man I remember watching this 10 Years ago when I was 5 and still into thomas. Now I'm taking my first steps into serious model railroading. Finally remembered the title of this amazing documentary.
This is my favorite classic railroad film of all time, along with Norfolk and Western 611 "Going Home." I'm glad UP has chosen to restore 4014, I hope they get many good excursions out of it.
Haven't seen this one before. Magnificent machine and superb production. Thanks to all who contributed to this production. And special thanks to those who made the biggest steam engine ever come back to life. Marty Jasper
God that whistle... I think that 3 chime whistle is my favorite whistle to ever get put on a locomotive. It is both haunting and powerful. (Fixed whistle-type error)
@@ethancederberg718 Np yeah the 4000s wore Hancock Longbell 3-chimes. But each had a different tone character as 4014 still wears it's original Hancock 3 to this day.
Finally a Big Boy documentary showing what these engines were built for (around 19 minutes in) , hauling (racing) armaments like tanks, and munitions to the coasts. mb
1:16 "For by 1960 the age of steam had virtually ended, and the thrill of seeing a mammoth engine at work was to be only a happy memory of childhood." *Not anymore.*
Too bad the people that worked on this video never got to see the 4014 return to operation, since they died long before Ed Dickens was even in charge of the steam operations.
well yea but US Steam locomotives barely visit Europe and when they get there, they have to remove the bells and cowcatchers since Europe does not use bells and cowcatchers on their trains. And they also got to change their couplings from the knuckle couplings to the chain and buffer couplings.
I was standing about ten feet from 4014 when the whistle was blown. It was something you not only hear, but feel to the core of your body. Something I will never forget.
The ending is sad, as the whistle is heard one last time. This is the only movie made by Pentrex that has the word THE END rather than the copyright screen.
These are the largest steam locomotives in the world. If anybody want to ask me any questions on the big boy let me know. I hope you like this video I really do like it because it is a good memory of the big boy class locomotives. Hope you guys like this video and I liked it I didn't recorded somebody did but I like this video a lot as me good memories cuz I have two of them in my H 0 gauge collection. Guys have a nice evening have a good year
Well I do know the date when it will be running for the anniversary of 2018 that's what you Union Pacific said online about the railroad. I have a DCC locomotive that runs DC Rivarossi unit and Genesis big boy. This locomotive I've had for about 5 years now. Now I have a Southern Pacific cab forward made by Broadway unlimited. It is a DCC engine with smoke and sound and whistle. This engine is made of brass it is one of the highlights collectible engines I have in my collection. I have another cab forward I'm rebuilding right now but it's going to take a long time.
Finer than a MILLION Porcupines!!!!!!! As it happens, I have an HO (1/87th) scale model of the same 4013 that appeared several times in this film. It is about the only American freight loco in my fleet. It was made by Trix, the DC version of Märklin. Most of my models are of European electric and diesel locos with lots of freight wagons and some passenger coaches.
When I compare this old film footage with the video of Big Boy 4014 running today, I don't think the oil-fired rennovation develops as much horsepower as the original, coal-fired Big Boys did. I mean, its nice to see a Big Boy running, but it's not the same. That diesel helper UP uses is almost an insult to the wonderful piece of machinery that 4014 is.
In 2019 being it was in college station the George bush 70ace trailed and It was rather fitting, although I’d find it even more amazing had they consisted it with the dd40ax, that trailing the big boy would easily be the length of 5-6 t4gevos
@@Jemalacane0 I think you know more about this subject than I do. Can you tell me why UP seems to be taking it so easy on the Big Boy? Have you seen that 1991 video of the Challenger pulling 138 econo-stack cars up Sheman Hill, by itself? They are using a diesel helper with the Big Boy pulling only 10 passenger cars. Do they need the diesel to generate electrical power? Also, I haven't yet seen video of the Big Boy pulling a freight consist. Is there a break-in period? Very puzzling. Any light you can shed on this mystery will be appreciated.
@@chrisackerley1842 You don't know shit. The highest heating value of coal is 35 megajoules of energy *per kilogram* whereas for oil-based fuels, it's around 46 megajoules per *kilogram* . If you know anything, you know intermodal trains are some of the lightest freight trains on rails. Oh my God, if you think the Challenger can outpull a modern AC traction diesel locomotive, you don't know anything about trains. The tractive effort of the Challenger is 97,350 lbf. For the Big Boy, it's 135,375 lbf. For the General Electric AC44C6M, the starting tractive effort is 200,000 lbf and the continuous effort is 180,000 lbf. The same numbers apply to the SD70ACE-T4. The load limit for an intermodal car is around 160,000 pounds. The load limit for a coal hopper is 286,000 pounds. There is a video on TH-cam of two AC traction diesel pulling 140 loaded coal hoppers. That means, the coal train is over 20,000 tons.
At about 8 minutes 20 seconds; You can't balance reciprocating action with a rotary counterweight. The drive wheels have offset weights, to counter the connecting rods. That will NEVER work. Make the weights heavier, you get lateral surging. Make them lighter, you get heavier vertical pounding. (Oh, Ed Dickens for President. Would be nice to have an Engineer in that office.) steve
@@blackbirdgaming8147 I'm 68 and since I was 15 I would go to this place near down town Houston called Eureka Junction. It was where the MKT and the SP met. Was fortunate to have seen the earlier GP's and even a few Katy "F" units plus their really odd ball Baldwin/EMD road switchers. I came of age during a post steam era, was born too late. I first knew and understood what a "Big Boy" was when I was about 12, when I would wonder off on my bicycle to either the SP or MKT just to watch a train go by. Never in my wildest dream, even then would I have dared dream a mighty 4000 would slowly go thru Eureaka Junction curve but in Nov. 2019 it did!
@@thunderturbine8860 doesnt really spoil it, the fact that a 4000 moved under its own power in our lifetime is already a miracle as it is... anyway the diesel is for dynamic braking and switching, and as a backup in case of a problem with the steam loco's, etc. Whole host of reasons, really
I must have watched this on VHS hundreds of times as a kid. That last long whistle blast as the train disappears into the sunset still brings a tear to my eye. There will never be anything else quite like a steam locomotive.
On a trip to see my grandmother in Pittsburgh I was watching a steam engine in the rail yard near her home. My dad came down to sit next to me. He said, “Take a good look, son. We won’t be seeing those much longer”. I can still see, smell, feel and hear those wonderful machines.
I n my perot saw BIG BOY 4014 in action just east of L.A pulling UP passenger cars n before then BB 4014 was rnr we saw it in pamona by race track next to another giant DD A40X 6922 with few other locos
GREAT MEMORIES GROWING UP WITH THE STEAM ENGINES... USED TO PUT PENNIES ON THE TRACK AND PICK EM UP AS FLAT PIECES OF COPPER AFTER THE TRAIN PASSED ! 👍😁
4014 in a way truly is the "Last of the Giants" (unless Steamtown someday brings back 4012). Fun fact, the opening music of this film was in my head for almost all of 4014's first trip. Truly fitting for the king of locomotives!
I am absolutely delighted by the fact that, in a month, many of us will finally be able to say that we were one of the lucky boys to see them in action, an opportunity I would have thought disappeared forever.
I remember back in the 50's as a young man going to Spencer, North Carolina, and seeing the steam engines at the repair yard. Spencer is now a museum where you can see round table and shop that repaired the trains and at times ride on a steam train.
Thanks so very much for this documentary, the Big Boy engine as with all steam locos was a living breathing mass of metal that has a beauty all of its own, fabulous machine and thankfully was saved and restored. To work on one of these each day must have been hard work at times but wonderful to look back on.
22:11 Narrator: "The rumble and roar of Big Boy will seem still to echo from the high country of Southern Wyoming." Union Pacific 4014: *I'm about to ruin this man's whole career.*
That closing shot of the sunset sky is stunning. Hooray for Kodachrome! I have a recording of SP&S 700's whistle in the Rockies that is note perfect for what we hear here. Hear here! :P
Correct, yet they never really went to Seattle, except as part of the "pool trains" passenger service. UP, NP, GN and SP&S shared passenger train duties between Portland, OR and Seattle.
This film features several survivors: 1243 (4:56) 2295 (3:44) 9000 (8:38) 3985 (9:35) 5511(5:18) 4012 (14:54) Drive Wheel 'L8' only. I'm guessing backmost axle, left wheel? and a special appearance by the original Big Boy 4000 at 14:29 and again at 17:30, although it did not survive into preservation. There are many background engines that I could not identify, so some of them COULD be survivors for all I know.
While it isn’t in this film union pacific 844 would’ve been a contemporary of the scenes of what we see here and it would have either just ended its original era prior to being withheld from retirement around this point, or it would have just embarked upon its long excursion career. I kind of wish we got to see some very early footage of 844 in this because I have found that I pretty much can’t find any footage of 844 prior to 1960 and even then it’s almost impossible to find any footage of it before 1970 as a 1966 era Trip is one of the first things that I know for certain was recorded on film other than the 1960 snow plow experiments it was a part of.
It was assumed that atomic trains planes and automobiles would be on the way. Ford had the concept nucleon, the air force extensively researched atomic planes and the navy has nuclear subs. Atomic trains never really got anywhere.
The Union Pacific restored both the Challenger No. 3985 a few years before they restored the Big Boy No, 4014. Many other railroad companies have restored many more steam locomotives and use them for passenger excursions.
Not anymore at least, there’s a video of it and 3985 being towed to the RRHMA, and in the future once it’s restored, it’ll run again for the modern generation to see
I notice Big Boy 4013 was a predominant fixture in this video. it's a damned shame that loco was sold for scrap shortly after it retired in July, 1959. Total bummer. But alas...we all have 4014 back on the rails as a object of our awe and wonder!!!
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Indeed, to think that today one single crew engineer can control a whole 2 mile long freight from one cab over whole distances, these needed 5-6 men minimum just to get the train out of the yard; engineer, fireman, conductor and then (usually at least) 2 or 3 brakemen, nowadays even an extra conductor is becoming a thing of the past
Just THINK of the MANUFACTURING Process at ALCO American Locomotive Company ! NOT one single solitary PART was made OUTSIDE of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
This was a great documentation on steam history, I would love to see more. I'm 56 years old I never seen steam power in it's day but I seen 844 I think 3 times come thru Kansas, 3985 at least once and I have been fortunate to see 4014 from Grand Island earlier this year going to North Platt, Than now to find out she is going to be in my back yard on Nov.21 for 45 minutes. Thank you Union Pacific for all the great work and recreating this for all of our younger generation people to experience. The first time I saw 844 etched memories in my head that I can't forget and it's part of our history that formed this country, I feel greatly privliged to see all three engines in my lifetime, I know it costs tons of money to restore and operate these old historic engines keep up the great work and God Bless America
1959: Big Boy was a King of the Rails.
2019: *Big Boy is the King of the Rails.*
2023: Big Boy still is the King of the Rails.
2024: Basically the same thing as 2023
JULY 11,2024 : BIG BOY IS HERE IN ROSEVILLE CA!!!!!!
@@Railfan-uf9mw Big Boy will always be King of the Rails, even when dormant!
man I remember watching this 10 Years ago when I was 5 and still into thomas. Now I'm taking my first steps into serious model railroading. Finally remembered the title of this amazing documentary.
It's amazing seeing these beautiful machines. It astounds me that my great grandpa got to fire the 844.
This is my favorite classic railroad film of all time, along with Norfolk and Western 611 "Going Home."
I'm glad UP has chosen to restore 4014, I hope they get many good excursions out of
it.
fuck excursions
It needs to pull freight
@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory
No matter what they use those beautiful beasts for I'm happy to know they are in use.
@@pointingdog7235 let’s please don’t say that. Let’s just say they are Beautiful Giants.
@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory so you dont give a fuck about maintennance crews having to fixing the wear and tears, foamers will always be tweaking
Big boy pushed a stalled diesel consist up a hill, this is how its done
They say they do everything bigger in America... That just brought real meaning to that statement...
I have this film and still do. Its part of a box set of videos. This happened to be my favorite
Same
I live in Schenectady, NY, the home of the former ALCO plant...birthplace of the Big Boys. Love seeing them run and the sounds.
One of my favorite railroad videos!
We got tired of double-heading the trains, so we built one engine with double the power.
Haven't seen this one before. Magnificent machine and superb production. Thanks to all who contributed to this production. And special thanks to those who made the biggest steam engine ever come back to life.
Marty Jasper
God that whistle... I think that 3 chime whistle is my favorite whistle to ever get put on a locomotive. It is both haunting and powerful.
(Fixed whistle-type error)
The 4000s actually wore 3 chimes not 6 chimes
@@AirchimeLTDproductions174 wow, you're right. I don't know how I made that mistake, thanks for pointing that out.
@@ethancederberg718 Np yeah the 4000s wore Hancock Longbell 3-chimes. But each had a different tone character as 4014 still wears it's original Hancock 3 to this day.
The scenery in this looks like a painting.
How many watching in 2021 Saw the 4014 Big Boy pass thru mu local today..amazing...!!
She was quite majestic steaming thru Kirkwood!
I recognize some of that country, Cheyenne to Laramie. Drove it a lot during the early 80's.
Finally a Big Boy documentary showing what these engines were built for (around 19 minutes in) , hauling (racing) armaments like tanks, and munitions to the coasts. mb
I can't believe I just got to actually see one of these operate again 😍
I watch this all the time when I run my ho scale big boy on my layout
A beautiful sympathy of power and grace.
1:16 "For by 1960 the age of steam had virtually ended, and the thrill of seeing a mammoth engine at work was to be only a happy memory of childhood."
*Not anymore.*
Too bad the people that worked on this video never got to see the 4014 return to operation, since they died long before Ed Dickens was even in charge of the steam operations.
I saw 4012 in steamtown it was so awesome to witness a behemoth like it
I’ll be seeing big boy here in Texas not even a week from now!
Saw it in 2019 in college station and cried
The men and woman who worked on these beasts back then were of a very special breed. You don't see that nowadays...AT ALL!
Except women didn’t operate these locomotives
I wish the steam engines still ran!! Love listening to them!!
Me too.
Amazing technology. My Grandfather was a fireman on one of the old steam trains.
This video is more of a historical thing, not any regular video. I hope TH-cam doesn't take it down!
I have this film on dvd, used to watch it all the time as a kid
We're getting an articulated Mallet train on Sodor!
Sam the Virginian 2-6-6-6!
***** Yea he is way to big for UK and Sodor railways.
Sam is a 2-6-6-6 Virginian. That means he is at least 4 times as long and at least twice as tall as the Sodor engines.
well yea but US Steam locomotives barely visit Europe and when they get there, they have to remove the bells and cowcatchers since Europe does not use bells and cowcatchers on their trains. And they also got to change their couplings from the knuckle couplings to the chain and buffer couplings.
To meet that countries railway requirements.
yes thats how it works.
We better keep these high-quality and beautiful beasts running til we can't no more and really make these known as history to everyone i mean it
I was standing about ten feet from 4014 when the whistle was blown. It was something you not only hear, but feel to the core of your body. Something I will never forget.
Fantastic machine 👍🏻
The ending is sad, as the whistle is heard one last time.
This is the only movie made by Pentrex that has the word THE END rather than the copyright screen.
These are the largest steam locomotives in the world. If anybody want to ask me any questions on the big boy let me know. I hope you like this video I really do like it because it is a good memory of the big boy class locomotives. Hope you guys like this video and I liked it I didn't recorded somebody did but I like this video a lot as me good memories cuz I have two of them in my H 0 gauge collection. Guys have a nice evening have a good year
+Garrett Taylor-Leedy will the restoration take to 5 ys?
Well I do know the date when it will be running for the anniversary of 2018 that's what you Union Pacific said online about the railroad. I have a DCC locomotive that runs DC Rivarossi unit and Genesis big boy. This locomotive I've had for about 5 years now. Now I have a Southern Pacific cab forward made by Broadway unlimited. It is a DCC engine with smoke and sound and whistle. This engine is made of brass it is one of the highlights collectible engines I have in my collection. I have another cab forward I'm rebuilding right now but it's going to take a long time.
I love this program! I’m a huge Railfan & Locomotive Lover & I’m obsessed with Large Articulated Locomotives! I own a B&O 4-8-8-4 plastic model!
what trainz session was that?
At 1:06 the Big Boy's number is 4002. It's Otz from The Fullbucket Line.
To all those who sweat long hours in the workshops all over the World, who build and maintain rail equipment, well done. The hero's.!!!!
This 4013 didn't know that his big brother is gonna rock on the rails again
If 4013 was alive
@@amtrakhiawathafan3609 lol
Finer than a MILLION Porcupines!!!!!!!
As it happens, I have an HO (1/87th) scale model of the same 4013 that appeared several times in this film. It is about the only American freight loco in my fleet. It was made by
Trix, the DC version of Märklin. Most of my models are of European electric and diesel locos with lots of freight wagons and some passenger coaches.
It's probably a long shot but I wonder if their appearances in this film is why 1243, 2295, 5511 and 3985 were kept preserved.
yes the 5511 was preserved solely because it appeared in the film but don't know about the other locomotives though
I won't be long now! May is almost here and it will be the day that Big Boy returns to steam!
Yes! Return of a giant!
Sherman Hill won’t be silent for much longer. 4014 will be coming back soon. So once more, the rumble and roar of a Big Boy will soon be back.
Got to see 4014 today, doing about 40mph. It shook the sidewalk I was standing on.
16:48 ITS THAT BIG? OH MY GOD
Union Pacific did it right. And still does to this day. So glad I got to chase 4014 in 2019.
Sometimes I wish I was born during the golden age of steam.
And this is how to make a documentary.
At 18:55, Did anyone notice the flat cars loaded with tanks next to Big Boy? I just did.
I did. Those steam locomotives can pull fully-loaded freight cars and run at high speeds better than today's diesel engines.
the greatest creation of humanity
I don't know man... If we get ITER to produce a net positive energy output, that would be hard to argue with.
A 5.5 mile long train??? Good lord
Has anyone else noticed some of the bolts on the Piston Rods look kinda like the star of david? That's kinda cool.
I always thought that was for them to express their sorrow for the events of the holocaust but thats me.
Big boy can haul a five and a half mile train on a flat surface. That's amazing
Amazing is an understatement
I would love to see 4014 (Big boy) we really don't have any locomotive like her in the UK
Those machines are awesome
9:15 wheel slip
6:59 Cartoon Train Locomotive
7:43 Cartoon Train Locomotive
Don't forget the big boy.
Very Good
Interesting but 300 pounds IS NOT a pressure! 300 pounds per square inch is a pressure.
We need more bigboys, they can actually out pull any single unit piece of shit diesel.
Beast
My grandmother used to see steam locomotives all the time! And then the e and f units and then the SW, GP , SD she misses them
It would be interesting if the resurrected 4014 was actually worked. It seems it is being coddled with supplemental diesel power and short trains.
WOW! What else can you say.
When I compare this old film footage with the video of Big Boy 4014 running today, I don't think the oil-fired rennovation develops as much horsepower as the original, coal-fired Big Boys did. I mean, its nice to see a Big Boy running, but it's not the same. That diesel helper UP uses is almost an insult to the wonderful piece of machinery that 4014 is.
In 2019 being it was in college station the George bush 70ace trailed and It was rather fitting, although I’d find it even more amazing had they consisted it with the dd40ax, that trailing the big boy would easily be the length of 5-6 t4gevos
Oil has a higher heating value than coal and diesel locomotives are in every way better.
@@Jemalacane0 I think you know more about this subject than I do. Can you tell me why UP seems to be taking it so easy on the Big Boy? Have you seen that 1991 video of the Challenger pulling 138 econo-stack cars up Sheman Hill, by itself? They are using a diesel helper with the Big Boy pulling only 10 passenger cars. Do they need the diesel to generate electrical power? Also, I haven't yet seen video of the Big Boy pulling a freight consist. Is there a break-in period? Very puzzling. Any light you can shed on this mystery will be appreciated.
@@chrisackerley1842 You don't know shit. The highest heating value of coal is 35 megajoules of energy *per kilogram* whereas for oil-based fuels, it's around 46 megajoules per *kilogram* . If you know anything, you know intermodal trains are some of the lightest freight trains on rails. Oh my God, if you think the Challenger can outpull a modern AC traction diesel locomotive, you don't know anything about trains. The tractive effort of the Challenger is 97,350 lbf. For the Big Boy, it's 135,375 lbf. For the General Electric AC44C6M, the starting tractive effort is 200,000 lbf and the continuous effort is 180,000 lbf. The same numbers apply to the SD70ACE-T4. The load limit for an intermodal car is around 160,000 pounds. The load limit for a coal hopper is 286,000 pounds. There is a video on TH-cam of two AC traction diesel pulling 140 loaded coal hoppers. That means, the coal train is over 20,000 tons.
At about 8 minutes 20 seconds; You
can't balance reciprocating action
with a rotary counterweight. The
drive wheels have offset weights,
to counter the connecting rods.
That will NEVER work. Make the
weights heavier, you get lateral
surging. Make them lighter, you
get heavier vertical pounding.
(Oh, Ed Dickens for President.
Would be nice to have an
Engineer in that office.)
steve
s c i e n c e
3800 class or 3900 series
MEN at work - no social media or concern about the colour of ones hair.
@krvnjrcbs these men would laugh at anyone obsessing over likes and followers
There's more Big Boy to be restored
I've got this video somewhere.
Union pacific steam trains consolidation 2-8-0 mikado 2-8-2 mountain class 4-8-2 ten wheeler pure blood 4-6-0 American 4-4-0 mogul 2-6-0
Hard to believe the Big Boy is back in service. I never thought I would ever see it happen.
When I see the clips of 4014 now running, the opening theme music here comes into my head. It's almost like a superhero's theme.
None of us did
Americans can do anything!
@@blackbirdgaming8147 I'm 68 and since I was 15 I would go to this place near down town Houston called Eureka Junction. It was where the MKT and the SP met. Was fortunate to have seen the earlier GP's and even a few Katy "F" units plus their really odd ball Baldwin/EMD road switchers. I came of age during a post steam era, was born too late. I first knew and understood what a "Big Boy" was when I was about 12, when I would wonder off on my bicycle to either the SP or MKT just to watch a train go by. Never in my wildest dream, even then would I have dared dream a mighty 4000 would slowly go thru Eureaka Junction curve but in Nov. 2019 it did!
@@stanfischer6175 Very cool! I was born way too late for steam myself, I’m 19 lol. I hope to see 4014 next month in Fort Worth.
Yesterday Big boy 4014 ran under its own power for the first time in decades
It really is a spectacle to watch it's almost as if it was a living being
Any idea as to why they have diesels pushing from behind now? That just spoils the look of the glorious Big Boy locomotive
@@thunderturbine8860 doesnt really spoil it, the fact that a 4000 moved under its own power in our lifetime is already a miracle as it is... anyway the diesel is for dynamic braking and switching, and as a backup in case of a problem with the steam loco's, etc. Whole host of reasons, really
@@urmad378 OK That's a fair point. Dynamic braking wasn't a thing in steam locomotives back then.
That was more than a year and a half ago. Wow
I must have watched this on VHS hundreds of times as a kid. That last long whistle blast as the train disappears into the sunset still brings a tear to my eye. There will never be anything else quite like a steam locomotive.
So have I!! My grandfather had this vhs back in the day
I don't know how i got the VHS of this when I was little.
On a trip to see my grandmother in Pittsburgh I was watching a steam engine in the rail yard near her home. My dad came down to sit next to me. He said, “Take a good look, son. We won’t be seeing those much longer”. I can still see, smell, feel and hear those wonderful machines.
I n my perot saw BIG BOY 4014 in action just east of L.A pulling UP passenger cars n before then BB 4014 was rnr we saw it in pamona by race track next to another giant DD A40X 6922 with few other locos
1:18 “And the thrill of seeing a mammoth engine at work was to be only a happy memory of childhood.”
60 years later, that mammoth engine has awoken.
And the smoke breathing Dragon rumbles down the tracks oncemore.
Boss music starts
GREAT MEMORIES GROWING UP WITH THE STEAM ENGINES...
USED TO PUT PENNIES ON THE TRACK AND PICK EM UP AS FLAT PIECES OF COPPER AFTER THE TRAIN PASSED ! 👍😁
It says, “Soot…Soot…SOOT!”
Saw it on person. Was absolutely epic.
No computers, no electronic calculators. Superior people using their skills as designers, machinists to make a magnificent machine.
"It's was the last of the giants"
Until today!
4014 in a way truly is the "Last of the Giants" (unless Steamtown someday brings back 4012). Fun fact, the opening music of this film was in my head for almost all of 4014's first trip. Truly fitting for the king of locomotives!
Pentrex said that it wasn't likely for a Big Boy to ever pull a train again. But BOY did UP prove them wrong.
@@thunderbird1921 ah I see you have good taste
How much did UP spend to get him up and running?
@@thunderbird1921 👩❤️👨i
The return of the KING of the high iron.
I am absolutely delighted by the fact that, in a month, many of us will finally be able to say that we were one of the lucky boys to see them in action, an opportunity I would have thought disappeared forever.
I can never get enough of Big Boy's three chime steam whistle. It makes me feel like I went back in time.
Soon you will be able to see a Big Boy when 4014 is back to service.
East Coast Rail Chasers yup and Last of The Giants is his story
Today is that day
@@harrimanfox8961amen
And that is now
14:21 Steam Shop back in the day it was a hive of activity when those engines came in. now there are only three #844 #3985 and BIG BOY.
Yes Big Boy 4014
Nice to see 3985 in this film!
428 is currently under restoration in Illinois...
Just today, 4014 once again did what it was meant to do and pushed a stalled Manifest up a hill.
I remember back in the 50's as a young man going to Spencer, North Carolina, and seeing the steam engines at the repair yard. Spencer is now a museum where you can see round table and shop that repaired the trains and at times ride on a steam train.
Thanks so very much for this documentary, the Big Boy engine as with all steam locos was a living breathing mass of metal that has a beauty all of its own, fabulous machine and thankfully was saved and restored.
To work on one of these each day must have been hard work at times but wonderful to look back on.
22:11
Narrator: "The rumble and roar of Big Boy will seem still to echo from the high country of Southern Wyoming."
Union Pacific 4014: *I'm about to ruin this man's whole career.*
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That closing shot of the sunset sky is stunning. Hooray for Kodachrome! I have a recording of SP&S 700's whistle in the Rockies that is note perfect for what we hear here. Hear here! :P
+up4014 steam train fan Spokane, Portland, and Seattle if I'm not mistaken
Correct, yet they never really went to Seattle, except as part of the "pool trains" passenger service. UP, NP, GN and SP&S shared passenger train duties between Portland, OR and Seattle.
The Union Pacific Big Boy is a legend!
This film features several survivors:
1243 (4:56)
2295 (3:44)
9000 (8:38)
3985 (9:35)
5511(5:18)
4012 (14:54) Drive Wheel 'L8' only. I'm guessing backmost axle, left wheel?
and a special appearance by the original Big Boy 4000 at 14:29 and again at 17:30, although it did not survive into preservation. There are many background engines that I could not identify, so some of them COULD be survivors for all I know.
I watched this video many times as a kid. I just came back from the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, and Union Pacific #1243 is there on display!
At least we may see 5511 and 3985 run again since they’ve gone to be worked on
While it isn’t in this film union pacific 844 would’ve been a contemporary of the scenes of what we see here and it would have either just ended its original era prior to being withheld from retirement around this point, or it would have just embarked upon its long excursion career. I kind of wish we got to see some very early footage of 844 in this because I have found that I pretty much can’t find any footage of 844 prior to 1960 and even then it’s almost impossible to find any footage of it before 1970 as a 1966 era Trip is one of the first things that I know for certain was recorded on film other than the 1960 snow plow experiments it was a part of.
4466 also appeared pushing 4012 to the wash.
@@ericurbane99 The locomotive pushing the 4012 looked awfully big to be 4466, or one of her sister engines.
21:19
Okay, guys, so the Union Pacific's steam fleet wasn't made out of atoms.
+RockyRailroad Productions Because 50's LOL!
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everything is made of atoms mate
@@theodor12 living things are made of cells
It was assumed that atomic trains planes and automobiles would be on the way. Ford had the concept nucleon, the air force extensively researched atomic planes and the navy has nuclear subs. Atomic trains never really got anywhere.
The Union Pacific restored both the Challenger No. 3985 a few years before they restored the Big Boy No, 4014. Many other railroad companies have restored many more steam locomotives and use them for passenger excursions.
Guess whoooooos baaaack!! 4014 is out of the shop and has a fire in its belly. Its ALIVE!
Only footage of UP 5511
Not anymore at least, there’s a video of it and 3985 being towed to the RRHMA, and in the future once it’s restored, it’ll run again for the modern generation to see
It’s pulling freight in this but according to bennyboi there’s a clip in this of it burning tires in its firebox
18:26 @@Strasburg_Railfaner611
We have some other footages, but they're very rare to find
*09:46*
DID ANYONE HERE NOTICE 3985?!
RIP 3985
@@TheTrainGuy1355 not dead just retired
Rails and Sirens Of Southwestern Iowa I know but still a sad thing to recognize that we might not see 3985 operate for a long time
@@TheTrainGuy1355 Well it’s sad but she got her turn and it’s time for 4014 to shine
No worries, 3985 will be returning to steam!
I notice Big Boy 4013 was a predominant fixture in this video. it's a damned shame that loco was sold for scrap shortly after it retired in July, 1959. Total bummer. But alas...we all have 4014 back on the rails as a object of our awe and wonder!!!
Of the 25 Big Boys 8 are still in existence. Across the world their were great steam locomotives classes that where totally eradicated.
The beginning of the film showed 4009 which also got scrapped
there are photos of UP 4013 being scrapped
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im still trying to get my head around the amount of service this engineering masterpiece needed, i mean what do you expect, its just massive
Indeed, to think that today one single crew engineer can control a whole 2 mile long freight from one cab over whole distances, these needed 5-6 men minimum just to get the train out of the yard; engineer, fireman, conductor and then (usually at least) 2 or 3 brakemen, nowadays even an extra conductor is becoming a thing of the past
@@haydendraycott7897 Yet, the Big Boy pulled five miles of cars.
Just THINK of the MANUFACTURING Process at ALCO American Locomotive Company !
NOT one single solitary PART was made OUTSIDE of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
At 9:35 is 3985. They had no idea how significant she would become. It's a shame she can't join 4014.
I'd recognize this narrator's voice anywhere. This is the same guy who narrated "Plan Nine from Outer Space." The Edward D Wood movie!
This was a great documentation on steam history, I would love to see more. I'm 56 years old I never seen steam power in it's day but I seen 844 I think 3 times come thru Kansas, 3985 at least once and I have been fortunate to see 4014 from Grand Island earlier this year going to North Platt, Than now to find out she is going to be in my back yard on Nov.21 for 45 minutes. Thank you Union Pacific for all the great work and recreating this for all of our younger generation people to experience. The first time I saw 844 etched memories in my head that I can't forget and it's part of our history that formed this country, I feel greatly privliged to see all three engines in my lifetime, I know it costs tons of money to restore and operate these old historic engines keep up the great work and God Bless America
I was in Salina, KS when Big Boy 4014 came thru, being a young buck, I was in awe when I saw it up close and when it was running
1:10 - 1:24 With #4014 up and running, the thrill of seeing a Big Boy in action is no longer just a happy memory of childhood. :)
Yup
Agree. I saw her before and after her revival