Dave Claunch
Dave Claunch
  • 7
  • 151 881
BMW M Track Day at COTA 2024
Another great BMW TRACK DAY at the Circuit of the Americas, but this time in the wet! We had two rounds on the main track and I hit my fastest speed ever on the main straightaway: 143mph! Big thanks to BMW for bringing this event back to Austin. Highly recommend!
Переглядів: 79

Відео

Cab Ride-Along on the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Steam Locomotive (No Music)
Переглядів 135 тис.Рік тому
I was honored to ride along with Engineer Ed Dickens, Fireman Austin Barker, and several other lucky train fans in the cab on the Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy" locomotive as it traveled from Pine Bluffs, WY back to its home base in Cheyenne, WY on July 3, 2023 as a guest of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum. It was a thrill of a lifetime! I have so much respect and admiration for Ed, Austin, and...
Cab Ride-Along on the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Steam Locomotive (With Music)
Переглядів 9 тис.Рік тому
(Prefer no music? Check out: ua-cam.com/video/dcVxZ0HPDjE/v-deo.html) I was honored to ride along with Engineer Ed Dickens, Fireman Austin Barker, and several other lucky train fans in the cab on the Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy" locomotive as it traveled from Pine Bluffs, WY back to its home base in Cheyenne, WY on July 3, 2023 as a guest of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum. It was a thrill of...
Trains!
Переглядів 2744 роки тому
After many weeks of tinkering, my development layout is complete! 1 DC steam loco and 9 Locofi controlled DCC locomotives running simultaneously on 7 power districts. So cool! (Yes, I'm a nerd.)
BMW Track Days at COTA: M4
Переглядів 625 років тому
Here I am slinging a BMW M4 all over the Circuit of the Americas track during BMW's Track Days 2019.
The Bloomhouse on Good Morning America, circa 1979
Переглядів 7 тис.5 років тому
In the late 1970's, Good Morning America traveled to Austin, Texas to check out the Bloomhouse and its cousin the Earthhouse with an interview of pioneer architect Charles Harker. www.bloomhouse.live
Cadillac Event at Circuit of the Americas 2013
Переглядів 5711 років тому
Cadillac Event at Circuit of the Americas 2013

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @diddlebug7241
    @diddlebug7241 2 місяці тому

    Seeing the flues sanded brought back a lot of wonderful memories when I rode with the crew on the Texas State Railroad. I was given that small but important job of cleaning out the flues and i didn’t skimp on the sand either. Lots of good times and good memories with the crew. I’d like to make a return trip there to visit T&P 610 as well.

  • @jmpowers872
    @jmpowers872 3 місяці тому

    So does GCOR rule 2.21 not apply to the Big Boy?

  • @andreabeaumont1431
    @andreabeaumont1431 3 місяці тому

    Will simple foam earplugs and standing back 25 feet be enough to protect ears? I want to see it when it comes to Oroville.

  • @deantrainr
    @deantrainr 3 місяці тому

    WOW!! I’d give my right arm to ride in that cab!!👍🏻👌🏻

    • @farLander1
      @farLander1 Місяць тому

      But then you can't lean out the window!

  • @emilianomuccioli9167
    @emilianomuccioli9167 6 місяців тому

    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @leopardtiger1022
    @leopardtiger1022 6 місяців тому

    The whistle is roaring Serengeti black mane male Lion. Wonderful majestic mighty machine. I love steam Loco.

  • @DP-hy4vh
    @DP-hy4vh 7 місяців тому

    Interesting to see a 21st century computer monitor in the cab of a steam locomotive.

    • @tomland9293
      @tomland9293 5 місяців тому

      That is because the class I railroads have to have PTC on them now. Hyce has a good video on the many reasons there is a diesel locomotive in the consist with the 4014 including housing the electronics for PTC

  • @Sangopadraji
    @Sangopadraji 8 місяців тому

    Arn´t they standing and jumping a little? Like in most steam locomotives the driving wheels have to be rebalanced, it´s only me who can do that. To increase the possible speed to from 90km/h to 200 is possible, have no time left. Or it´was done already. Yes OK. See the difference

  • @ImanRailfans-th4ef
    @ImanRailfans-th4ef 8 місяців тому

    nice🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @stevenjordan9497
    @stevenjordan9497 9 місяців тому

    Beautiful engine, beautiful landscape!!!

  • @jacksonclark6560
    @jacksonclark6560 9 місяців тому

    this is pretty boss mr claunch

  • @claudiozenteno8368
    @claudiozenteno8368 10 місяців тому

    No veo el carbon, que le ponen para quemar, o es a gas???

  • @eight10aaronn
    @eight10aaronn 11 місяців тому

    All the cars you know they following 😂

  • @joserenatorodarte1415
    @joserenatorodarte1415 11 місяців тому

    QUE BELÍSSIMA ENGENHARIA, NAQUELES TEMPOS FABRICAR UMA MÁQUINA DESTAS, ERA PARA POUCOS

  • @godman-meherbaba359
    @godman-meherbaba359 Рік тому

    🥰🥰💗💗😍😍

  • @sunrise1776
    @sunrise1776 Рік тому

    The southern Pacific cab forward locomotives had a big advantage on the ability to see in front of the locomotives and never breathe the smoke from the locomotives.

  • @Stefan_Boerjesson
    @Stefan_Boerjesson Рік тому

    Time 01:00. What is that digital yikes next to the driver doing there?

    • @UTtrainsignalmodeler
      @UTtrainsignalmodeler Рік тому

      That would be their PTC console. Those screens would normally be mounted in the stand or desk of a modern diesel unit. You want to play choo-choo? FRA says you'll have PTC installed.

    • @Stefan_Boerjesson
      @Stefan_Boerjesson Рік тому

      @@UTtrainsignalmodeler Okey. Thanks! In Sweden ATC is used and trains without it are allowed but are limited to 80 km/h, 50 mph.

    • @UTtrainsignalmodeler
      @UTtrainsignalmodeler Рік тому

      @@Stefan_Boerjesson Yep. I no longer work in the industry, so I don't know what the exceptions or provisions are that would allow them to operate without PTC.

    • @Petemonster62
      @Petemonster62 Рік тому

      @@UTtrainsignalmodeler - I think a non-PTC locomotive can operate on short lines. The Friends of the 261 have been running fan trips with 4-8-4 steamer #261 on the Twin Cities & Western Railroad, a former Milwaukee Road mainline that runs west from Minneapolis.

  • @lorenjackson8961
    @lorenjackson8961 Рік тому

    I'd sure love to see them take the C&O Allegheny Class 2-6-6-6 #1601 out of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan and get it running again. I'd love to see that thing thundering down the tracks!

  • @cjdavis2684
    @cjdavis2684 Рік тому

    And as usual a diesel is having to push it

    • @TheSilverShadow17
      @TheSilverShadow17 11 місяців тому

      Only to help the Big Boy get going at first but afterwards she'll take care of the rest herself. Unless a stall were to happen then that's kind of their safety measure of getting 4014 to the maintenance shed safe and sound. Since the Big Boy weighs 600 tons, it's quite difficult in physics to move something that massive unless acted upon by an outside force.

    • @ForgottenCorners
      @ForgottenCorners 10 місяців тому

      @@TheSilverShadow17so how did they do it back in the day? (Genuinely wondering)

    • @monkemonke9048
      @monkemonke9048 5 місяців тому

      They use the diesel because parts now are really hard to find and all have to be custom made so when you dont have to push the locomotive as much you get lower wear on parts making it much cheaper to run. For example when on steep grades most trains would use sand which is very abrasive causing increased wear to the drivetrain. Its much cheaper for them to instead have the diesel help it so 4014 doesent need sand prolonging the lifespan of components. Hope that explains it

  • @edwardantrobusjr2253
    @edwardantrobusjr2253 Рік тому

    These are the first images I've ever seen of the cab of 4014. Would love to see a video tour of the cab. And a firing of the boiler.

    • @tomland9293
      @tomland9293 5 місяців тому

      I think the boiler is now oil fired so there might not be a view of firing the boiler

    • @edwardantrobusjr2253
      @edwardantrobusjr2253 5 місяців тому

      @@tomland9293 Yes, I know it's oil fired.

    • @tomland9293
      @tomland9293 5 місяців тому

      @@edwardantrobusjr2253 For some reason I did not think you could see the firing of the boiler for an oil burner but it turns out I was wrong.

  • @robertgift
    @robertgift Рік тому

    Howonderful! Hope that we can see the lighting of the fire of the cold engine. Or is it first very slowly heated from a stationary boiler and when enough pressure, the fuel oil pump is turned on and fire ignited?

  • @mackdog832
    @mackdog832 Рік тому

    I still feel the UP should have the Challenger

  • @OfficialDenverRioGrandeWestern

    Are you the guy that paid 28k to ride

    • @KarmaMechanic988
      @KarmaMechanic988 11 місяців тому

      If I was an old man and I had extra money what better possible way to spend it? Life is for experiences. They are priceless

    • @OfficialDenverRioGrandeWestern
      @OfficialDenverRioGrandeWestern 10 місяців тому

      @@KarmaMechanic988 still 28k for not even 2 hours

  • @sarahgonzales5598
    @sarahgonzales5598 Рік тому

    The sound of a Big Boy is music.

  • @ИринаРатникова-т7п

    Сморю все ролики с этим чудо-техники паровозом!!! Любуюсь им, желаю ему сохраниться на долгие годы!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ он этого достоин🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @迷惑系VtuberメリッサロッシーCh

    やっぱりSLはどこの国でも人気があるんだなあ。

  • @andreac56
    @andreac56 Рік тому

    Wonderful ❤

  • @ericagrissom4800
    @ericagrissom4800 Рік тому

    Nice cab ride, but nobody show Ed operating the whistle that is exciting when we hear it and it would be even exciting to see how it's done.

  • @johnnyjames7139
    @johnnyjames7139 Рік тому

    I have been building and operating steam locomotives for more than 50 years in 5" and 2 1/2" scale. But nothing would be as thrilling as a cab ride on the full size locomotive.

    • @ИринаРатникова-т7п
      @ИринаРатникова-т7п Рік тому

      Вы молодцы американцы!!!! Создали грандиозную технику - паровоз БИГ БОЙ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @thecrazygermanss3500
      @thecrazygermanss3500 Рік тому

      Is it different schooling to operate the big boy or the same to operate deisels

    • @diddlebug7241
      @diddlebug7241 2 місяці тому

      Its a different school.

  • @alblakesley
    @alblakesley Рік тому

    ED i love the videos u put on UA-cam i am a train inthusist

  • @aaron-prime117
    @aaron-prime117 Рік тому

    A few things, 1. I’d love to get a cab ride on the big boy going fast. 2. Putting sand in the firebox is nothing like putting coal in it. 3. I’m dying to blow the whistle on that locomotive next to Ed.

  • @DaveClaunch
    @DaveClaunch Рік тому

    OK guys. Check out the no-music version: ua-cam.com/video/dcVxZ0HPDjE/v-deo.html

  • @coreyohlis2262
    @coreyohlis2262 Рік тому

    Wasted cab ride with that music.

  • @carlenger9707
    @carlenger9707 Рік тому

    Get rid of the music!

  • @Cisco35Kid
    @Cisco35Kid Рік тому

    To bad the music overwhelmed the actual sounds of the locomotive. Otherwise a nice view

  • @charlesharker5124
    @charlesharker5124 5 років тому

    Dave, It was great to be able to relive those days working on the Bloomhouse and Earth House. The Earth House is gone--the result of urban development. The Bloomhose was more secluded and enjoyed 40 years of relative quiet and isolation. Your restoration efforts have been most timely and now the structure is renewed. It is exciting to know that you plan to make it available to the public through AirBnB. It is so gratifying to know that now many people will be able to experience this unique living;experience. Thanks so much for all your efforts in that regard! At the time we estimated that roughly 10,000 people visited these houses while still under construction. Architects,, engineers and artists from around the world came to see these structures. Notably among them was musician Frank Zappa and choreographer Yacov Sharir. Zappa arrived in a white limousine wearing a white tux, red round welders goggles and red platform tennis shoes. The shoes had 4 inch crepe soles in a rainbow pattern. My memory of him on that day is that he was extremely bright--very intelligent and highly sensitive. On another occasion, Yacov Sharir visited the Bloomhouse and danced his way through the house. We talked about an abstract ballet taking place in the Bloomhouse... I call these houses "habitable sculpture." They are an attempt to integrate art intimately and inextricably into our daily life. Art is no longer an object that sits on a table or hangs on the wall. It is now at a scale where it surrounds you on a daily basis. Its fluid harmonic forms provide the potential of altering mood much in the manner of music. It is intended to provide psychological shelter as well as physical shelter. It is also intended to provide the opportunity to see and feel the synergetic relationship that lies at the heart of human existence within nature.

    • @Whitleycally
      @Whitleycally Рік тому

      Bloomhouse is so unbelievably special. I feel incredibly fortunate to have stayed there recently and experienced something like that. I truly couldn't stop dancing around! I felt lighter than ever in mind and body. Thank you for your vision and dedication, and thank you Dave Claunch for all of your hard work in restoring it.