BIG BOY 2024 SUMMER SCHEDULE!
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- April 10, 2024 - Union Pacific released the schedule for the Big Boy, or at least part of the summer schedule on their Facebook page, Union Pacific Steam Club.
We would like to thank Union Pacific and especially Ed Dickens and the steam crew in Cheyenne who make these fabulous trips happen. THANKS!!! WOW!!
We have been scrambling to get a video out on the schedule, or at least what we know of it, and it looks like a fantastic July trip for the Big Boy, 4014. There will be a second trip in the fall as well, more on that as we know more.
This is the best schedule we can construct based on the information released on the Union Pacific Steam Club, mixed with a bit of rumor and mostly common sense with a bit of history tossed in. We will repost information as it becomes available.
We've assembled some footage and photos of the route that we hope will help you figure out where you may want to see the locomotive this July. Watch here for more videos as they become available. We will update you as soon as we have a better schedule! AND SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss anything...
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I'm more of a Challenger fan, really enjoyed seeing it some years ago. Still sad that UP saw fit to rid itself of so much of its steam heritage. At least they did not simply scrap the other locos... hoping the new owners really do have the means to repair and restore.. Nice video you two👍👍. Well done mix of new information and historical images/video. THANK YOU!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
3985 is about 50% restored.
@@ToyManTelevision Thanks!! Good news👍👍
Yah I chased & Filmed 3895 for days back when they DBBL Headed her ❤❤❤❤
YAHOO Dale Been Waiting for yrs no He's coming hopefully the layover in Elko as all Steam did in the past.
@@ToyManTelevisionthat’s super awesome! Sounds like it’s ahead of schedule actually then, how’s 5511 doing? If you had to give a percentage for that locomotive how restored is it so far?
Wife and I grew up in LA County near Pomona, I marveled at the Big Boy as a teenager and our sons all had an opportunity to see it. After it was restored the wife and I rode the "Rail Giants" excursion 10/19/2019 headed by the Big Boy. I hope that our Granddaughter, Grandson and Great Grandchildren may be able to see it in Salt Lake City or Ogden since the live close by. Found your channel looking for railfan channels
Super!!! Thanks!
It came through Mo. a few years back & missed the opportunity to see this great steam locomotive. I do think that steam power is viable source. They put out less pol lution than one might think. A beautiful breathing piece of machinery that is functional & practical. This schedule is for the West this year. Can't win them all. Thanks for posting.
Hi. They are magnificent to see. And over Donner! And Feather River!!!
Very excited abou this as I'm in Sacrmento and will be sure to catch it in Roseville. Thank you for the kind words about our museum as well. I'm a bronze spike member so I value the past and future of the museum! Those Pass tunnels are great too! Looking forard to having you guys out this way again!
Our pleasure!
I’m in Sacramento too but I think I may head up to the Feather River canyon and try to catch Big Boy as it comes down through Quincy. That is a scenic drive and only a couple of hours from Sacramento. CA-32 and Hwy 70 along the Feather River.
@CaptSteveCPA Hopefully the canyon will be open by then - it's been closed due to winter slides.
I'm hoping to live long enough to see 3985 operate with 844 and 4014.
I’m guessing in about 2 years. It’s really coming along.
Many of us are. I am in Roseville, CA and get to see a lot.
I was of the understanding that UPRR has donated the Challenger 3985 to the non-profit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) who plans to restore it back to operating condition.
SP 4294 needs to be restored.
Where is 4294?
@@MarkBrown5150California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento
it would cost millions of dollars
Thank YOU DALE & KAREN this is (asome)!!!!!!!!would love to see the feather river portions.WOW thank for the post.❤
Coming soon!
Simply beautiful
Thanks!!!!!
I had no clue it was going to Donner, that’ll be a wild experience.
Amazing!!
It'll be nice to have the display opened to the public at Sparks, Nevada, it's been a while since UP Steam has visited Sparks, Nevada.
As it happens they are only having public access in Roseville and Ogden. That’s it. Sad.
Thanks Dale and Kayren 😊. I had no idea that it was coming. I thought that the last time I saw it was my last. 😊
Nope. Onwards!
Great vidio, love that engine and its sound and that big green bridge too.Thanks for the morning coffee...
Morning!
I'll also be chasing the big boy, I met you guys at the Great Western Steam Up. Hopefully I see you again.
Cool!
looking forward to seeing more! also enjoyed you adding the old tapes from the 3985, with that classic lens flare from the headlight
More to come! Thanks
Thank you two 😊
Our pleasure!
Great video! I'd love to hear from 844. Also you guys have been keeping me good company while I've been working on a rather ambititious modeling project. I'm currently kitbashing 2 Lionel 0-8-0's into a pair of Southern Ks-1 consolidations. One will be a model of the famed SOU 630 and the other will be a more freelance model. When I'm done I'd love to be able to send you pictures.
We have it on very good authority that at some point soon they’re going to be taking 844 down to Denver. Probably not this summer but possibly in the fall? Possibly next year? But they really wanted to get that guy out and run it around a bit just to circulate the oil if you will.
@@ToyManTelevision
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👍👍 Loved this on so many levels, on the bucket list. " Gonna need a bigger " bucket .
You and me both!
Glad I got to see it a few years ago in New Orleans. Unfortunately, I wasn't there for it to arrive and depart. But still glad I got to see it with my daughter
It’s something. 😮🚀🚀🚂
Definitely planning my summer for this!
You should! Have a great time!
Top drawer!
I'm riveted!
Thank you!
Thank you too!
I am so excited to see it again. Last time I saw it was in 2019. I do hope it goes by the Rio Grande Depot when it visits Salt Lake City! Guess I am just so excited about the Rio Grande Plan and it moving forward.
Well, it’s going to be coming down from Ogden and we’re pretty sure they’re going to be parking there by the oil refineries. Sort of in North Salt Lake. When is it leaves town? It should be heading down near the depot but not buy it. Probably More over by the transit center?anyway, straight out north Temple toward Tooele
@@ToyManTelevision Still might be able to get a shot of the steam engine with the depot in the distance. Oh well, it will still be so fun to see it again! Caught it in Weber Canyon in 2019 hope this time to get it downtown SLC. Curious on what your thoughts of the Rio Grande Plan are.
@@FrederickJenny go look. You possibly can find an angle.
Great presentation and information. I had no idea this was happening and I will happen to be in the Lake Tahoe area mid July, so perfect timing.
The schedule is changing but not by much. Mostly public access changes.
What a great video! Thank you for sharing it! Hope to get out west to see some of the places you talked about! Keep up the great videos! @Cbtrainnut!
Thank you! Will do!
Looks like a very picturesque journey. I'll be watching for all the videos.
I saw Big Boy in St Louis a few years ago. Wow.
Thanks for the latest update
Bob
Hi. Thanks!!
We live in San Francisco so the drive to Roseville, is a little over 2 hours. The wife and I have been to the State Railroad Museum many times. We are excited, we watched all the post and videos ever made about UP Big Boy, so we are more than ready to see it live in person. We realize there could be problems along the way, so we will check the web sight, to stay informed.
Sounds great! There will be tickets to sparks and bus back. Not on sale yet… a guessing like $1000 a seat. Based on 2019. Anyway what a sight one way or the other!!
Thanks for the update. Maybe we'll see each other out there!
For sure!
Wow! I bet you will be there showing us the video of the run in your area. Cool!
That's the plan!
Thank you for these videos they helped us in 2019 coming from Pennsylvania. This year though going to chase 2816 Canadian Pacific down through the United States from Canada on the way to Mexico
Hi. Changing schedule too. But we will keep people informed!
I missed out on the 2019 tour and being a resident of Utah in the SLC valley it killed me that I was unaware of that tour until months later. I plan to be all over this tour!
Now is your chance!
So happy it’s coming West! In the 1940s I was lucky enough to ride in a stream engine from Portola to Oroville through the spectacular Feather River Canyon!🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂
Same here!
Sure is some breathtakingly beautiful country out there.
Yup!!
I used to climb all over it when it was at the Pomona fairgrounds. You’re right about how big the firebox is. You can throw a party in there! I still haven’t had a chance to see it run yet.😢
O saw it there. Amazing
Nice work toyman Television keep it up please
Thanks, will do!
Is the challenger the original one that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles? If so, I and my mother rode that train in 1941 from Iowa to California. That was in October/November 1941. Being nearly 7 years old, it was quite an experience. If the Challenger, which is in Cheyenne, according to what you have said, is the original one I definitely will make a trip to Cheyenne. Thank you. Ron W.
Yup. Fast amazing locomotives. And that’s the last one. All of the rest have been scrapped down. But at least that one survives and is currently being rebuilt and fully restored in Silvis Illinois.
I will have to keep all this in mind. Since I live in Cheyenne, and only about 2 miles from where the Big Boy lives :)
Sweet!
"KING OF THE RAILS"
Indeed!
I am sad live in Oregon. The one time I learnd and took time off to go see it they canceled that run. Maybe next year. Thanks for sharing
GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖
Someday they will get out there!! It’s traffic. So much being shipped. Anyway someday they will get up there!!!! Bless you too!
4018 BigBoy is right down the road from me I wish they would restore to.
Love to see it.
Coming to my town; Oroville..yeh !
Sweet!
That's 21 minutes of my life I will never get back.
I was wondering. Does the Southern Pacific cab forward still run? Nice to see the Big Boy.
Nope. I doubt it ever will. But who knows. But all the SP track is now UP and UP has no interest in restoring any non UP equipment nor even any more UP! It would need to go to Portland and they can’t afford it. Silvas perhaps. In 10 or 20 years.. but I doubt it will ever happen.
Gahhh!!! There's no way I can make it this year. But I REALLY hope I do get to see it run at some point. 🤞🤞
It’s amazing. Hi! Hope you’re doing well!
@@ToyManTelevision Not bad thanks! Currently in Scotland, about to do the line made famous by Harry Potter. (No steam today though as it was banned. Politics over safety).
ooooooh portland..... ya almost had it!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep canceled again! But one of these days😊
Hey there! What is that wonderful music that starts at minute 7:00? I haven't been able to figure out the name of it for years.... Aaron Copland correct?
Nope. Richard Band. He does film and video music. Good call on Copland. He was copying Aaron Copland there.
I have often wondered what the freight train engineers think/say/etc, when they see 844 or 4014 pass them out on the high iron. Do they secretly wish that they were at the throttle, like the rest of us? I have often said, "railroad engineers" are really just great big kids living their dream". So it must be even more so with those who drive steam locos. All of us who are "rail fans" are the ones who just never got to live that dream. Oh well. ;-)
Heck yes. And Ed did!
Do you guys have your tickets yet 👍👍
As of now no tickets available. UP gives the trains to non profit groups and they sell the tickets and get the money!!! Is that great or what? Anyway as of now nothing is set up. Schedule is only hours old.
Great video! Who gets to ride along in the passenger cars?
Me! Or not. They usually give the train to a not for profit group so they can sell tickets. But often no one on the train!!
What about restoring the 9000? Or would it’s long frame be too much of a hassle to go on tour?
Yup. It would need to stay in the east. But UP has its two major locomotives and have given the other two away. They will be running soon. 3985 and the 2-10-2. 5511. They are in Silvas and both about 50% restored.
If you guys have not done it yet, I would check out Dennis Shareen’s outdoor railroad in Mesa Arizona on TH-cam. It looks fantastic.
Thanks! Is it on TH-cam?
Old Town Sacramento is a very LONG way from Roseville Yard.
I wish she'd come to Indianapolis.
It’s got to stick to UP tracks..
Wish I could see it...
Can you find a way? If not videos..
@@ToyManTelevision Distance and locations, and time are not with me.
I'm bummed 4014 won't make it to Oregon this year! UP says it's because of track issues (too many sharp curves) and single track operation requirements in some sections.
Well, it was all planned out and there’s no problem going that way. It’s just that it’s a very busy single track line. And working around other traffic is nearly impossible.
Update up 4014 is going under PTC testing and will run without using a helper
Anyone know what that website is to buy old wood from the cutoff? I'd like to make a guitar out of some of it
www.trestlewood.com/
There are tons of the fur in their storage yard at promontory point! Check google maps satellite view. The redwood is all in their shop. Costs a bunch.
@@ToyManTelevision oh perfect, thank you so much!
Fun video. I thought I heard 4014 was going to be in Chicago in 2024?
Yes in the fall
Yes, they’re still working on locking down the schedule for the second trip. But Chicago!😊😊😊
is there any plans for 4014 to go to portland, oregon or something?
Yes!! Two years ago. Cancelled. Then last year. Also cancelled. Then this year!! cancelled too. But someday. It’s a traffic problem. Single track. Millions of tons of fright. Just can’t schedule it. But promised trip. It WILL HAPPEN SOMEDAY.
Don't forget CPKC 2816 Hudson, steam locomotive will be traveling south from Canada. I guess the closet to you will be Kansas City, Mo in May.
That would be fun to see
When is 4014 coming to Los Angeles or Pomona where it was for years
Soon we hope!
What happened to Nampa Idaho. We don't get amtrak and now we don't even get the bigboy.
Yes, that trip got canceled again! That’s twice now. But it will happen at some point.
Do you see it coming to Minnesota?
Yes. All of UP at some point
Do they ever come up the east coast or no
Nope. Only on UP tracks.
i saw the big boy a few years ago when it came to my state its suppose to be here again this year but i have no clue when its suppose to be here
Well, this trip will be in July. Texas, Arkansas, and Kansas in the fall.
What about coming to Illinois?
Well, that’s the far East End of the Union Pacific railroad so they will find their way there at some point
@@ToyManTelevision I know there a fall tour planned this year
At this point, I doubt we in the Pacific Northwest will ever see it here.
Well.. it will probably get there. Soon? Who knows.
How do I see the schedule if I’m not on FB?
Hum…I’ll try to keep everyone informed. But the official announcement is Facebook. Check UPs website too. Steam program. But watch this channel!
Big Boy 4014 will be in Roseville, CA on July 12 & 13.
Are they ever going to bring her through Phoenix??
All of UP. They have promised to cover all of UP at some point.
Not a lot of public access ? That makes sense nothing better than foaming on a static diesel burning ex steam engine. woowoo
They are rethinking. I think I started a .. well.. shirt storm.
CP is running their steam locomotive from Alberta to Mexico celebrating a spike for the cpkc merger.
Wow!
How many will be laid off to pay for this big show..I'm retired from the UPRR with 41 years of service.
No one is ever laid off to pay for somthing.
@@ToyManTelevision You need to listen up here why do think they have miles and miles of locomotives in storage and dozens and dozens of people sitting at home.. because Wall Street and share holders want to make more money.. Plain & simple.
July 2014???
Time travel
I remember a cold grey morning in May a few years ago. The Big Boy was not quite up to steam when they blew the whistle. It was a very wet sound ;) I will mark my calendar for June 30th at 8am. I watched the 4014 and the 844 when they went out to Utah, four years ago. It is the first video on my TH-cam channel.
Cool!! Hope you have a great time!!
Is this some inside info? Your specific layover dates between the main display dates in Roseville and Ogden are not posted anywhere that I have seen.
I’ve been talking to a lot of people and picking some brains. A lot of this is speculation and as it turns out some of it is wrong. I’ll be making corrections as I go. In fact, I have an update going up in the morning with a few corrections and a little more detail. For the most part, however this is correct. the one big problem is I was assuming the train would be on display as would make sense, however, as it turns out, it will only have public displays in Ogden and Roseville. Unless any changes are made to the schedule, it will be off-limits everywhere else.
Pretty Disappointed by the schedule. I was excited they were FINALLY coming to Boise. But they canceled the trip to Boise yet again.
Same here. Well, it is still in the planning stage. The problem is traffic! There’s so much business going across the line that they just don’t want to risk time anything up with the big boy. When and if the traffic levels up to the Columbia river calmed down a bit, the trip is planned. It’s all set all of the stopping points schedules. Everything has been worked out, there’s just no opening in the traffic.
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Why are they going West again?
Come on east to Russellville Arkansas!
They are bringing the big boy to Texas, Kansas and Arkansas in the fall
Why can they not bring it to the east so we can see it?
It’s coming to Texas and Arkansas in the fall. It has to stick to UP tracks so not a lot of opportunities to travel east.
Um, you labeled the map July 2014. You are 10 years off...
Oops.
@@ToyManTelevision LOL!
They need to bring her east.....she can get through Horseshoe..........
She needs to stay on UP.
@@ToyManTelevisionwhy exactly? It sounds mostly like a paperwork issue or is there a technical reason
@@the_retag UP wants her own UP crew and system running her. Not that it’s out of the question but not likely.
@@ToyManTelevision couldnt up crew run her on other tracks? With maybe a local engineer for track knowledge in the cab, which is plenty big enough. Wanting own infrastructure is of course valid as it surely ads flexibility
The overrated boy
Really???? What locomotives have you restored?
Need to go through the Columbia gorge .
Some day…