UP 4014 enters Greeley
Nov 29, 2019 14:49:29 #
Nov 29, 2019 14:54:23 #
Forgot to mention -- pic taken by my son, David, who braved cold and snow for three hours while I -- the old guy -- stayed home by the fire.
Nov 29, 2019 15:07:16 #
Lemon Drop Kid wrote:
Forgot to mention -- pic taken by my son, David, who braved cold and snow for three hours while I -- the old guy -- stayed home by the fire.
Nice shot! I waited about 3.5 hours but where it was fairly warm in the Banning Pass in So. California back on October 15. I set my wheelchair out in the desert and waited either at the chair or in my car. Several freight trains came by first. My wife and I both got many shots of the UP4014 rolling by!
Nov 30, 2019 05:41:33 #
Lemon Drop Kid wrote:
It was the last stop before end of the tour
Nice shot
Nov 30, 2019 09:08:02 #
Lemon Drop Kid wrote:
It was the last stop before end of the tour
Wow, now that is a BIG steam locomotive!
4-8-8-4 ?
What was it used for?
Where was it used?
Smile,
JimmyT Sends
Nov 30, 2019 11:02:26 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
Lemon Drop Kid wrote:
It was the last stop before end of the tour
Nice shot that really shows the detail.
Nov 30, 2019 11:08:29 #
Lemon Drop Kid wrote:
It was the last stop before end of the tour
Very nice photo of the old boy. He looks like he could use a bath.
Nov 30, 2019 16:47:28 #
Jimmy T wrote:
Wow, now that is a BIG steam locomotive! br 4-8-8-... (show quote)
I don't know the details on the use of the big guy. It was refurbished by Union Pacific for the purpose of keeping the steam age of railroading alive.
Dec 1, 2019 00:17:49 #
erickter
Loc: Dallas,TX
Jimmy T wrote:
Wow, now that is a BIG steam locomotive! br 4-8-8-... (show quote)
It was used to haul very long freight and passenger consists - especially thru UP's So.CA Cajon Pass. Took the place of several locos back in the 40's and mid 50's.
Dec 1, 2019 11:25:55 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
Actually, they were not used in the Cajon Pass. According to Wikapedia, ". . . The 25 Big Boy locomotives were built to haul freight over the Wasatch mountains between Ogden, Utah, and Green River, Wyoming. In the late 1940s, they were reassigned to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where they hauled freight over Sherman Hill to Laramie, Wyoming. . . ." I knew about Sherman Hill, but the part about the Wasatch mountains is new to me.
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