Big Boy 4014 Prepping & Departing for the Heartland of America Tour Part 2

Part 2 of the Big Boy 4014 prepping for their Heartland of America Tour. 4014 leaves the shop and couples up to the support cars, then the freight cars , and heads eastbound.

[@tonyhorobin]

Theres nothing like 4014 no country caan come close to her, very well meant!! God bless all involed!! Lets see more😊

[@GaryA]

The 4014 big Boy is just magnificent! An engineering marvel. I never get tired of watching these videos.

[@tonyhorobin]

Lets see another even bigger bilt shes a masteroiece! Just love hher! Get up and coming designers on the drawing boards all wll done!!!

[@bobhanner3929]

We're here in Omaha waiting for him.

[@railgraphix]

@@bobhanner3929 I saw it in North Platte today.

[@mikebenjamin7535]

Ya why freight cars only that much, I can see huge amount of freight cars taking too certain place and idk more fright get drop off or passenger cars but last tour they had had full of fright cars till they reach certain destination drop those fright cars off and then pulled passenger cars so far then back that same destination drop passenger cars off and repick up same freight cars took went back home doesn’t make since to me

[@JoshuaBarnett-d3l]

Why is the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 pulling freight cars ?

[@seanblanck819]

To assist in braking.

[@arlingtontrains7]

What’s the point of the freight cars, where are the rest of the coaches, diesel locomotive?

[@geomodelrailroader]

in Omaha at the car shops the Willie James will be taken back to Omaha and dropped off.

[@michaelstrains4014]

Freight cars are for braking, coaches are probably getting added later. Don’t quote me on the coaches part. Diesel is technically no longer needed since 4014 now has a self-contained PTC system, meaning the only need for a diesel now is for more braking power so they don’t have to use 4014’s brakes as much.