Dad saw them in revenue service. He never believed that they would ever restore one, though he dreamed of them possibility. When I got to see 4014 in 2019 ad it steamed through Weber canyon outside of Salt Lake City I couldn’t help but wish that he were still here to see his secret dream made true.
Well it was built for a purpose..as I'm sure the foreign loco's were.. not much point building something purely to boast that's overkill and very expensive to run sot needed to pay it's way as well...love Big Boy! 😎🦘
Absolute insanity, thank you American Locomotive Company/ UP! and thanks so much for sharing your footage. Remarkable to hear it working rather than cracking over the flatlands.
Locomotives today are either electric like what they have in the northeast corridor/acela... Or they are hybrid... Those Diesel engines power a generator which then sends power to the wheels
I find it curious that Union Pacific had those engines designed to haul real tonnage trains over long grades WITHOUT HELPERS and yet they don't trust it to haul much lighter trains without a diesel helper! Oh some have said they're on there only for dynamic braking on downgrades well they took much heavier tonnage trains down those same grades WITHOUT DIESEL HELPERS!!
I’d like to see a repeat of the APL stack train pull 3985 did back in the 80s w/ 4014… probably not gonna happen though. I rode in the cab for a portion of that trip, 3985 was working hard - got invited to sit on the fireman’s side btw two stops. Same, doubt that’d happen again - I got lucky that day, right place, right time
I bet a lot of people have forgotten that that is 3985s tender that the big boy is using! Once the people in Illinois convert 4014 tender to oil 3985 will get her tender back
@@rudycarlson8245 a lot of locomotives swapped tenders back in the steam days, tender & engine were separated during an overhaul. The engine often just got the next available tender when it was complete. Made sense to use 3985s tender, it was already converted & ready to go. It would have added more time, $$ and labor to an already lengthy rebuild process for 4014 if they used 4014s tender.
Yes when in all actuality they should be getting excited and happy that somebody's feeding the trees!!! And all the other plants and the algae in the ocean that produces the oxygen that we need to stay alive global warming climate change a bunch of BS just giving the elite an excuse in my personal opinion....
Dad saw them in revenue service. He never believed that they would ever restore one, though he dreamed of them possibility.
When I got to see 4014 in 2019 ad it steamed through Weber canyon outside of Salt Lake City I couldn’t help but wish that he were still here to see his secret dream made true.
From the foreigner from country with smaller less powerful locomotives - this what America is all about - bigger, better, more powerful.
Well it was built for a purpose..as I'm sure the foreign loco's were.. not much point building something purely to boast that's overkill and very expensive to run sot needed to pay it's way as well...love Big Boy! 😎🦘
Good luck 🇺🇸♥️🇺🇦
G'day mate from Australia. That's the heavy metal music, old school style. She sounded awesome, heavy grades and decent scenery.
Absolute insanity, thank you American Locomotive Company/ UP! and thanks so much for sharing your footage. Remarkable to hear it working rather than cracking over the flatlands.
What a magnificent machine
Big Boy at its best - moving slowly, chugging and chuffing and working hard!
Great Video, You know the best areas to film, We saw it fly by in the flat NV desert.
BEAUTIFUL..👍
Weve had a Big Boy, Challenger, J and A. Time for a N&W Y or C&O H8.
I would love to have a seat in one of those dome cars.
Super nice video :)
Thank you very much!
Great video🤩!
Thank you!!
This is a passenger train?
Bear in mind the Big Boys were always the exceptions to the rule, the departures from the norm. People from abroad should be told that.
I’m not sure I agree with that, what are you trying to say?
This is beautiful can’t imagine an EV loci 🤷🏻♂️
Locomotives today are either electric like what they have in the northeast corridor/acela... Or they are hybrid... Those Diesel engines power a generator which then sends power to the wheels
Big Boy's stack talk is surprisinglly subdued and muted except when under maximum tractive effort.
Old boy is barely breaking a sweat.
Really, really beautiful !!! I hear the diesel loc engine : does it help big boy or is it just in case of failure ?
It's really there for it's dynamic brakes plus I'm not sure if the Big Boy has a full I-ETMS train control system set up on her or just the screens.
I wonder why it has a diesel locomotive attached to it. Train doesn't have enough power to pull all those cars by itself?
Nice! +1
1:40 new meaning to roaling coal 👊
Wow nice video n I scrb you 👍❤
Me encantaría viajar en esa locomotora 🚂❤❤
How I wish it would come easy just once like the 3985 did...please
East...not easy
Why the pusher if so powerful
Heavy iron and boiled water, that's enough.
I find it curious that Union Pacific had those engines designed to haul real tonnage trains over long grades WITHOUT HELPERS and yet they don't trust it to haul much lighter trains without a diesel helper! Oh some have said they're on there only for dynamic braking on downgrades well they took much heavier tonnage trains down those same grades WITHOUT DIESEL HELPERS!!
i think the main reason the diesel is there is so the bog boy dosen't use so much water because there are not as many water towers as in it's hay day
Because Big Boy was literally built in the 40s
OK BOOMER
Why is the diesel under load in all these canyon climbing videos? 4014 could do this alone. Does anyone know why the diesel is helping?
Because Big Boy was literally built in the 40s
Isso não parece um trem de passageiros.
bit of a lightweight train, think my dog could pull.
I like it but it looks like it produces too much carbon to pollute the air
Spitting out all that aiir pollution!
It is nothing compared to everything else.
Considering it was made to pull a five mile loaded train up and down mountains, it's taking it rather easy in it's retirement these days!
I’d like to see a repeat of the APL stack train pull 3985 did back in the 80s w/ 4014… probably not gonna happen though. I rode in the cab for a portion of that trip, 3985 was working hard - got invited to sit on the fireman’s side btw two stops. Same, doubt that’d happen again - I got lucky that day, right place, right time
Big Boys did not pull 5 mile long trains. Managmebt had somewhat more sense back in the day.
I bet a lot of people have forgotten that that is 3985s tender that the big boy is using! Once the people in Illinois convert 4014 tender to oil 3985 will get her tender back
@@rudycarlson8245 a lot of locomotives swapped tenders back in the steam days, tender & engine were separated during an overhaul. The engine often just got the next available tender when it was complete.
Made sense to use 3985s tender, it was already converted & ready to go. It would have added more time, $$ and labor to an already lengthy rebuild process for 4014 if they used 4014s tender.
@@rudycarlson8245
How many tree huggers are getting their panties in a twist over the "carbon" being spewed out of that engine?
Yes when in all actuality they should be getting excited and happy that somebody's feeding the trees!!! And all the other plants and the algae in the ocean that produces the oxygen that we need to stay alive global warming climate change a bunch of BS just giving the elite an excuse in my personal opinion....
It is not that much compared to everything else.