big Boy, a series of gargantuan articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotives that were built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) during World War II.
Last of the Giants--Union Pacific Railroad - YouTube
Jul 27, 2013 · A late film about the history of the "Big Boy" one of the if not the largest steam train used in the USA for hauling freight....more.
Big Boy 4014: Last of the Giants - YouTube
May 3, 2024 · Union Pacific's famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will return to the rails this summer with a scenic tour across mountain ranges and high desert vistas...
Union Pacific 4014 - Wikipedia
Union Pacific 4014 is a steam locomotive owned and operated by the Union Pacific (UP) as part of its heritage fleet. It is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" type built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) at its Schenectady Locomotive Works. It was assigned to haul heavy freight trains in the Wasatch mountain range.
The Last Big Boys & Where To See Them - Steam Giants
On July 23, 2013, Union Pacific announced that it had reacquired Big Boy 4014 from the Southern California chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, with the goal of restoring it to service.
Five mind-blowing Big Boy facts - Trains
Aug 19, 2022 · Union Pacific fireman Austin Barker feeds sand into Big Boy No. 4014’s firebox. The draft will pull the sand through the flues to clean out any oil residue that has built up. This is a standard procedure for oil-burning steam locomotives.
Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 - RailGiants Train Museum
In the summer of 2013, Union Pacific reacquired Big Boy No. 4014 to restore it as an operating steam locomotive as part of its Heritage Locomotive fleet. Big Boy No. 4014 departed RailGiants Train Museum on November 14, 2013, when it began its …
Big Boy story began in 1940 | Trains Magazine
Aug 21, 2013 · No. 4014 climbing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill, behind helper No. 4021, on June 25, 1949. When Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 takes to the rails again following restoration by Union Pacific, admirers of the huge machine would do well to remember two names: Otto Jabelmann and William Jeffers.
The Big Boy 4014 Story - Steam Giants
Union Pacific 844 was never retired and is now part of the 4014 / 844 pair of steam locomotives kept steam-ready by the Union Pacific. So, where is the skill today to bring this massive machine back to life? It’s in Cheyenne, Wyoming at the Union Pacific steam shop.
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