Listening to the sound of the whistle and watching that steam blowing gives me a beautiful feeling of pride. My father retired from Southern Pacific RR. He has passed but lots of memories of riding the train. Thank you for your awsome video of the 4014!
Back in the 70's when I was kid and had a model railroad in my parents basement, I dreamed that one day I would see these huge locomotives run again because they were so big and magnificent machines from a era that is gone. Love seeing Big Boy going through my home state of CO. The Rocky Mountains in the back ground. Just awesome.
@Derek Thompson isn't that steam? I'm for clean energy, clean planet but vast majority of green house gasses come from methane, diesel trucks, cars, industrial pollution... My point is one locomotive 🚂 doesn't make a difference one way or another. Electrifying trains, cars, trucks (Germany is already testing electric hybrid trucks that receive power overhead), cutting methane emissions...would and hopefully will make a difference. Great locomotive 🚂 👏 👌 👍. Living history. Working museum piece 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲. Funny how big boy started the car alarm 😄😄😄😄😄. The car was scared 😄😄😄
There is something hypnotic about that chooka chooka chooka chooka of a powerful old steamer flexing her muscles! And that running gear? Can watch it all day!!
@@ArnavKhode / OMG ! You read through all the comments to get to my posting. The amplitude of the train whistle was most likely strong enough to cause the metal panel(s) of the car to vibrate enough to trigger the alarm system, as if someone was attempting to break - in to the vehicle . . . . . . . maybe.
@Arnav Khode The sound I'd so loud it it makes anything it hits shake. Apparently the amount of vibration was enough to make a car think it was being stolen
Thanks for the great job of filming this wonderful locomotive. I have chased 844 3985 and now the 4014. I remember when they came through Nebraska on the main and we chased her from Grand Island to Fremont when she was on the way to Omaha. Some may wounder why I called her a she. Well it's like this, how many of you men like being called beautiful. I know I don't. Also only a women could be as graceful as this lady is. I have waited for a long time to see this wonderful,beautiful lady and hope I don't have to wait very long to see her again. I have loved trains all of my life. Use to ride on the local when the right train crew came to my town when I was a kid. (that's when you could get away with something like that) I am 54 now and wished there was some way to do that again. I never did work for a line, but I did belong to a historical club that ran a dinner and excursion train here in Nebraska several years ago and got to hoghead on several of the runs when time allowed because of my employment. There is nothing like the feel of the power at your fingertips if ya know what I mean. Any how I am so pleased at what the U P has done to restore this piece of history. I am also so glad that my father got to see this girl again. He enjoyed it so much to see her run again with such grace and beauty. I kind of wish in a way that I would of been 2 generations earlier so I maybe would of changed my mind about working on the railroad as both of my grandfathers did, 2 of my great uncles and I don't even know (several) of my cousins. I can remember my grandfathers talking about these wonderful machines if you can call them that, I can't I call them that, I call them Magnificent Marvels of Technology of their time. Now you know why it is easier just to call her a beautiful lady. Just think, something of this size, precision, and power would of been built without the help of one computer program, of automated machines, or robotic arms . Just blood, sweat and tears of enjoyment when the job was done. Such a different place, a different time, maybe for the better(that's for someone else to decide besides myself) in a lot of ways. I just hope that there will be someone who still cares about the history of this great nation and the machines and muscles that made it what it is a 100 years from now. May the grace of God be with those of the past and those of the future to keep this great nation what it has become. In the gracious wisdom of Forest Gump THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!
I live about a 1/4 mile from the UP line in Banning, Ca.A few months ago I heard that one of the Steamers were gonna pass thru.Unfortunately,I was at home for some workmen and missed seeing it, but, damn,I HEARD it come thru chugging away.Then when it crossed the streets and it blew its whistle, boyboy was it a THRILL of a lifetime! There's no going back on that, no unhearing it! Don't ever let these grand engines ever go away!
Driving that thing down the tracks must be every railroad engineer's wet dream. The Big Boys are "THE MASTERPIECE" in all steam locomotive design anywhere in the entire world. I love the flags that UP paints on the side of their locomotives. It's beautiful. Imagine what that Big Boy would look like with an American flag pattern cerakoted all along the sides. We beat the guts out of the Axis in WW2 with these locomotives. They magnified and brought America's unmatched industrial might front and center with a capital V.
Doesn't seem like it was 2 years ago we were all waiting for her unveiling for the 150th Golden Spike celebrations... nice to sit back and enjoy these videos, again! PS - that whistle never gets old!
Thanks for the upload. Both my great grandfathers worked on the Great Northern RR up on the highline back at the turn of the century. One was a brakeman, the other was a blacksmith at the round house in Devil's Lake. When I was growing up and visiting my grandmother in North Dakota and we heard the train coming, we'd run out to run along with the train. The engineers would wave down to us and the brakeman in the caboose would toss us candy. Got in trouble one time for getting too close, had to go sit in the chair for 20 minutes.
The main difference between Steam and Diesel is that a Steam Locomotives have an enormous amount of personality. I have been captivated by them since I was a kid.
Thanks Steam UP! Yes there was a old timer very close to the tracks. Probably came with in a foot of hitting him. You get terrible pics and video when you are that close anyways. You gotta get back and get some scenery in there.
When you hear those short blasts it means some stupid person is about to get run over. Does anybody know if they can clear the cylinders at speed and douch the trespassers with steam?
@@markfromtexas9810 It's a good idea but unfortunately you wouldn't see any visible steam coming out from the cylinder cocks. The steam is very saturated when the locomotive first starts. After about 10 minutes the steam is so hot you will not see much of it. That is why you see such a huge steam cloud in the beginning of the video and hardly any later on.
We got a chance to get up close to her when she was in Provo, Utah, when we were on vacation. Thanks to UP management for greenlighting her restoration.
Great PR, but I wonder if her restoration was worth it for the UP! It must have cost a fortune to restore and operate this behemoth, even is she is not working hard, like in her day!
My grandfather worked for the B&O railroad after WW2. He had old train memorabilia around his house as "technology " improved thru the years . When Big Boy came thru Denver I cried . Such a beautiful engine compared to what we see today. Thanks for posting this !
I got to run diesels for over thirty years and I always heard toe old timers say that these things were alive and you could feel it from your feet up and they never forgot. Watching it ease by I think it can still be felt even standing on the ground. I can only imagine the experiences these guys have in their memory banks. Hiball brothers Hiball.
The Union Pacific 4014 what a beautiful train plenty of power in that bad boy. I love that whistle it showed the train had muscles thank you for the video I really enjoyed watching that train 👍🇺🇸
As an amateur photographer, I captured one of the best pictures I've ever taken, or even seen on the internet, of Big Boy as it passed through Spring, TX a few weeks ago. An amazing piece of machinery.
I have watched many videos after Big Boy started to run, but this is one of the best I have seen. Great filming, excellent camera locations and zooming. It was a pleasure to watch, it was really possible to get the impression of immense dimensions and strength of this giant when moving slowly, but majestically!
Thank you..thank you!!!! I missed Big Boy going through Illinois and now I get to see it. Must be an honor to be the engineer. It's incredible ...such power...such history. If I were a kid, I'd be jumping up and down!!!
True story! A few years ago a diesel engine, full load going up the Cajon pass(pretty steep btw) just north of San Bernadino broke down,set the brakes,and radioed it in.Told to wait for further instruction.About an hour,dispatch told him to release the brakes.Right he was born at night but not last night.Told just do it.Well, he did, moved 2" backwards and stopped then started to move forward, 3 engines,2 helpers and about 100 full cars.Yeah,WTF! Gets to top, goes off to the siding, thinking that there was several diesels behind him.Nope only one engine.That's right,4014. I would love to have seen that engine crew s collective face!
4014 was only restored to working service last summer (2019). She's been an outdoor museum exhibit in Southern CA since retirement in the 50's or 60's. If your story is true, then you're probably thinking of her little sister, the Challenger that UP has had running for at least a decade or two.
@@c182SkylaneRG I heard it was 4014.I know it was retired the time period you mentioned.The story I heard could have been in the 50's, early sixties. If it was a Challenger, it might have been on a low slope.A Challenger properly handled could hav done it.Thanks for the info.
@@danbytp That's possible, then, but wouldn't have been as much of a surprise to the Diesel driver since several of these would still have been in service. Tractive effort is also much better on modern locomotives than their predecessors from the 50's, so a Big Boy would have stacked up against a lot more diesels back then than it does, now.
@@c182SkylaneRG Yeah,the diesel engineer was expecting help from some diesels from nearby San Bernardino.But the dispatcher thought he'd try to have some fun or prove a point and send a steam engine.Either way it worked and the engineer in need was thoroughly suprised. And you did make a valid point.😁 .
Thanks for the restoration and the filming. Remember seeing Great Northern locos similar to these topping Mullen Pass and then running through Mullen Idaho at about 80 mph as they came down the pass back about 1950.
I really love 💖 that whistle of Big Boy 4014. Thank you to the Union Pacific for saving Big Boy 4014 and putting it back on the railroad tracks 🛤. It is really awesome 😎 to see it back in action that’s for sure I also love ❤️ to hear the sound of that whistle it is really powerful.
The shots between about 4:00 and 9:00 are some of the best out there. Good on ya to all who made them happen. I was privileged to see 4014 in Adams Wisconsin over the summer with my father in law on the way back from Oshkosh 2019. Every time I hear that whistle brings goose bumps thinking of when I got to see her in person. THANK you for all who made this video happen. We in the normal world don't understand that it may take an hour of prep for each minute we see here.
She has special presence about her. Mesmerizing. Good camera composition and audio. Ditch #8824. The clackity-clack, dual level horn blast, belching steam and smoke is the sound of a symphony orchestra.
Incredible footage of the 4014. What a delightful pleasure it must have been to be part of the action following this amazing locomotive. On a big 75"TV and the surround sound turned up it is fantastic to watch as has been all the other videos posted by various people throughout the last six months and even during the rebuild. Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia a long way away from this epic action.
Brilliant video! So glad you resisted the urge to dub in mindless music, and instead allowed the natural music of the Big Boy do all the talking. Thank you! Also, did anybody else notice that the car alarm was set off by all the vibrations and sound from 4014 going past as they got closer to Denver? Hilarious!
Finally enough footage of the drivers/levers to satisfy me! But I may need to watch this every few hours; I AM addicted to Walschaerts; can't get enough of it! Much appreciated, Tom.
That opening sequence at 00:33 shows what a magnificent work of art that machine is. I just love that powerful sounding whistle. Someday I hope to see and hear 4014 in person.
When it was in Limon it was moving on tracks set down by the Rock Island in roughly the same year the Big Boy was built. Such a great merge of history there. Those rails are now operated by the Kyle Railway up to the meet with the UP tracks in Limon.
I fondly remember, as a young child, being in the small town of Ramsay, Ontario. My grandfather was station master. Watching the huge CN steam locomotives roar by was amazing.
There's only one other kind of steam whistle I've heart that sounds even remotely similar to the Big Boy's, and it's from old recordings of the French ocean liner Normandie. Some of Russia's old steam locomotives had a deep and low sounding whistle, but not as loud as a Big Boy. The ones in most of Europe sound like a freaking tea kettle.
This is an amazing piece of engineering for the time it was built! Even today it’s so cool seeing this machine operating. I have video of this as well on my channel, when it rolled through the Tulsa Oklahoma area.
Too many great shots to count. Well done! Thanks for recording history. Can't say this enough, thanks you Union Pacific for doing this. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed judging by the size of the crowds on this journey.
Fantastic video 👏👏👏👏👏. That horn is like nothing else. American 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 steel. American 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 locomotive 🚂. American 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 (steam) power baby!!!
The last part of the video you see the Big Boy's articulation. The front drivers are offset as it negotiates the tight curves in the yard. You can see the headlight shifted towards the firemen's side of the locomotive. Great location, it is something I have been looking for and I haven't seen in anyone else's videos. Awesome filming.
LOVE IT!!! WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS AFRAID TO,COME CLOSE TO,THE TRACKS. OJR HOJSE IS ONLY AROUND 200 meters from the tracks! Miss those old locomotives, and the smell.
@@chrisinnes2128 He spent the last months of his life working at J&E Hall of Dartford England, on what he called 'strong steam' (high pressure steam). There are also indications that he was working on turbines... for these reasons I think Trevithick would have felt vindicated by Big Boy and the Norfolk and Western's 'Jawn Henry' ;-) He was a hell of an engineer and very courageous in his thinking and practice (as was John Hall and his associates). He died penniless but his fellow engineers at Halls chipped in to pay for his burial in Dartford,
When I was in Nairobi in the 50’s as al little boy Iwas fascinated by steam engines at that time Garrett class engines were widely used between Nairobi and Mombasa I miss those days when I stood close to the driver’s platform and watch Everything engineers were doing long live EAR&H
nice to see a bunch of freight cars on the train. kinda doubt she'll ever actually haul freight again but it's good to remember what they were built for
Steam locomotives look as if they brought iron ingots as they are, which make them more beautiful. Even if there's no streamlined decoration like today's high-speed train, its existence alone is already fascinated.
13:08 .... even the bridge is era appropriate ... I can see why you captured this image ... would make a brilliant jig saw puzzle ..... 4:31 ..... perfect image for any wall .... 12:21 .... THAT is an image ..... I gotta say Tom ..you really know how and where to create an image .... like the 2 bridges 1404 goes under .....
This ain't no "Low Rider", and no, "They Don't Ride Like That Anymore". The biggest, the baddest, and the ONLY Big Boy left in operation. "Fireball Mail", "Cannon Ball Run", Hand on the throttle, Eye on the rails. WATCH OUT boys, BIG BOY'S a-coming!
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Listening to the sound of the whistle and watching that steam blowing gives me a beautiful feeling of pride. My father retired from Southern Pacific RR. He has passed but lots of memories of riding the train. Thank you for your awsome video of the 4014!
God I love that whistle. Big, deep, and powerful, just like her! What a marvelous machine!😍
That s right,it's get out of my way or get the f*ck out of my way depending on how close one starts crossing in front of it.
That's not a whistle, that's a ROAR !!! You hear that ROAR and you know its a Monster.
TheDude 63 just like when I’m with my girl
MINECRAFTLOVER 828685 with that username and profile pic your girl probably goes to a different kindergarten than you.
I know right!
Back in the 70's when I was kid and had a model railroad in my parents basement, I dreamed that one day I would see these huge locomotives run again because they were so big and magnificent machines from a era that is gone. Love seeing Big Boy going through my home state of CO. The Rocky Mountains in the back ground. Just awesome.
My dad also had a lovely train set built up in a big room. With mountains bridges etc. Fleischmann.
American power 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲. Magnificent locomotive 🚂 👏 👌
Looks incredibly powerful and expensive to run, very impressive leading wheel 'pony'
Yes indeed that pony truck is my favorite too of the entire locomotive.
Oh, you’re here too eh? How’s life in the land down under, Leo?
Oh my ….. what a beautiful steam engine . This steam engine ran during the Golden Age of Railroading .
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Beautiful machinery! Flashback to when the world was normal and a nice place to live! Watching trains with friends!
esa potencia me gusta Hermosa.
I'm 48 and still a kid at heart - this is the stuff that our dreams were made of
@Derek Thompson isn't that steam? I'm for clean energy, clean planet but vast majority of green house gasses come from methane, diesel trucks, cars, industrial pollution...
My point is one locomotive 🚂 doesn't make a difference one way or another. Electrifying trains, cars, trucks (Germany is already testing electric hybrid trucks that receive power overhead), cutting methane emissions...would and hopefully will make a difference.
Great locomotive 🚂 👏 👌 👍. Living history. Working museum piece 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲. Funny how big boy started the car alarm 😄😄😄😄😄. The car was scared 😄😄😄
Hell yeah. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 locomotive 🚂
That shot in the field as the Big Boy approaches was epic.
Thank you. That’s one beautiful engine. Thanks so much. We are older & down & out for the count. And seeing this means so much to us.
There is something hypnotic about that chooka chooka chooka chooka of a powerful old steamer flexing her muscles! And that running gear? Can watch it all day!!
He is the king of all! You make me so proud to be an American!!!!
甲完very strong power old man
The whistle "blast" at ~11:23 is so powerful that it causes a car alarm to go off that you can hear from ~11:38 to 12:15.
LOFREAKINGL!!!
How did that happen
@@ArnavKhode / OMG ! You read through all the comments to get to my posting. The amplitude of the train whistle was most likely strong enough to cause the metal panel(s) of the car to vibrate enough to trigger the alarm system, as if someone was attempting to break - in to the vehicle . . . . . . . maybe.
@Arnav Khode The sound I'd so loud it it makes anything it hits shake. Apparently the amount of vibration was enough to make a car think it was being stolen
Thanks for the great job of filming this wonderful locomotive. I have chased 844 3985 and now the 4014. I remember when they came through Nebraska on the main and we chased her from Grand Island to Fremont when she was on the way to Omaha. Some may wounder why I called her a she. Well it's like this, how many of you men like being called beautiful. I know I don't. Also only a women could be as graceful as this lady is. I have waited for a long time to see this wonderful,beautiful lady and hope I don't have to wait very long to see her again. I have loved trains all of my life. Use to ride on the local when the right train crew came to my town when I was a kid. (that's when you could get away with something like that) I am 54 now and wished there was some way to do that again. I never did work for a line, but I did belong to a historical club that ran a dinner and excursion train here in Nebraska several years ago and got to hoghead on several of the runs when time allowed because of my employment. There is nothing like the feel of the power at your fingertips if ya know what I mean. Any how I am so pleased at what the U P has done to restore this piece of history. I am also so glad that my father got to see this girl again. He enjoyed it so much to see her run again with such grace and beauty. I kind of wish in a way that I would of been 2 generations earlier so I maybe would of changed my mind about working on the railroad as both of my grandfathers did, 2 of my great uncles and I don't even know (several) of my cousins. I can remember my grandfathers talking about these wonderful machines if you can call them that, I can't I call them that, I call them Magnificent Marvels of Technology of their time. Now you know why it is easier just to call her a beautiful lady. Just think, something of this size, precision, and power would of been built without the help of one computer program, of automated machines, or robotic arms . Just blood, sweat and tears of enjoyment when the job was done. Such a different place, a different time, maybe for the better(that's for someone else to decide besides myself) in a lot of ways. I just hope that there will be someone who still cares about the history of this great nation and the machines and muscles that made it what it is a 100 years from now. May the grace of God be with those of the past and those of the future to keep this great nation what it has become. In the gracious wisdom of Forest Gump THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!
good stuff, lol.
But it's called a big boy not a big girl don't emasculate it.
I just turn into one huge goosebump when I watch this. It's absolutely exhilarating!!!
How many Railfans would never have dreamed they would get to see the scenes in this video. Thanks
I love those old steamers man I could listen to them all day long and nothing beats a steam whistle
That whistle is so deep and throaty. I love it. She's gorgeous, and powerful.
I love the enthusiasm to bring this loco back to life. Greetings and congratulations from Melbourne Australia.
Love the whistle . Nothing songs like it!
That's not a whistle, that's roar
Sounds crappy to me, it needs tuning.
Ian Ballinger that’s how it’s supposed to sound.
I live about a 1/4 mile from the UP line in Banning, Ca.A few months ago I heard that one of the Steamers were gonna pass thru.Unfortunately,I was at home for some workmen and missed seeing it, but, damn,I HEARD it come thru chugging away.Then when it crossed the streets and it blew its whistle, boyboy was it a THRILL of a lifetime! There's no going back on that, no unhearing it! Don't ever let these grand engines ever go away!
This has got to be the most beautiful steam engine I have ever seen. Absolutely amazing!
rommelblue1 impressive, yes. Massive, certainly. Beautiful? Absolutely not.
Driving that thing down the tracks must be every railroad engineer's wet dream. The Big Boys are "THE MASTERPIECE" in all steam locomotive design anywhere in the entire world. I love the flags that UP paints on the side of their locomotives. It's beautiful. Imagine what that Big Boy would look like with an American flag pattern cerakoted all along the sides. We beat the guts out of the Axis in WW2 with these locomotives. They magnified and brought America's unmatched industrial might front and center with a capital V.
Awesome shot at 13:03 of it creeping over that Rio Grande bridge
Doesn't seem like it was 2 years ago we were all waiting for her unveiling for the 150th Golden Spike celebrations... nice to sit back and enjoy these videos, again!
PS - that whistle never gets old!
Thanks for the upload. A proud heritage beautifully maintained by the UP. Greetings from Australia.
Thanks for the upload. Both my great grandfathers worked on the Great Northern RR up on the highline back at the turn of the century. One was a brakeman, the other was a blacksmith at the round house in Devil's Lake.
When I was growing up and visiting my grandmother in North Dakota and we heard the train coming, we'd run out to run along with the train. The engineers would wave down to us and the brakeman in the caboose would toss us candy. Got in trouble one time for getting too close, had to go sit in the chair for 20 minutes.
What a locomotive!!!! He is magnificent! I think he is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!!!’
The main difference between Steam and Diesel is that a Steam Locomotives have an enormous amount of personality. I have been captivated by them since I was a kid.
Boy was that well shot, wonderful angles, great composition. Thanks loads for sharing!
The whistle at 6m44 was for a fool who was on the tracks I bet. Do not make Ed mad Remember to stay 25 feet from the tracks Excellent video Tom!
Thanks Steam UP! Yes there was a old timer very close to the tracks. Probably came with in a foot of hitting him. You get terrible pics and video when you are that close anyways. You gotta get back and get some scenery in there.
When you hear those short blasts it means some stupid person is about to get run over. Does anybody know if they can clear the cylinders at speed and douch the trespassers with steam?
@@markfromtexas9810 It's a good idea but unfortunately you wouldn't see any visible steam coming out from the cylinder cocks. The steam is very saturated when the locomotive first starts. After about 10 minutes the steam is so hot you will not see much of it. That is why you see such a huge steam cloud in the beginning of the video and hardly any later on.
Yeah, he doesn’t want blood on his beautiful locomotive. Make the dead guy scrape it off the loco with his tooth brush. Won’t need it anymore anyway.
We got a chance to get up close to her when she was in Provo, Utah, when we were on vacation. Thanks to UP management for greenlighting her restoration.
I got to see the 4014 when it visited Des Moines- it's a magnificent engine!!
Nice. I still have only seen him standing still. (I would use "him" for Big Boys and "her" for most other locos :D )
@@trondsi Same. XD
Great PR, but I wonder if her restoration was worth it for the UP! It must have cost a fortune to restore and operate this behemoth, even is she is not working hard, like in her day!
@@trondsi - Okay, then how about the Challanger?
It seems like they're more comfortable running Big Boy at higher speeds now. What a remarkable sight!
My grandfather worked for the B&O railroad after WW2. He had old train memorabilia around his house as "technology " improved thru the years . When Big Boy came thru Denver I cried . Such a beautiful engine compared to what we see today. Thanks for posting this !
You are welcome.
I got to run diesels for over thirty years and I always heard toe old timers say that these things were alive and you could feel it from your feet up and they never forgot. Watching it ease by I think it can still be felt even standing on the ground. I can only imagine the experiences these guys have in their memory banks. Hiball brothers Hiball.
The Union Pacific 4014 what a beautiful train plenty of power in that bad boy. I love that whistle it showed the train had muscles thank you for the video I really enjoyed watching that train 👍🇺🇸
As an amateur photographer, I captured one of the best pictures I've ever taken, or even seen on the internet, of Big Boy as it passed through Spring, TX a few weeks ago. An amazing piece of machinery.
*Great video. Thanks for sharing!*
You are welcome.
It is probably the most photographed locomotive in this century! Magnificent!
Big Boy 4014 Steam Train ! Spectaculair !, Fenomenal , I'm Amazed from Indonesia !
Fascinating!!! I have always loved old trains. I wish my Dad was still alive and we could ride one together.
I have watched many videos after Big Boy started to run, but this is one of the best I have seen. Great filming, excellent camera locations and zooming. It was a pleasure to watch, it was really possible to get the impression of immense dimensions and strength of this giant when moving slowly, but majestically!
Thank you. That morning shot when it was leaving Limon is one of my top ten favorites.
Thank you..thank you!!!! I missed Big Boy going through Illinois and now I get to see it. Must be an honor to be the engineer. It's incredible ...such power...such history. If I were a kid, I'd be jumping up and down!!!
You are welcome.
Look at the size of the tender alone! It is huge! This whole engineering marvel is a titan!
There is no way words can say how beautiful this is
When our Nation was making a name for herself & becoming a World leader!....which she still is...& will ALWAYS be!
I too love the whistle with its mornful sound. What a majestic engine. I would love to see it in real life.
True story! A few years ago a diesel engine, full load going up the Cajon pass(pretty steep btw) just north of San Bernadino broke down,set the brakes,and radioed it in.Told to wait for further instruction.About an hour,dispatch told him to release the brakes.Right he was born at night but not last night.Told just do it.Well, he did, moved 2" backwards and stopped then started to move forward, 3 engines,2 helpers and about 100 full cars.Yeah,WTF! Gets to top, goes off to the siding, thinking that there was several diesels behind him.Nope only one engine.That's right,4014. I would love to have seen that engine crew s collective face!
4014 was only restored to working service last summer (2019). She's been an outdoor museum exhibit in Southern CA since retirement in the 50's or 60's. If your story is true, then you're probably thinking of her little sister, the Challenger that UP has had running for at least a decade or two.
@@c182SkylaneRG I heard it was 4014.I know it was retired the time period you mentioned.The story I heard could have been in the 50's, early sixties. If it was a Challenger, it might have been on a low slope.A Challenger properly handled could hav done it.Thanks for the info.
@@danbytp That's possible, then, but wouldn't have been as much of a surprise to the Diesel driver since several of these would still have been in service. Tractive effort is also much better on modern locomotives than their predecessors from the 50's, so a Big Boy would have stacked up against a lot more diesels back then than it does, now.
@@c182SkylaneRG Yeah,the diesel engineer was expecting help from some diesels from nearby San Bernardino.But the dispatcher thought he'd try to have some fun or prove a point and send a steam engine.Either way it worked and the engineer in need was thoroughly suprised. And you did make a valid point.😁
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I had the chance to see the Big Boy in Fort Worth TX. A beautiful and very impressive machine !
Epic. An absolute art masterpiece on steel wheels. Outstanding video! Thanks!
Thanks for the restoration and the filming. Remember seeing Great Northern locos similar to these topping Mullen Pass and then running through Mullen Idaho at about 80 mph as they came down the pass back about 1950.
I really love 💖 that whistle of Big Boy 4014. Thank you to the Union Pacific for saving Big Boy 4014 and putting it back on the railroad tracks 🛤. It is really awesome 😎 to see it back in action that’s for sure I also love ❤️ to hear the sound of that whistle it is really powerful.
Traveling Tom: Excellent depth, no distractions--or helicopters. Far and away the best video of 4014 I've seen--including my own channel!
Beautiful videography, skillfully done.
The shots between about 4:00 and 9:00 are some of the best out there. Good on ya to all who made them happen.
I was privileged to see 4014 in Adams Wisconsin over the summer with my father in law on the way back from Oshkosh 2019. Every time I hear that whistle brings goose bumps thinking of when I got to see her in person.
THANK you for all who made this video happen. We in the normal world don't understand that it may take an hour of prep for each minute we see here.
Thank you.
She has special presence about her. Mesmerizing. Good camera composition and audio. Ditch #8824. The clackity-clack, dual level horn blast, belching steam and smoke is the sound of a symphony orchestra.
We got to see her last week in Osawatomie, Kansas on her way to Kansas City! So massive and so well restored! Thank you U.P.!
Got to see her in osawatmie to she is a mighty machine
Dave Powell Big Boy went to Kansas City in November..
Incredible footage of the 4014. What a delightful pleasure it must have been to be part of the action following this amazing locomotive. On a big 75"TV and the surround sound turned up it is fantastic to watch as has been all the other videos posted by various people throughout the last six months and even during the rebuild. Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia a long way away from this epic action.
Just fantastic footage Mr TTCat. Good close up stuff.
Last shots showing the articulation, great. Many thanks for your sharing your fine work.
Brilliant video! So glad you resisted the urge to dub in mindless music, and instead allowed the natural music of the Big Boy do all the talking. Thank you! Also, did anybody else notice that the car alarm was set off by all the vibrations and sound from 4014 going past as they got closer to Denver? Hilarious!
Finally enough footage of the drivers/levers to satisfy me! But I may need to watch this every few hours; I AM addicted to Walschaerts; can't get enough of it! Much appreciated, Tom.
That opening sequence at 00:33 shows what a magnificent work of art that machine is. I just love that powerful sounding whistle. Someday I hope to see and hear 4014 in person.
A real piece of history in this video. I remember seeing the last locomotive operating when I was a kid in the 1950"s.
Me, too - I road the one of the last trolleys across the East river in NY
When it was in Limon it was moving on tracks set down by the Rock Island in roughly the same year the Big Boy was built. Such a great merge of history there. Those rails are now operated by the Kyle Railway up to the meet with the UP tracks in Limon.
Should be 'replaced rails/tracks'. The Rock Island was operating long before the 40s.
Nothing like watching a steam train in action.
I fondly remember, as a young child, being in the small town of Ramsay, Ontario. My grandfather was station master. Watching the huge CN steam locomotives roar by was amazing.
CN has some beautiful steam locomotives. Classy railroad back in the day.
Wow that end shot was magical. Thank you
I would love to go back in the day sitting in my 1932 Coupe Ford V-8 watching this pass by...
Thats gotta be the absolute *B E E F I E S T* steam engine whistle I've ever heard...
There's only one other kind of steam whistle I've heart that sounds even remotely similar to the Big Boy's, and it's from old recordings of the French ocean liner Normandie. Some of Russia's old steam locomotives had a deep and low sounding whistle, but not as loud as a Big Boy. The ones in most of Europe sound like a freaking tea kettle.
Bloody awful sound....needs tuning ..
@@ianballinger7644 i dont think it's that bad. Its more of an intimidating sound. Imagine if this was on the armored trains in World War 1.
11:57 The whistle sets off car alarms.
My brother and I flew into Denver to chase this old warrior. This is some of the the best footage Ive seen taken of the Big Boy, kudos to you , Tom
Thank you.
Thanks for this vid. Wow. And I used to get excited seeing the red or black Rock Island Line engines when I lived in Davenport. Beautiful engine.
Bring back the steam engine locomotive, for some classic runs
I agree 100% they are awesome nothing in the world like a steam locomotive
@Kev Warriner thanks for the info
Absolutely Beautimous!! And that horn is beyond Awesome ⚡️⚡️❤️😱😎
Great Nation and Great People maintaining the Big Boy in excellent condition. Greetings from Japan.
BIG BOY! Old locomotive as the greatness of America! (I'm not from America but it makes me feel powerful!)
back in the 50's ,I remember driving parallel to the trains, in NM, going 100+ mph, on he flats.
They generally stay around 65 now we pace them between Mountainair and Clovis
This is an amazing piece of engineering for the time it was built! Even today it’s so cool seeing this machine operating.
I have video of this as well on my channel, when it rolled through the Tulsa Oklahoma area.
Now, thats how you make america great again. Thank you so much for sharing
What an impressive piece of machinery!!!
i Luv it too, jack Terry
This is one of the coolest things I've ever watched. Made my eyes wet...
mine to heart felt
Too many great shots to count. Well done! Thanks for recording history. Can't say this enough, thanks you Union Pacific for doing this. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed judging by the size of the crowds on this journey.
Fantastic video 👏👏👏👏👏.
That horn is like nothing else.
American 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 steel.
American 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 locomotive 🚂.
American 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 (steam) power baby!!!
Great video, dad and I chased it from Omaha to North Platte. History in motion is beautiful
The last part of the video you see the Big Boy's articulation. The front drivers are offset as it negotiates the tight curves in the yard. You can see the headlight shifted towards the firemen's side of the locomotive.
Great location, it is something I have been looking for and I haven't seen in anyone else's videos. Awesome filming.
god i had to pause the video and collect myself after that first whistle blast, sent shivers down my spine
LOVE IT!!! WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS AFRAID TO,COME CLOSE TO,THE TRACKS. OJR HOJSE IS ONLY AROUND 200 meters from the tracks! Miss those old locomotives, and the smell.
What a marvelous piece of engineering!
Great to see a Big Boy under a big sky across a big country. Richard Trevithick would have loved this. Thanks
Don't think he would have thought that this was what he was starting
@@chrisinnes2128 He spent the last months of his life working at J&E Hall of Dartford England, on what he called 'strong steam' (high pressure steam). There are also indications that he was working on turbines... for these reasons I think Trevithick would have felt vindicated by Big Boy and the Norfolk and Western's 'Jawn Henry' ;-) He was a hell of an engineer and very courageous in his thinking and practice (as was John Hall and his associates). He died penniless but his fellow engineers at Halls chipped in to pay for his burial in Dartford,
the UP-double B, god love this engine. That and the Saturn V!
*Ey look man,i'm a not an american,but damn,i can't stop crying,look how beautiful that thing is*
When I was in Nairobi in the 50’s as al little boy Iwas fascinated by steam engines at that time Garrett class engines were widely used between Nairobi and Mombasa I miss those days when I stood close to the driver’s platform and watch
Everything engineers were doing long live EAR&H
nice to see a bunch of freight cars on the train. kinda doubt she'll ever actually haul freight again but it's good to remember what they were built for
For some reason I love seeing those safety valves pop!
Steam locomotives look as if they brought iron ingots as they are, which make them more beautiful.
Even if there's no streamlined decoration like today's high-speed train, its existence alone is already fascinated.
Seen her "in person" in Roseville, CA at the big switchyard.
Videos don't even get close to the power of that whistle!
100% Pure Awesome Job Making this !!
13:08 .... even the bridge is era appropriate ... I can see why you captured this image ... would make a brilliant jig saw puzzle ..... 4:31 ..... perfect image for any wall .... 12:21 .... THAT is an image ..... I gotta say Tom ..you really know how and where to create an image .... like the 2 bridges 1404 goes under .....
Got to see this beast when it stopped off at Union Station in Kansas City. What an awesome experience.
Those steel / steam beasts are EPIC! Those cars on the road @9:10 knew the were lucky to see it.
This ain't no "Low Rider", and no, "They Don't Ride Like That Anymore". The biggest, the baddest, and the ONLY Big Boy left in operation. "Fireball Mail", "Cannon Ball Run", Hand on the throttle, Eye on the rails. WATCH OUT boys, BIG BOY'S a-coming!
I saw it as it left the shops and pulled into Laramie, WY, but this is so symbolic.