Outstanding video! No silly music, just American heavy metal at it's finest. Also, an absolutely fantastic location for your shooting. What a treat to watch!
Never had a locomotive raised from the dead garnered more attention than this Big Boy. There were tens of thousands of people who came from all over America, even the world to see this once in a lifetime railroading history come back to life. I am still waiting for my model train crazy friend to drive back 2000 km back to Edmonton, Alberta from Cheyenne Wyoming.
This remarkable video gives us in the UK an appreciation of the vast expanse of your wonderful "outback" and how you are all tracking the exploits of the historic icons 4014 and 844. Many thanks indeed posting for us all to enjoy
Great location scouting!!! A real pleasure to see this Thanks so much!!!! It's thanks to people like you that people like me can witness this (and get a big kick out of it :D )
félicitation pour cette fantastique restauration a tous ceux et celles qui ont œuvré sur BIG BOY 4014. Surtout pour la transformation du passage au fuel car cette locomotive était au charbon le tender et celui de la CHALLENGER 3985 .Merci a tous pour nous faire partager ce grand moment.
Chris Gottschalt Thank you! Here I thought that I was the only one who kept twisting his neck trying to look past the edge of the frame to see the locomotive, but instead having to watch endless boring cars.
Man! What an amazing vantage point! Some of the best so far (And I have spent the past three, four if you count the test run, days watching a LOT of video). Gotta be a favorite of mine! Thank you!
@@bazzab1000 10,000 tonnes might see her stalled, depending upon where she is. In her stomping grounds of Ogden to Wahsatch she was rated at 4450 U.S.tons. Later on when moved to Sherman Hill they were rated at 5800 US tons from Laramie to Buford. The preponderance of loaded tonnage on the UP was and remains eastbound.
Now......will all those who hate our great country, look at this scene. Just look at it. Close your eyes and listen carefully. Maybe, just maybe, you will hear American greatness at its best. Forget your hate. Look at this scene and remember.......🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸
Are both engines being used to power the train or is 844 running in light steam? Anyway this would be impressive to seen in real life. Especially as a Kiwi this is like two of our largest steam engines on steriods with a third chucked in.
Going by the few video's that have been posted it does look like 844 is doing most of the work and 4014 is just using enough steam to make a little bit of noise. Don't forget 4014 is barely even run in.
Please forgive my ignorance, but I notice that there is a diesel locomotive appearing to assist the 4014. Why ? And knowing current EPA guidelines, what the 4014 run? I’m guessing not coal...thanks in advance for any help concerning my questions.
Unfortunately, both front cylinders have leaked from the start and have never ceased! When there's no blow-by, the throttle is closed; watch the stack, no impulses from the blast pipes! She must work, periodically, as the steam injects steam oil to lubricate the parts. There's a video of her departing Wamsutter that clearly shows this. This leakage is continuous during the forward stroke & there's no streaks of steam oil on the rod. This suggests that the inner perimeter of the packing is sealing on the rod BUT the outer perimeter, that abuts the stuffing box, is not. There's blow-by around the whole circumference! There's something amiss with it's geometry; out of round, tapered, rough pitted surface, etc.. Out of sight, on the footplate, a Zoroastrian morality play is unfolding, the conflict twixt Good [lubrication] & Evil [steam cutting-erosion] ! So, when you hear the bark of her blast pipes- Thus Spracht Zarathustra! This is the true Drama!!
Do you realize that in Big Boy's day, the Union Pacific was 50 MPH freight railroad? Do you know that the majority of her career consisted of her slugging it out in the mountains with heavy tonnage at
The videographers should pan and follow the locomotives, instead of wasting time following the rest of the train. We've all seen the rest of the train - more focus on Queen 4014, please!
I'm tired of watching the rest of the train - focus on the stars of the show! The rest of the train is standard UP - the locomotives should be the focus.
Outstanding video! No silly music, just American heavy metal at it's finest. Also, an absolutely fantastic location for your shooting. What a treat to watch!
I quite agree .... and that is from a Englishman in the UK !!!
I absolutely 💯 agree with your comment, such an awesome sight and sound!!
Never had a locomotive raised from the dead garnered more attention than this Big Boy. There were tens of thousands of people who came from all over America, even the world to see this once in a lifetime railroading history come back to life. I am still waiting for my model train crazy friend to drive back 2000 km back to Edmonton, Alberta from Cheyenne Wyoming.
This remarkable video gives us in the UK an appreciation of the vast expanse of your wonderful "outback" and how you are all tracking the exploits of the historic icons 4014 and 844. Many thanks indeed posting for us all to enjoy
What a great location for a pan shot. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Great location scouting!!! A real pleasure to see this Thanks so much!!!! It's thanks to people like you that people like me can witness this (and get a big kick out of it :D )
Ohhh! Boy!. I can't believe it. 3985 and 8444 together? Awsome!!!
4014 and 844 has her number back at this point
as a kid I read books about steam trains including the bigboy. I never thought I would ever see one back on the rails. Great footage
félicitation pour cette fantastique restauration a tous ceux et celles qui ont œuvré sur BIG BOY 4014. Surtout pour la transformation du passage au fuel car cette locomotive était au charbon le tender et celui de la CHALLENGER 3985 .Merci a tous pour nous faire partager ce grand moment.
i'm a steam fan from french riviera congratulation to everybody
Great video. Great location. Thank you for bucking the current railfan video trend and actually panning to follow the engine(s).
Chris Gottschalt Thank you! Here I thought that I was the only one who kept twisting his neck trying to look past the edge of the frame to see the locomotive, but instead having to watch endless boring cars.
Best video of this train yet. Most folks shooting videos have been standing very close to the track.
Absolutely a fantastic video with a great panoramic view! Well done!
Great capture from a distance with all the background scenery. Thank you for sharing.
Very stunning and dramatic footage. Thanks for doing whatever you did to make this one happen.
Nice shot, good sound Big Boy in his natural habitat
Great video love the old girls showing what they have !🇨🇦
Awesome! I can't wait to get my drone in the sky and record some shots of Denver (and Colorado). Thanks for sharing. 😀
Man! What an amazing vantage point! Some of the best so far (And I have spent the past three, four if you count the test run, days watching a LOT of video). Gotta be a favorite of mine! Thank you!
Thank you great shots
Thanks For Posting Looks Great
At 6:47 it is 844 doing the puffing. AT about 9:00 both engine open the throttles and start pulling. That is a sound work waiting 70 years for.
Great job.
Excellent view. Great work!
Great video. I wish I were there, next to you... (but, not blocking your shot!)
Thanks for all the kind comments, it was my pleasure
Ok formidable
No, Thankyou for sharing your awesome videos 😊 such a thrill to watch!!
@@pamelamorales5736 Thanks Pamela, hopefully more to come
Thanks for a wonderful movie, from Germany
Same here from fans in the UK
Wonderful sound as they pull away. Interesting to compare the different sounds of the two engines.
Awesome sight working up the grade! Thanks for posting.
What a great piece of footage!
Wow this is so awesome!!
Thanks
Very nice video, couldn't ask for better lighting!
awesome video Dave Schumacher :)
Thanks for sharing
Well done!
Increíbles máquinas...!! Saludos desde Argentina.
Thanks for posting this great video
i just want to see the big boy with several thousand tonnes of freight in tow...working hard
Who doesn’t... 10,000 tonnes should see it working. :)
Hopefully soon. But they still gotta break it in first.
@@bazzab1000 10,000 tonnes might see her stalled, depending upon where she is. In her stomping grounds of Ogden to Wahsatch she was rated at 4450 U.S.tons. Later on when moved to Sherman Hill they were rated at 5800 US tons from Laramie to Buford. The preponderance of loaded tonnage on the UP was and remains eastbound.
AWESOME! Thanks!
Reading about the Big Boys while watching this video. :D
Now......will all those who hate our great country, look at this scene. Just look at it. Close your eyes and listen carefully. Maybe, just maybe, you will hear American greatness at its best. Forget your hate. Look at this scene and remember.......🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸🚂🇺🇸
It's amazing how quiet they are compared to diesels.
Good view it shows how much bigger the big boy is
Nice video
why is the train so short yet triple header yet they look wheelslip
I've heard rumors on youtube comments that when BigBoy moves the earth is rotating underneath the locomotive.
Man I miss Cab Forwards...
Man look at all those cross ties
Leeeeeroooooy Jenkiiiiiiiiiiiiiins
Are both engines being used to power the train or is 844 running in light steam? Anyway this would be impressive to seen in real life. Especially as a Kiwi this is like two of our largest steam engines on steriods with a third chucked in.
Going by the few video's that have been posted it does look like 844 is doing most of the work and 4014 is just using enough steam to make a little bit of noise. Don't forget 4014 is barely even run in.
The 844 is a beast in her own right, but yeah it's doing most of the work. The diesel is off.
Please forgive my ignorance, but I notice that there is a diesel locomotive appearing to assist the 4014. Why ? And knowing current EPA guidelines, what the 4014 run? I’m guessing not coal...thanks in advance for any help concerning my questions.
Burns used motor oil.
Diesel is used in dynamic brake to simulate longer train.
Thanks
Soooo Is ED going to give it some power or what??
Sweet
Mi smo parne lokomotive stavili u muzejima još 80 tih godina treba ih aktivirati
The L H front engine piston gland 4014 is blowing again they seemed to all settle down the other day
Unfortunately, both front cylinders have leaked from the start and have never ceased! When there's no blow-by, the throttle is closed; watch the stack, no impulses from the blast pipes! She must work, periodically, as the steam injects steam oil to lubricate the parts. There's a video of her departing Wamsutter that clearly shows this. This leakage is continuous during the forward stroke & there's no streaks of steam oil on the rod. This suggests that the inner perimeter of the packing is sealing on the rod BUT the outer perimeter, that abuts the stuffing box, is not. There's blow-by around the whole circumference! There's something amiss with it's geometry; out of round, tapered, rough pitted surface, etc.. Out of sight, on the footplate, a Zoroastrian morality play is unfolding, the conflict twixt Good [lubrication] & Evil [steam cutting-erosion] ! So, when you hear the bark of her blast pipes- Thus Spracht Zarathustra! This is the true Drama!!
Why three engines? Shouldn't that Big Boy be able to pull that consist all on it's own?
@@wfvideos4099 thanks, that makes sense now. I didn't think about the dynamic braking.. that also makes more sense to me now.
Unless I see steam from pistons 3 and 4, I won't believe.....easy there big boy, you're scaring the bigfoots.
Man I hope they bring that bad ***** to Wagoner Oklahoma
I can hardly wait for this engine to be broken in and then run at full speed or "Highballed"
Do you realize that in Big Boy's day, the Union Pacific was 50 MPH freight railroad? Do you know that the majority of her career consisted of her slugging it out in the mountains with heavy tonnage at
Good to know..Thanks for the info!
When can we expect to see just big boy running alone I don’t want to hear diesel engines running.
Hate the diesel in the consist, either 4014 or 844 could power the entire train.
I’m pretty sure it’s there to protect 4014 if it fails (which I hope doesn’t happen).
Diesel engine is there for dynamic braking.
@@CoasterQ should build a car just for that then that looks like a tender at lest
844 was fitted with dynamic breaks I believe
@@M551A1_Sheridan only if 844 was a "steam-electric".
sorry, but you do not know how dynamic brakes operate.
The videographers should pan and follow the locomotives, instead of wasting time following the rest of the train. We've all seen the rest of the train - more focus on Queen 4014, please!
I'm tired of watching the rest of the train - focus on the stars of the show! The rest of the train is standard UP - the locomotives should be the focus.
John tnen u shoild be following this since u r SOOO KNOWLEDGIBLE😲