Big Boy 4014 W of Limon, CO
Nov 25, 2019 15:06:40 #
Nov 25, 2019 19:38:21 #
Nov 26, 2019 03:49:28 #
don1047 wrote:
Steaming along.
Interesting. Wow, when I saw it running by in California October 15 it was running clean, barely any smoke or stream. CA environmental laws?
Nov 26, 2019 05:36:23 #
Nov 26, 2019 09:16:14 #
Nov 26, 2019 10:26:56 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
lamiaceae wrote:
Interesting. Wow, when I saw it running by in California October 15 it was running clean, barely any smoke or stream. CA environmental laws?
Ditto! In fact I was struck at how little smoke and steam were coming out even dragging the long train up the Cajon Pass. I wonder what the temperature was. Cold weather could account for the large amount of steam.
Nov 26, 2019 10:29:39 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
don1047 wrote:
Steaming along.
Nice shot Don. What was the temperature when you took the photograph (see my response to lamiaceae below)?
Nov 26, 2019 11:22:31 #
I believe around 30. I could see the difference as I chased ahead and temperature rose. It was a madhouse. I started just W of Limon and chased it to Strasbourg. My first stop there were about 10-15 cars. By the time I got to Strasbourg there were over 100, a distance of about 55 miles. It stopped in Strasbourg but I went on by due to about 1000 people lining the tracks. It's going N today from Denver to Cheyenne. We're in the middle of a blizzard now so I don't know how many will try to chase it. We've got 11" at our house.
Nov 26, 2019 11:51:29 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
Thank you for the information and photograph Don. I think the 30-degree temperature explains why you saw a lot of steam and those of us in Southern California did not.
Nov 26, 2019 12:55:24 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Interesting. Wow, when I saw it running by in California October 15 it was running clean, barely any smoke or stream. CA environmental laws?
Probably when it crossed into California the environmental people made them shut the boiler down and use the diesel to push it through the state.
Nov 26, 2019 13:23:53 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
EdJ0307 wrote:
Probably when it crossed into California the environmental people made them shut the boiler down and use the diesel to push it through the state.
That is not correct. It was in fact under its own power. There was a discharge of smoke and steam, but it was not as pronounced as the photograph taken in cold weather. Also, the locomotive sounds were correct for the position of the drive rods, speed of the train and whether the train was going up or down hill.
I took the first photograph below near the top of the Cajon Pass with the Big Boy pulling the train up hill. Note that there was smoke, but not the display of steam. The second photograph was taken the next day with the train going down hill. If you download that photo, you will see the smoke from the stack and steam at the top just ahead of the cab.
Nov 26, 2019 20:06:56 #
bpulv wrote:
It was meant to be a joke, sorry if you were offended.That is not correct. It was in fact under its own ... (show quote)
I was born, raised and lived in California for over 60 years. I'm familiar with people from other states thinking Californians are weirdos and might come up with a rule similar to the one I mentioned. As you must know California has some of the strictest environmental rules in the country. So a joke about those smoke belching steam locomotive seemed like a natural.
If you look again at the photo the OP put up it appears good-old 4014 is belching a lot of smoke and steam. Steam would be Ok, smoke not so much.
Nov 26, 2019 23:01:13 #
Wow! What a great photo of Big Boy 4014. Hope you are having a great time chasing him. Mahalo for sharing don1047.
Nov 27, 2019 01:00:34 #
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