steam engines will live forever. they are the kings of the tracks. they may die but they return to life eventually. some may be in trouble from the big sleep and need restoration but steamers are too loved. they are high maintenance but are worth it. these are not only history, they are a beautiful work of art! seeing a real steam locomotive in action is majestic
Glad to see 4014 get it’s OG voice back! Now I am very much looking forward to seeing her with the tender she was on display with (I understand it originally came off of 4015)!
Fantastic documentation on a trip that we couldn't be a part of after the cancelling of the west coast steam trip. I feel a bit better today. Hooray!!!! and.... toooooooooooo toooooooooo with the lead actor, Ed Dickens with his cast of merrymen
That service whistle sounds good on the 4014, though I definitely don’t like that dual beam headlight. The single beam looks much better, with the dual beam looking very outta place to me. Also, I’m kinda surprised they didn’t opt for a slightly longer consist given the size of excursions that’ve been run over that line in the past. Ah well. Something’s better then nothing, so I’m not gonna complain. The Heritage Crew got their reasons, of that I’m very sure. As usual, very high quality video Fan Railer. A job well done, as to be expected from ye really.
Union Pacific 4014 is a he and because a employee of the American locomotive company wrote the name in chalk and it means that the locomotive is a boy locomotive
@@hawkeyeten2450 absolutely amazing. You truly get a since of its power when we climbed up the grade into Cheyenne. I drive diesel locomotives daily in and around our shop and there is no comparison to the seat of the pants feeling the steam locomotive put out. I'm so happy and grateful I got to opportunity to be a part of Big Boys history. Grateful to UP, the UP Museum and the steam crew for putting this together.
Actually, given the running speeds of 40-45 mph and the ruling grade of ~1.0%, this is a decent sized consist. Performance charts for the 4000s indicate that in order to achieve the aforementioned speeds on the aforementioned grade, they should be assigned no more than 1,300 to 1,600 tons. The consist seen here totals out to around 1,200 tons or so (400 tons of water cars, 200 tons of diesel, and about 600 tons of coaches).
I think I've done plenty of research; I know the tonnage ratings for specific speeds and grades. For instance, I know that on a 1% grade, a 4000 class locomotive is rated for 1,600 tons up to 40 mph, OR 4,400 tons up to 15 mph. I doubt you can say the same.
If you were standing on top of a Ram pickup at the Broadway crossing taking the video, I have a picture of you from the train if you are interested. Great job on the video!
In an older video from a different channel, I noticed that UP 4015, the diesel that we see here, used to have gray trucks and a gray nose. Here, however, UP 4015 has silveryish trucks and a green nose. Which paint scheme do you prefer?
I want to commend your efforts in producing this video. For being patient, using a tripod or excellent steady cam and only panning very tastefully. Not zooming is a good also while the scene takea place. Sound quality is good but would be better if less compression and limiting were used. You need to get a driver when you are doing chasing segments.
Lot of assumptions here. As stated in the description, I'm only using my phone for most of these shots, and there is no tripod involved. Sound compression is not a controllable feature on the phone I'm using, so that is out of my hands. If there were a driver available, I would have used one, but I am quite comfortable pacing on my own without one if need be.
It hasn’t gone to Washington. From what I’ve heard, that trip’s either been postponed or outright canceled due to “traffic issues” on UP’s lines up that way. So this run was made from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado and back over three days to make up for it, so to speak.
What was happening at 9:30 ish? It looks like the back drivers do a pretty good slip then there was a puff of fire where the heart of the engine is. Do the back drivers start moving first before the front ones? Can they power each set individually? I was hoping someone else commented on this before me and so far, no one has. Great video and your knowledge is spot on. Thank you
The stretch of track between Denver and Greeley is a gentle downgrade in the northward direction. They use the dynamic brake on the diesel to maintain speed without having to make adjustments to the controls of the 4014. This streamlines operations on the steam side of things. Otherwise, once the desired speed was reached, they would have to shut the throttle off then crack it again to drift, which would require the fireman to make adjustments to the firing controls and injector settings to compensate. Easier to use dynamic braking to give the 4014 an artificial load and work her a bit down the grade. Then this doesn’t even take into consideration the need to slow down for the 25 mph speed restrictions through certain towns along the right of way.
Question: when that engine pulls into a passenger terminal, and people are standing 4 ft away from the driving wheels, doesn't the steam spewing out of that thing turn into a dangerous situation for the observers? Although I happen to prefer the cleaner lines of Challenger 3985, the whistle of either of those engines is simply awesome.
The steam you see billowing out is not under pressure. It’s not even hot enough to burn you if you walk through a cloud of it. Steam cools rapidly when vented. And in colder weather much of the large plumes of what appear to be steam are just water vapor. Being burned by steam as a train passes you at a station is not an issue. The cylinder test cocks are closed and other than a high pressure leak, their is no issue.
Thanks to all the folks that have worked on this engine and train, and given us this wonder to behold!
beautiful train. I have always loved trains since I was a small child.
same
Same
Thx@Fan Railer for chasing the 4014 both Days I've been loving the new whistle and the other new videos thx👏🏾💯🚂🚃🚃
steam engines will live forever. they are the kings of the tracks. they may die but they return to life eventually. some may be in trouble from the big sleep and need restoration but steamers are too loved. they are high maintenance but are worth it. these are not only history, they are a beautiful work of art! seeing a real steam locomotive in action is majestic
21:08 I like this one
Saw it while I was in Denver (the whole reason why I was there), it really does live up to its name when you see it in person
Thank you UP for bringing this beast back to life. Fan Railer, thank you for this awesome footage.
Glad to see 4014 get it’s OG voice back! Now I am very much looking forward to seeing her with the tender she was on display with (I understand it originally came off of 4015)!
Ground shakes when big boy goes by❤
Fantastic documentation on a trip that we couldn't be a part of after the cancelling of the west coast steam trip. I feel a bit better today. Hooray!!!! and.... toooooooooooo toooooooooo with the lead actor, Ed Dickens with his cast of merrymen
So many of these shots looked like scenes from a picture book, thank you so much for this!
Its very nice to see Big Boy went back on service
Delighted Thanks
I am glad to hear some get restored and brought back in service
Up big boy 4014 running with a new whistle
Miren la gente como corren a ver ese hermoso espectáculo Americano.
Lo mejor del Mundo.
Nice of 844 to hand 4014 back his service whistle.
The decision to swap the whistles and the actual swapping of said whistles was done entirely by the Heritage Crew.
@@justahillbilly7777 Really, you don't say!!
So love this train!
Awesome Beautiful locomotive 🚂 ❤ and watching enjoying now 👍 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😃😎❤ awesome video UP sweet
I Love this train, new fans from INDONESIA 👨✈
Thanks so much for your videos!....love our Big Boy💝
Had a train encyclopedia as a kid and this class of loco was the best.
you have the by far best sound quality.
Such a beautiful beast!
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
That service whistle sounds good on the 4014, though I definitely don’t like that dual beam headlight. The single beam looks much better, with the dual beam looking very outta place to me.
Also, I’m kinda surprised they didn’t opt for a slightly longer consist given the size of excursions that’ve been run over that line in the past. Ah well. Something’s better then nothing, so I’m not gonna complain. The Heritage Crew got their reasons, of that I’m very sure.
As usual, very high quality video Fan Railer. A job well done, as to be expected from ye really.
Longer consist would not have fit on the platform at Denver with the locomotive still on the platform for display.
@@FanRailer Ah. Fair enough. Thanks for the enlightenment and once again, thanks for the high quality video as always.
@@FanRailer Also the consist might be geared around the number of tickets sold.
No, the number of tickets available was fixed, as they were only selling two cars to the public.
@@FanRailer OK but that is exactly my point.
Nice video, I'm really looking forward to the 3985 move.
UP needs a triple header, 4014, 3985 and 844
@@theronerd Maybe once 3985 comes back, but not now.
@@davidng2336
And 5511 will be restored after 3985 is complete.
This steam engine is So Fascinating and Captivating
Up big boy 4014 blows with 844's whistle
Bravo! Thank you 8:49 PM MON 01-AUG-2022.
Used to live near those tracks in denver wish i still did just to have seen this beauty in my back yard
Union Pacific 4014 is a he and because a employee of the American locomotive company wrote the name in chalk and it means that the locomotive is a boy locomotive
Love that engine
Magnificent
GREAT SHOTS
I enjoyed watching this
Lol I remember everyone wanted to race the train when it came
I was in the 2nd dome car "Challenger". Great video.
thanks
What was it like to ride behind Big Boy, Torry?
@@hawkeyeten2450 absolutely amazing. You truly get a since of its power when we climbed up the grade into Cheyenne. I drive diesel locomotives daily in and around our shop and there is no comparison to the seat of the pants feeling the steam locomotive put out. I'm so happy and grateful I got to opportunity to be a part of Big Boys history. Grateful to UP, the UP Museum and the steam crew for putting this together.
It now truly sounds like its brothers!
Nice consist, Fox River trailing.
Great movie
Up big boy 4014's 2022 present-day Hancock 3 chime whistle
Oh man, she's begging for real tonnage! 4014 is laughing at this train. Comon Ed you know you want to pull 11000 tons.
Actually, given the running speeds of 40-45 mph and the ruling grade of ~1.0%, this is a decent sized consist. Performance charts for the 4000s indicate that in order to achieve the aforementioned speeds on the aforementioned grade, they should be assigned no more than 1,300 to 1,600 tons. The consist seen here totals out to around 1,200 tons or so (400 tons of water cars, 200 tons of diesel, and about 600 tons of coaches).
@Fan Railer I think you need to do more research.
I think I've done plenty of research; I know the tonnage ratings for specific speeds and grades. For instance, I know that on a 1% grade, a 4000 class locomotive is rated for 1,600 tons up to 40 mph, OR 4,400 tons up to 15 mph. I doubt you can say the same.
Nicely Done! 👍
Ahí va puesta la bandera del País más importante y poderoso de la Tierra habitada.
Dios bendiga a América.
Up big boy 4014 cheyenne to Denver & return because of her original whistle used in 2019-21 Until 2022-present-day
If you were standing on top of a Ram pickup at the Broadway crossing taking the video, I have a picture of you from the train if you are interested. Great job on the video!
We were never at the broadway crossing in this video, I believe. We were at Washington street, which is one crossing to the east of broadway.
@@FanRailer Ah, you are right, it was at Washington.
Wow just noticed 2015&4014
Up big boy 4014 está soprando com o apito do 844 igual a voz do tio Mauro
Awesome video friend
It’s official. On every excursion run the 4014 goes on she doesn’t go anywhere without the museum car
In an older video from a different channel, I noticed that UP 4015, the diesel that we see here, used to have gray trucks and a gray nose. Here, however, UP 4015 has silveryish trucks and a green nose. Which paint scheme do you prefer?
Up big boy 4014 goes to Denver experience excursion july 28th & 30th 2022
Greatvedio
I want to commend your efforts in producing this video. For being patient, using a tripod or excellent steady cam and only panning very tastefully. Not zooming is a good also while the scene takea place. Sound quality is good but would be better if less compression and limiting were used. You need to get a driver when you are doing chasing segments.
Lot of assumptions here. As stated in the description, I'm only using my phone for most of these shots, and there is no tripod involved. Sound compression is not a controllable feature on the phone I'm using, so that is out of my hands. If there were a driver available, I would have used one, but I am quite comfortable pacing on my own without one if need be.
What is the mechanism to make a steam engine go backwards? The drive pistons are connected directly to the main drive wheels.
Valve gear
were is big boy in washing ton what town?
It hasn’t gone to Washington. From what I’ve heard, that trip’s either been postponed or outright canceled due to “traffic issues” on UP’s lines up that way. So this run was made from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado and back over three days to make up for it, so to speak.
Bro I JUst Came ther
ITS A PETTY WE DON'T HAVE SMELLVISION ! ☹️👍DOC FROM THE LAND OF OZ (AUSTRALIA)
What was happening at 9:30 ish? It looks like the back drivers do a pretty good slip then there was a puff of fire where the heart of the engine is. Do the back drivers start moving first before the front ones? Can they power each set individually? I was hoping someone else commented on this before me and so far, no one has. Great video and your knowledge is spot on. Thank you
No and no. Both engine units are independent of each other, but they are controlled by a single throttle.
@@FanRailer Thank you.
Up big boy 4014 july 2022
Big boy was sold new for $250,00 what is its worth today?
Far more then that, I can guarantee you that.
Ted templeton as up big boy #4014
At 47:07, is Ed asking the 4015 engineer to use dynamics to put a load on the 4014?
The stretch of track between Denver and Greeley is a gentle downgrade in the northward direction. They use the dynamic brake on the diesel to maintain speed without having to make adjustments to the controls of the 4014. This streamlines operations on the steam side of things. Otherwise, once the desired speed was reached, they would have to shut the throttle off then crack it again to drift, which would require the fireman to make adjustments to the firing controls and injector settings to compensate. Easier to use dynamic braking to give the 4014 an artificial load and work her a bit down the grade. Then this doesn’t even take into consideration the need to slow down for the 25 mph speed restrictions through certain towns along the right of way.
@@FanRailer Makes sense thanks!
Que lindo eso sinceramente.
Big boy
The 4014 is a he not a she
Question: when that engine pulls into a passenger terminal, and people are standing 4 ft away from the driving wheels, doesn't the steam spewing out of that thing turn into a dangerous situation for the observers?
Although I happen to prefer the cleaner lines of Challenger 3985, the whistle of either of those engines is simply awesome.
The steam you see billowing out is not under pressure. It’s not even hot enough to burn you if you walk through a cloud of it. Steam cools rapidly when vented. And in colder weather much of the large plumes of what appear to be steam are just water vapor. Being burned by steam as a train passes you at a station is not an issue. The cylinder test cocks are closed and other than a high pressure leak, their is no issue.
Up big boy 4014 high speeds fast
Why does it need a locomotive, is it just for show?
Ermm what locomotive?
Up big boy 4014 going to Denver co
How fast are you going?
45 mph
Did the crew switch its whistle with 844’s whistle? 🤔
Did you read the description?
@@FanRailer I rest my case 😜
Why the train riders do not wave to people waiting to this is beautiful train when it arrives in towns. This lopks like poor PR
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For Pete’s sake, LET THE DRIVERS FOCUS ON THE ROAD! We’re trying not to repeat 2018!
Trians
Up big boy 4014 puxando vagões exclusivos para mulheres especiais 6hs às 9hs às 17hs às 20hs segunda à sexta sábado á domingo feriados nacionais