The "4014 Big Boy" and "844 The Living Legend" Come to Ogden, Utah
May 11, 2019 11:38:07 #
Jay Pat wrote:
Enjoyed the images!!!!!
Pat
Pat
Thanks, Pat...glad to see you stopped by and enjoyed!!
May 11, 2019 11:39:08 #
bpulv wrote:
Thank you for sharing your photographs of an event most of us train buffs would have loved to attend.
You are very welcome and thank you for looking and commenting!!
May 11, 2019 17:53:01 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
Thank you sooo much for sharing these photos! Wish I could have been there.
May 11, 2019 21:42:56 #
AirWalter wrote:
Thank you sooo much for sharing these photos! Wish I could have been there.
It was a fun morning and we are getting up early tomorrow and follow them to Evanston, WY!!
May 12, 2019 13:39:01 #
May 12, 2019 13:44:10 #
As you can see all the cameras ready to take pictures but one thing is missing NO BIRDS. But they still took pictures. Estimates of people watching the train from Cheyenne to Odgen and at Odgen was said to reach 100,000. Can the bird watchers claim this for a single bird in flight? No! I rest my case.
May 13, 2019 11:40:07 #
Thanks for sharing your journey with us with a series of beautiful photos!!!!!! You two are truly dedicated fans. Great pictures despite the crowds.
May 13, 2019 12:47:50 #
May 13, 2019 12:49:34 #
bnsf wrote:
As you can see all the cameras ready to take pictures but one thing is missing NO BIRDS. But they still took pictures. Estimates of people watching the train from Cheyenne to Odgen and at Odgen was said to reach 100,000. Can the bird watchers claim this for a single bird in flight? No! I rest my case.
Good case bnsf...see my post this morning and the crowds at Morgan, UT to see the trains on their return trip to Cheyenne!!
May 13, 2019 12:51:07 #
hiker60 wrote:
Thanks for sharing your journey with us with a series of beautiful photos!!!!!! You two are truly dedicated fans. Great pictures despite the crowds.
Many thanks, hiker60...we enjoyed out time taking these excursions and sharing them and are glad you enjoyed!!
May 16, 2019 20:42:33 #
jederick wrote:
On the spur-of-the-moment whim, the wife and I mad... (show quote)
there you are, out roaming around again. enjoyed this set, jederick!
May 17, 2019 21:12:23 #
I was watching them on TV today; way cool, quite impressive; not quite but almost as good as being there, if you can't be there, at the time; it's a pretty big TV with really good stereo sound.
One thing I was wondering; 4014 was up front followed by 844, and there was a diesel locomotive behind 844. There were maybe 8 or 10 coaches making up the rest of the train. What's up with the diesel? Don't they trust their own work?!
One thing I was wondering; 4014 was up front followed by 844, and there was a diesel locomotive behind 844. There were maybe 8 or 10 coaches making up the rest of the train. What's up with the diesel? Don't they trust their own work?!
May 17, 2019 22:06:51 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
I was watching them on TV today; way cool, quite impressive; not quite but almost as good as being there, if you can't be there, at the time; it's a pretty big TV with really good stereo sound.
One thing I was wondering; 4014 was up front followed by 844, and there was a diesel locomotive behind 844. There were maybe 8 or 10 coaches making up the rest of the train. What's up with the diesel? Don't they trust their own work?!
One thing I was wondering; 4014 was up front followed by 844, and there was a diesel locomotive behind 844. There were maybe 8 or 10 coaches making up the rest of the train. What's up with the diesel? Don't they trust their own work?!
I wish I had an answer for you other than it provided power to the coaches, lights etc. Watched some short videos on TV also...This was the first time doing train photography and it was actually interesting and fun. Will probably do more in the future as I've found a good spot in a canyon with an old iron bridge that would make for good compositions.
May 17, 2019 22:08:05 #
merrytexan wrote:
there you are, out roaming around again. enjoyed this set, jederick!
Its all about enjoying life and getting out of washing the windows!!
May 18, 2019 01:13:59 #
Ths diesel is for the dynamic braking that a steam engine does not have. Dynamic braking is another way of applying the train brakes. With steam when the brakes are applied the air is dropped and the air pulls the unto the wheels, but the dynamic brakes work the same way an automobile brake does. It grabes the rim anx applies pressure slowly until the train stops or fast in case of an emergency. A train going 60 mph would require up to a mile to stop with a consist of 100 or more cars.
The cars behind the 844 steam engine were the 2 Tool Cars Lockman and Nystrom hauling parts for the Bigboy and the Northern in case the are needed, Howard Fogg Power Car second car suppling electric to the cars, Willie James a Sleeper for the crew, Coach for crew, Cheyenne 48 seat Diner, City of San Francisco Dome Lounge Coach, Idaho Observation. These were the cars that left Omaha with the consist. They added extra Coaches and Dome Lounges charging riders $5000.00 for a seat in the Dome Coach and $3,000.00 a seat in Coach seating. Train was sold out on return back to Cheyenne.
The car consist was as follows Art Lockman Tool Car, Howard Fogg Power Car, Lynn Nynstrom Tool Car, Willie James Sleeper, 2037 Coach, Cheyene 48 Seat Diner, City of San Francisco Dome Lounge Coach, Idaho Observation.
The cars behind the 844 steam engine were the 2 Tool Cars Lockman and Nystrom hauling parts for the Bigboy and the Northern in case the are needed, Howard Fogg Power Car second car suppling electric to the cars, Willie James a Sleeper for the crew, Coach for crew, Cheyenne 48 seat Diner, City of San Francisco Dome Lounge Coach, Idaho Observation. These were the cars that left Omaha with the consist. They added extra Coaches and Dome Lounges charging riders $5000.00 for a seat in the Dome Coach and $3,000.00 a seat in Coach seating. Train was sold out on return back to Cheyenne.
The car consist was as follows Art Lockman Tool Car, Howard Fogg Power Car, Lynn Nynstrom Tool Car, Willie James Sleeper, 2037 Coach, Cheyene 48 Seat Diner, City of San Francisco Dome Lounge Coach, Idaho Observation.
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