I live in a nursing home and very limit travel. I remember seeing steam going through Salina, Ks. To hear the whistles of the steam locomotive, any size is music to my ears. I would love to see the Big Boy in person but it's only dreaming. Ride in the cab and help drive her down the tracks. The old steam locomotives got about 100 miles before running out fuel and water.
It runs out of water 4 times over on just its own tender before it runs out of fuel, with the Canteen tenders Joe Jordan and Jim Adams it can go further without being refilled. But it still has to stop every hundred miles or so for lubrication and inspection.
Interesting comment on the RR crossing sounds, .. I find that as times I find those ambient details can be a good thing. I've made audio recordings for many years. Throughout this time, I've enjoyed capturing steam locomotives the most, there's simply nothing like them ... and it's not even close! I'm officially retired (but never really stop dabbling in all things audio). As a hobbyist, I've been recording steam locomotives since the 70's. In the last 10yrs or so I began experimenting in multi-channel surround recordings, but I've yet to capture steam in multi channel. Anyway, I understand and agree with your point about a clean recording, ie., no talking etc. I can't begin to tell you how many recordings of mine have been ruined by someone walking up and talking to me/asking questions etc. However, it's a pleasure achieving a nice balance and variety of environmental elements (just no tweakers!) to accompany the raw power of a locomotive passing by. When in the field you take what you get. Chasing a steam locomotive you find there's little time to get everything perfect. Myself, I would consider an ideal scenario trackside would consist of a fade in to low levels of crickets and other insects. There's also birds clearly heard at low levels too. I'm positioned within 25' of the tracks with a road crossing (with clanging!) about 50-to-100 yards in front of me. Ideally, the whistle needs to be done before the locomotive is too close. Each locomotive and engineer is different in how they employ the whistle and the whistle's HF energy can be staggeringly high. In all US railroading, the engineer must utilize the same horn/whistle pattern at each grade crossing; LONG, LONG, SHORT, LONG. The last LONG must be held until the locomotive is across the crossing. So as I mentioned, I prefer being 50-100yds after the crossing. This enables a recorded balance of the beautiful steam whistle HF, while still capturing the massive LF weight and power of the locomotive. If you're too close, the input gains have to be lowered to accommodate the über high SPL of the whistle. Thus, the overall LF gravitas isn't conveyed. Also, the low level ambient information and dimensional/depth cues such as distinct whistle echo details would be diminished. And THAT'S no bueno, because that's the good stuff! - Fade in, crickets birds etc. Even the occasional vehicle crossing the tracks. Way off in the distance the whistle faintly echoes... slowly increasing in level as the train gets closer. The RR crossing clanging begins, it's not unpleasant due to the gains set for +120dB ... the intensity grows, peaks, then beautifully the process reverses as the train speeds away ... leaving only the same crickets and echoing whistle in the distance. Nicely soothing ambience - excitement ramps up - peak experience - excitement wanes morphing into soothing nature ambience. I don't believe I've ever typed this process out... it's as if it's a metaphor for sex! Oh shit that's funny!
@@FOH3663 I guess my point is.... sometimes it's nice to hear a clean train by and nothing else. In my line of work all those other back ground sounds (birds, wind, vehicles, horns etc) are added in later to create the balance we want.
Absolutely beautiful footage, the Wyoming landscape is just as much a star as the magnificent 4014! I love the variety of the shots, too. Very enjoyable, I'm excited to see 4014 again in person in a couple of days!
BIG BOY CERTAINLY GETS INTO IT, WHAT A MAGNIFICENT MACHINE, IT'S A CREDIT TO THE COMPANY AND IT'S EMPLOYED WORK FORCE THAT BUILT THIS BRILLIANT STEAM LOCOMOTIVE THANKS,
Absolutely beautiful shots in this video. Some of the best I’ve seen of Big Boy. I can’t help but think whenever I watch this how proud Ed and his team must be while running this locomotive all around the country. All the blood sweat and tears they put into bringing 4014 home from California and the massive, thorough restoration they did....to get in the cab of this magnificent machine and ride it from the west coast to the heart of the Midwest, from California to Texas to Wyoming and all points In between, and have so many people come out to see it, it has to be the ultimate feeling of accomplishment!
Oh wow. Hearing a Big Boy chooch along at 40mph is so awesome. I can only imagine what it would sound like in person at 60-65mph that is used to operate at.
This is fantastic video work. I really enjoyed this! Those skies are what many photographers dream about. It's really going to be something to see 4014 go up Cajon Pass under power for the first time. Given the population of Southern California, I can only imagine what the crowds will be like. Ed and the Team just keep re-writing the history books.
Almost like a living thing gliding across the serene wilderness. Thanks for capturing the essence of steam history in such a artful and clean way. Subscribed.
Well done! I particularly enjoyed the Medicine Bow location and was surprised it wasn't more crowded. The old signal lines really add to vid and photography there. After spending much of November and December 2018 in Medicine Bow and shooting images there in the snow, I've been rather fond of the town. You played your location-planning very well and caught this beautiful articulated very nicely, indeed. Thanks, too, for not adding a cheesy soundtrack.
Great pix & sound, all nicely edited. The Wyoming landscapes and fall skies are beautiful! Love the shot of 4014 winding around the the old track-side water tower at 1:42.
This behemoth, this leviathan of a locomotive is almost frightening in its size and stature! Would love to see the staggering contrast to Stephenson's Rocket from 1829! Wow! Fantastic footage.
I've noticed the engine is running at track speed now I guess add and his team decided to give their ol boy a promotion after all the brake in runs they did on the engine. Pretty soon we might see it pull long passenger trains and long freight trains that would be sight to behold.
@@Researchmisinfomation just in case, she made be restored but she's still a 50 year old locomotive so good to have a back up just in case. . .there's another video of a different restored engine bursting a cylinder on an excersion and the back up diesel had to take over to get the home.
I have the privilege of living 10 minutes from Owosso, Michigan where the 1225 "Polar Express" steam train resides. Would love to see the Big Boy visit. Sweet train you got !
@@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast Stop treating that shit as factual. I already said in a past video, that it depends on the speaker. The gender shit doesn't make sense anyway, as it's a machine. It has no gender. "It" is actually the most appropriate because locomotives are genderless, industrial machines. Plus, not every single country, nor every single person in the world, calls these machines a "she." Also, don't you have anything better to do than to go and "correct" literally every single fucking comment you see about the Big Boy? So far, I've seen you in almost every new video on the 4014, and I don't mean it as a good thing.
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Great video I do like the wildness of the scenery. Wyoming's home of Big Boys snow or shine if I dare say. That'd be great to watch 4014 working a long freight train thru a snowy landscape some day.
Der absolute Traum für jeden echten Lokführer und allen Eisenbahnbegeisterten. Wenn man das arbeitende Triebwerk betrachtet und die Auspuffgereusche...einfach toll
Baltic 144 Productions Though, as with a great locos, there is quite a crowd at the stop-over. Nice to see they’ve got the steam production right, and the safety isn’t always blowing off.
Superb footage of the 4014 with many magnificent grey skies adding to the spectacle. Very enjoyable to watch indeed. Looking forward to seeing its next journey to California and hopefully it will draw a large crowd of videographers.
It's been a great summer. Thank you Tom for chasing the big boy around for all of us tethered to work and home life. The black tender I guess is fuel. The 2 yellow tenders are water. How far can they go without refilling the water tenders or water gallons per mile. I expect there are crew sleeping cars. A kitchen car stocked up for great meals of all types from brown bags to full on sit down service for crew and the passengers who ever those would be. Did they manage to install in the cars closed circuit video from the cab? Did the install WiFi and Bluetooth so when they go by you can screen shot your phone showing 4014 connections not like somebody would be looking at their phone settings as big boy steams past. Weather coming in hard thru Idaho and Montana in a few days. Be safe out on the roads tom. Thanks again. I visited 4014 many times at the fairgrounds. Only had fleeting thoughts of restoration. The skills and the tools needed to do it. Let's hope Ed puts up additional videos this winter of the details on 4014. The glimpses into the how it's done were too fleeting.
Thank you. I nearly didn't even go to Wyoming as the scenery is poor and the wind blows constantly. But there is some nice spots here and there. I don't know the range of the water tenders. I believe it is around 200 miles per tender. Yes there is a sleeping car that they carry with them. I filmed a video of that car years ago and maybe I will post a video on that. They do not have a kitchen car but they do have a section in on of the cars with a refrigerator, stove, microwave, tables, etc where you can bring you own meals or cook one there. There is also some small private rooms for the engineer and others. Yes they did install WiFi and Bluetooth technology and you can trace the locomotive by Twitter. No word yet if there is any cameras on board.
If it helps any, that black tender holds both fuel and water, and the two tenders behind those may both hold water or one holds water while the other holds fuel.
It was out on the Union Pacific's Central Transcon on the Laramie Subdivision. The Laramie Sub starts in Cheyenne off three subs, the Sidney, the Front Range, and the Greeley. and ends in Rawlins Wyoming and picks up the Rawlins Sub.
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Close your eyes and listen to this living and breathing behemoth thundering across the wide open vastness of Wyoming under a big sky, and you are now in a time machine, propelled a century back!
Wow - who else gets chills hearing that beautiful whistle moan?! I guess we rail fans are just big kids, huh? BTW what is the grade in the first video section? She's pretty throttled up...
Mere words can't describe this majestic beast. Awesome footage! I'll be seeing the Big Boy on display up in Rock Springs later today! Although I did see the No. 4014 back in May when it was in Ogden, I'm still excited to be able to see it again.
Heard Ed and crew will soon go and restore the Challenger 3995. It was supposed to be restored. But then 4014 came up and it’s been stored for the past 6 years now.
It's really exciting to see that the #4014 is finally back to life!! We FINALLY get to see the very sight in person that many steam age veterans remember seeing years ago!
Tom, you obviously selected your shot locations carefully. A beautiful video that was not just a collage of one road crossing after another with the horn blasting. Great work! I flew over Wyoming, into Salt Lake and then on to San Francisco on Sunday. What I could see of Nevada on the ground was white.
The scenery in that last shot was so amazing that if not for the modern diesel locomotive, auxiliary tenders, the modern car and passenger coaches you would almost think you were back in the 1940's when these locomotives were actively pulling long freight trains. Great video and looking forward to seeing it when it makes it's run over the Cajon Pass in California.
THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO GREAT TO SEE THIS BEAUTY IN ACTION.i WAS WONDERING HOW FAST WERE YOU GOING WHEN YOU WERE CHASING BIG BOY. I APPRECIATE THIS VIDEO
The Pentagon needs to pack away a good half dozen of these for moving military equipment. Just in case there is a major threat that could knock out our diesel-electric railway infrastructure. No Nuclear EMP, Electronic Warfare, or Cyber Attack can knock out a Big Boy Locomotive.
Yeah Diesel power change back to Steam Power 4014 will be needed to pull long freight trains and passenger trains. But that would mean any steam locomotive in the museums would need to be repaired and modified for modern rail useage.
You're very keen to see the locomotive working hard! It does look and sound good. When compared to the Ogden trip in May, the rod clattter seems much reduced and the very hoarse whistle has got better, thank goodness! Good filming. Thank you
I have been fascinated with trains all my life there is something about them I just love maybe the sound of the rails. I can understand the need to fly leaving the Country but the Rail System need our support we just can't forget about it. It is History of our Country transportation.
Back in the day, the sales were all about speed, while the railroad wanted lugging power. She most certainly has proven that the speed is still there, as was designed into her! Would very much like to see at least one train dragged up Sherman Hill for posterity!
....Then the skies blackened, rumbled and churned, for they knew... a familiar roar of the plains had returned X)
Underrated post
Lots of really great clips. Thanks.
CLAARKSOOOON!
You are wise.
@Maxim Koda teach me your ways
I live in a nursing home and very limit travel. I remember seeing steam going through Salina, Ks. To hear the whistles of the steam locomotive, any size is music to my ears. I would love to see the Big Boy in person but it's only dreaming. Ride in the cab and help drive her down the tracks. The old steam locomotives got about 100 miles before running out fuel and water.
It runs out of water 4 times over on just its own tender before it runs out of fuel, with the Canteen tenders Joe Jordan and Jim Adams it can go further without being refilled. But it still has to stop every hundred miles or so for lubrication and inspection.
…too, connecting rod-bearing grease
Retired UPRR conductor here. Nice work, Tom. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
Excellent video. As an audio engineer it's refreshing to hear a clip without unnecessary voices or clanging of crossing guards.
Interesting comment on the RR crossing sounds, .. I find that as times I find those ambient details can be a good thing.
I've made audio recordings for many years. Throughout this time, I've enjoyed capturing steam locomotives the most, there's simply nothing like them ... and it's not even close!
I'm officially retired (but never really stop dabbling in all things audio). As a hobbyist, I've been recording steam locomotives since the 70's. In the last 10yrs or so I began experimenting in multi-channel surround recordings, but I've yet to capture steam in multi channel. Anyway, I understand and agree with your point about a clean recording, ie., no talking etc. I can't begin to tell you how many recordings of mine have been ruined by someone walking up and talking to me/asking questions etc.
However, it's a pleasure achieving a nice balance and variety of environmental elements (just no tweakers!) to accompany the raw power of a locomotive passing by.
When in the field you take what you get. Chasing a steam locomotive you find there's little time to get everything perfect.
Myself, I would consider an ideal scenario trackside would consist of a fade in to low levels of crickets and other insects. There's also birds clearly heard at low levels too. I'm positioned within 25' of the tracks with a road crossing (with clanging!) about 50-to-100 yards in front of me. Ideally, the whistle needs to be done before the locomotive is too close. Each locomotive and engineer is different in how they employ the whistle and the whistle's HF energy can be staggeringly high.
In all US railroading, the engineer must utilize the same horn/whistle pattern at each grade crossing; LONG, LONG, SHORT, LONG. The last LONG must be held until the locomotive is across the crossing.
So as I mentioned, I prefer being 50-100yds after the crossing. This enables a recorded balance of the beautiful steam whistle HF, while still capturing the massive LF weight and power of the locomotive. If you're too close, the input gains have to be lowered to accommodate the über high SPL of the whistle. Thus, the overall LF gravitas isn't conveyed. Also, the low level ambient information and dimensional/depth cues such as distinct whistle echo details would be diminished. And THAT'S no bueno, because that's the good stuff!
- Fade in, crickets birds etc. Even the occasional vehicle crossing the tracks. Way off in the distance the whistle faintly echoes... slowly increasing in level as the train gets closer. The RR crossing clanging begins, it's not unpleasant due to the gains set for +120dB ... the intensity grows, peaks, then beautifully the process reverses as the train speeds away ... leaving only the same crickets and echoing whistle in the distance.
Nicely soothing ambience - excitement ramps up - peak experience - excitement wanes morphing into soothing nature ambience.
I don't believe I've ever typed this process out... it's as if it's a metaphor for sex! Oh shit that's funny!
@@FOH3663 I guess my point is.... sometimes it's nice to hear a clean train by and nothing else. In my line of work all those other back ground sounds (birds, wind, vehicles, horns etc) are added in later to create the balance we want.
So beautiful the horn blast is saying "I'm ALIVE AGAIN"!!
I hear it proclaiming that The King has Returned.
OdinYggd -queen
Absolutely beautiful footage, the Wyoming landscape is just as much a star as the magnificent 4014! I love the variety of the shots, too. Very enjoyable, I'm excited to see 4014 again in person in a couple of days!
Thank you. Lets hope the Big Boy does some Winter runs like the Challenger did.
Yeah! Steam in the Winter! Taking on snow and charging into the Pacific Northwest with a long
Passenger train.
BIG BOY CERTAINLY GETS INTO IT, WHAT A MAGNIFICENT MACHINE, IT'S A CREDIT TO THE COMPANY AND IT'S EMPLOYED WORK FORCE THAT BUILT THIS BRILLIANT STEAM LOCOMOTIVE THANKS,
It's the biggest steam locomotive ever built
@@katerinakittycat3849 your right, and a wonderful job they did,all those years ago, there was no modern day tooling,
@@graemetwycross5487 and then there's that powerful whistle
Don’t forget the Allegheny steam locomotive.
Absolutely beautiful shots in this video. Some of the best I’ve seen of Big Boy. I can’t help but think whenever I watch this how proud Ed and his team must be while running this locomotive all around the country. All the blood sweat and tears they put into bringing 4014 home from California and the massive, thorough restoration they did....to get in the cab of this magnificent machine and ride it from the west coast to the heart of the Midwest, from California to Texas to Wyoming and all points In between, and have so many people come out to see it, it has to be the ultimate feeling of accomplishment!
Lived in Cheyenne for decades. This video really brought back some memories of trains and Wyoming.
What a beautiful sight seeing the Big Boy go by and going by the water tower was absolutely awesome.
Oh wow. Hearing a Big Boy chooch along at 40mph is so awesome. I can only imagine what it would sound like in person at 60-65mph that is used to operate at.
Speaking of the double water tender on the Big Boy, "Keep'em coming, sweetie, I got a long trip ahead of me." 😜
The most beautiful clip of 4014 I've ever seen 11:31
This is fantastic video work. I really enjoyed this! Those skies are what many photographers dream about. It's really going to be something to see 4014 go up Cajon Pass under power for the first time. Given the population of Southern California, I can only imagine what the crowds will be like. Ed and the Team just keep re-writing the history books.
Thank you. Hardly even noticed the skies until I watched the video. I will agree they look amazing.
Almost like a living thing gliding across the serene wilderness. Thanks for capturing the essence of steam history in such a artful and clean way. Subscribed.
I am a old railway brat. Dad worked for the Great Northern. The sound of the whistle makes m smile. Thank you!
9:55 - Man, that's gotta be one of the prettiest train shots I've ever seen! Nicely done!
Well done! I particularly enjoyed the Medicine Bow location and was surprised it wasn't more crowded. The old signal lines really add to vid and photography there. After spending much of November and December 2018 in Medicine Bow and shooting images there in the snow, I've been rather fond of the town. You played your location-planning very well and caught this beautiful articulated very nicely, indeed. Thanks, too, for not adding a cheesy soundtrack.
it was cool to see the blowoff valves spew that cloud of steam. Thanks for sharing this.
It's a beautiful thing to see an old Steamer back in running condition like this. History has just been restored, Yippee!
As N&W #611 started operating passenger trains at the Strasburg Railroad, UP Big Boy #4014 started it's next big tour.
Once again I must commend you on having selected some absolutely awesome locations to shoot the Big Boy.
Great pix & sound, all nicely edited. The Wyoming landscapes and fall skies are beautiful! Love the shot of 4014 winding around the the old track-side water tower at 1:42.
This behemoth, this leviathan of a locomotive is almost frightening in its size and stature! Would love to see the staggering contrast to Stephenson's Rocket from 1829! Wow! Fantastic footage.
That would be an interesting display, putting 4014 on a double track segment beside a reproduction of Stephenson's Rocket.
I've noticed the engine is running at track speed now I guess add and his team decided to give their ol boy a promotion after all the brake in runs they did on the engine. Pretty soon we might see it pull long passenger trains and long freight trains that would be sight to behold.
Hi so I was wondering there is also a diesel train behind the big boy is this one running as well our do they have it in case it breaks down ?
@@Researchmisinfomation just in case, she made be restored but she's still a 50 year old locomotive so good to have a back up just in case. . .there's another video of a different restored engine bursting a cylinder on an excersion and the back up diesel had to take over to get the home.
I have the privilege of living 10 minutes from Owosso, Michigan where the 1225 "Polar Express" steam train resides. Would love to see the Big Boy visit. Sweet train you got !
They’re really starting to open him up a bit.
Nice to see.
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@@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast
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Stop treating that shit as factual. I already said in a past video, that it depends on the speaker. The gender shit doesn't make sense anyway, as it's a machine. It has no gender. "It" is actually the most appropriate because locomotives are genderless, industrial machines. Plus, not every single country, nor every single person in the world, calls these machines a "she."
Also, don't you have anything better to do than to go and "correct" literally every single fucking comment you see about the Big Boy?
So far, I've seen you in almost every new video on the 4014, and I don't mean it as a good thing.
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Great video I do like the wildness of the scenery. Wyoming's home of Big Boys snow or shine if I dare say. That'd be great to watch 4014 working a long freight train thru a snowy landscape some day.
Der absolute Traum für jeden echten Lokführer und allen Eisenbahnbegeisterten. Wenn man das arbeitende Triebwerk betrachtet und die Auspuffgereusche...einfach toll
Awesome coverage! It's strange to see 4014 without hundreds of people crowding around it.
Baltic 144 Productions
Though, as with a great locos, there is quite a crowd at the stop-over. Nice to see they’ve got the steam production right, and the safety isn’t always blowing off.
There was a pretty good following but not nearly as much as previous runs. The weather was poor in the afternoon so most people left myself included.
Man, what a machine! A huge testament to our ingenuity, too...God Bless The Big Boy!
Big sky country, even more spectacular when 4014 goes roaring by! UP has done a great work by bringing this magnificent beast back to life!
Fantastic filming! Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh LAWDY! You really did her justice with that fine footage! The scenery was gorgeous and so was the beauty you focused on. Great work! Thank you
Superb footage of the 4014 with many magnificent grey skies adding to the spectacle. Very enjoyable to watch indeed. Looking forward to seeing its next journey to California and hopefully it will draw a large crowd of videographers.
Thank you. I am anxious to see it running in California as well. Would like to follow it there but California is extremely expensive to travel to.
Last week we got a chance to get right up to Big Boy 4014 while we were on vacation in Utah. Just stunning.
Just....AWESOME. Thanks for posting.
It's been a great summer. Thank you Tom for chasing the big boy around for all of us tethered to work and home life.
The black tender I guess is fuel. The 2 yellow tenders are water. How far can they go without refilling the water tenders or water gallons per mile.
I expect there are crew sleeping cars. A kitchen car stocked up for great meals of all types from brown bags to full on sit down service for crew and the passengers who ever those would be.
Did they manage to install in the cars closed circuit video from the cab? Did the install WiFi and Bluetooth so when they go by you can screen shot your phone showing 4014 connections not like somebody would be looking at their phone settings as big boy steams past.
Weather coming in hard thru Idaho and Montana in a few days. Be safe out on the roads tom. Thanks again. I visited 4014 many times at the fairgrounds. Only had fleeting thoughts of restoration. The skills and the tools needed to do it. Let's hope Ed puts up additional videos this winter of the details on 4014. The glimpses into the how it's done were too fleeting.
Thank you. I nearly didn't even go to Wyoming as the scenery is poor and the wind blows constantly. But there is some nice spots here and there. I don't know the range of the water tenders. I believe it is around 200 miles per tender. Yes there is a sleeping car that they carry with them. I filmed a video of that car years ago and maybe I will post a video on that. They do not have a kitchen car but they do have a section in on of the cars with a refrigerator, stove, microwave, tables, etc where you can bring you own meals or cook one there. There is also some small private rooms for the engineer and others. Yes they did install WiFi and Bluetooth technology and you can trace the locomotive by Twitter. No word yet if there is any cameras on board.
If it helps any, that black tender holds both fuel and water, and the two tenders behind those may both hold water or one holds water while the other holds fuel.
Eris Discordia what kind of fuel? Coal or oil?
@@bonythonboi fuel oil . Perhaps diesel. During the 4014 rebuild videos from UP the new or replacement oil injector nozzle was shown.
It was out on the Union Pacific's Central Transcon on the Laramie Subdivision. The Laramie Sub starts in Cheyenne off three subs, the Sidney, the Front Range, and the Greeley. and ends in Rawlins Wyoming and picks up the Rawlins Sub.
Beautiful!
Just pure awesomeness!! And raw power!! I'll be chasing her from Uvalde, TX to Hondo, TX in a few weeks!
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Gorgeous footage
I'd love to take a trip on that.
Those are some beautiful shots. Thanks for making it happen! What a machine.
Close your eyes and listen to this living and breathing behemoth thundering across the wide open vastness of Wyoming under a big sky, and you are now in a time machine, propelled a century back!
and it was made in the United States of America
Sorry to say but this locomotive is only 80 years old
Wow - who else gets chills hearing that beautiful whistle moan?! I guess we rail fans are just big kids, huh? BTW what is the grade in the first video section? She's pretty throttled up...
line 3 is 0.82%.
Love your shots. Great video. Thank you for taking us along.
Mere words can't describe this majestic beast. Awesome footage! I'll be seeing the Big Boy on display up in Rock Springs later today! Although I did see the No. 4014 back in May when it was in Ogden, I'm still excited to be able to see it again.
Big Boy will be in southeastern Arizona on October 19th. Can't wait!
Big Boy in Arizona oh my glob thank you for reminding me about this day of the future so I can't wait to see Big Boy in Arizona.
It’s obvious someone at the top of up has a love for steamers I don’t think this is the last up steam project will see not by a long shot
Heard Ed and crew will soon go and restore the Challenger 3995. It was supposed to be restored. But then 4014 came up and it’s been stored for the past 6 years now.
It's really exciting to see that the #4014 is finally back to life!! We FINALLY get to see the very sight in person that many steam age veterans remember seeing years ago!
looking forward to nov to see it in Texarkana, Marshall and Longview, Texas.
Tom, you obviously selected your shot locations carefully. A beautiful video that was not just a collage of one road crossing after another with the horn blasting. Great work! I flew over Wyoming, into Salt Lake and then on to San Francisco on Sunday. What I could see of Nevada on the ground was white.
Great steam and nice video!
Glorious. What a wonderful video. Thank you! (And yep to the weather...)
Great shot!
The scenery in that last shot was so amazing that if not for the modern diesel locomotive, auxiliary tenders, the modern car and passenger coaches you would almost think you were back in the 1940's when these locomotives were actively pulling long freight trains. Great video and looking forward to seeing it when it makes it's run over the Cajon Pass in California.
Is that scheduled?
What a magnificent beast. Some great video here. Thanks for sharing!
I missed it for a couple of weeks! I was in Laramie on September 10th 2019. A big loss, after watching the video!
Wow what great shots, really great.
Thanks for posting. Nice job.
The #4014 is scheduled to be in Casa Grande, AZ around Nov 16th. It is going to be parked there overnight.
Excellent filming of this legend
I cannot believe things like this existed back in the day.
why ?
THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO GREAT TO SEE THIS BEAUTY IN ACTION.i WAS WONDERING HOW FAST WERE YOU GOING WHEN YOU WERE CHASING BIG BOY. I APPRECIATE THIS VIDEO
The Pentagon needs to pack away a good half dozen of these for moving military equipment. Just in case there is a major threat that could knock out our diesel-electric railway infrastructure.
No Nuclear EMP, Electronic Warfare, or Cyber Attack can knock out a Big Boy Locomotive.
Probably not a bad idea.
Except you would have to deal with all of the environmental wackos first.
@@Robotechnology101 Yeah, knowing their mentallity, they'd welcome the attack.
If I'm not mistaken, the Army has a few 2-8-0s stored serviceable somewhere in case of an emergency.
Yeah Diesel power change back to Steam Power 4014 will be needed to pull long freight trains and passenger trains. But that would mean any steam locomotive in the museums would need to be repaired and modified for modern rail useage.
Great job Awesome video ! I still can’t believe it’s running again
12:10 railway cutting shows the layers of sediment laid down during The Flood 4,350 years ago.
Rose White I agree. It was nice picture of all the different layers. 🙂
Interesting observation.
@@travelingtom923 Hi Tom, similar layering seen all round the world to prove the Flood was a worldwide catastrophe about 4,350 years ago..
Wow you are clueless
@@fiatman71 Wow you are clueless! But you were dragged up in the 1970's so what can we expect!
I was skeptical that it was pulling at all when 844 was behind it. I wanna see it WORK like when 3985 had to shove a stalled freight.
I'm about to graduate tech school, and I just now find out Big Boy's back in action? Give me a piece of that!!
Beautiful work Tom. Thank you very much.
Excellent video, very nice train!!!
NICE VID !!
AT THE BEGINNING THE STROBE EFFECT ON THE DRIVERS WAS A HOOT WITH THE SPOKES APPEARING STATIONARY WITH THE SIDE RODS ROTATING!!
LOL
You're very keen to see the locomotive working hard! It does look and sound good. When compared to the Ogden trip in May, the rod clattter seems much reduced and the very hoarse whistle has got better, thank goodness! Good filming. Thank you
You are welcome.
I enjoy my work and consider myself a lucky guy, but man, imagine being the guys who get to operate 4014. That`s the job of a lifetime.
Großartige Aufnahmen, großartige Maschine!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!
Amazing video!
Great video, thanks for sharing it.
Prettiest thing on Wheels
Anxiously awaiting your next segment & Thumbs UP
Great shots again. Thanks for sharing TTC.
Wow! That's amazing!! I'll be seeing it in Barstow in about a month.
Same here
Are you going to the Barstow Amtrak station to see it?
Yes. I will chase it as well
Same. I think I'm going to try to also.
I caught it on the Great Midwest tour
Really awesome video!
Thank you.
That water tower in the first shot looks like it's left over from the Golden Age of steam... I wonder if it's still in use/usable?
Super nice!!!!!!! Wow. Meeting the train tomorrow
Thank you. Looking forward to your video.
Did anyone notice at appox. 8:15 something fell off the right side of the locomotive right where the water was being released?
Is that a ditch? A large black bird (Jackdaw size here in the UK) jumps out of the water having had a bath and shakes dry.
Can't wait for it to come back to Pomona,CA
Fantastic! Thank you 😊👍👍🚂
I have been fascinated with trains all my life there is something about them I just love maybe the sound of the rails. I can understand the need to fly leaving the Country but the Rail System need our support we just can't forget about it. It is History of our Country transportation.
這麼美好的天氣 一流穩定清晰的畫面 加上世界最強sl 太棒了謝謝你的提供！……
Great video, it has been a fun chase !
Whoa! To hear the whistle blow was amazing.
Back in the day, the sales were all about speed, while the railroad wanted lugging power.
She most certainly has proven that the speed is still there, as was designed into her!
Would very much like to see at least one train dragged up Sherman Hill for posterity!
Lovely!
Big Boy will be here in Victorville, CA Wednesday morning!
And it'll be in Los Angeles next Saturday!! Gonna go film the big girl!!
Im guessing they've got the diesel coupled up to it in case of mechanical break down?
I was hoping that when the title reads, "Big Boy 4014 goes to work!", I assumed that she would be pulling freight.
Looooove your video, of BIG BOY 4014, I have both HO and N Scale of Union Pacific my N Scale is the City of Los Angeles 👍
Southwest tour is on tomorrow starting