Come along for a ride on The Big Boy steam locomotive

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26 күн бұрын

Traveling on The Big Boy steam locomotive from Elko to Carlin on July 8, 2024.

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@sparky107107 21 күн бұрын

you will never find a man in the world today, that love's his job more than Ed. and the steam crew.

@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx 21 күн бұрын

aggree

@Sunset4Semaphores 19 күн бұрын

It doesn't meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission standards, but who cares?! Look at it go!

@FirstnameLastname-tp4zw 16 күн бұрын

@glennoropeza3545 16 күн бұрын

Thank God there are people who still have the working knowledge to operate these giant monsters!

@FirstnameLastname-tp4zw 16 күн бұрын

@@glennoropeza3545 it's a steam locomotive for Christ sake. We got this man no worries dude.

@rexmyers991 20 күн бұрын

I am 81 now and, as a boy, I would run down to the tracks and watch each time I heard the whistle of a steam engine. I wanted to be an engineer, but I became an airline Captain instead.

@glennoropeza3545 16 күн бұрын

Good choice! Unfortunately the airline industry is what put a lot of these passenger trains and their locomotives out of business- both Steam and Diesel/electric.

@78FullSizeBronco 14 күн бұрын

Me too, although steam was long gone by my time, my first big fascination was anything and everything to do with the railroad. Now I'm a trucker, but what an era it must have been to lived during the tail end of the steam era! When my grandpa was a kid, he and his brother could catch rides on the caboose of a steam locomotive into town to take in a movie or whatever for 25 cents!

@ppheard1254 13 күн бұрын

Same age as Biden and still has childhood dreams.

@briansatchell2319 11 күн бұрын

Well done you Guys. Best Wishes from me in New Zealand

@midengineZ06 21 күн бұрын

Big Boy may be old but it's a priceless piece of history still rolling to this day

@dominiquecampos1512 20 күн бұрын

It surely is a beauty

@jaredklock8473 22 күн бұрын

The wrist motion to blow that whistle perfectly is aweseome.

@SternLX 20 күн бұрын

They call it "Quilling". Each engineer develops their own Quill style over time.

@eva.cassidy 19 күн бұрын

Ed Dickens - Whistle Artist!!

@Sunset4Semaphores 19 күн бұрын

It doesn't meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission standards, but who cares?! Look at it go!

@briansatchell2319 11 күн бұрын

By a MAN who Loves his job

@kevinblackwell9820 23 күн бұрын

What a treat - views from the cab, with Ed no less. Excellent coverage of a historic steam engine.

@ThatBIGTRAINGuy 22 күн бұрын

This must be the most awesome vehicle to drive. I mean, aeroplanes may be bigger, faster and such but with this you are completely in touch with all the mechanics and power. Ed has one of the best jobs in the world. Thanks for sharing this. Simon

@mojavepatrol4767 21 күн бұрын

When I was a child one of the things i loved doing was pretending to be an engineer in the cab of the Big Boy at the L.A. County fair. It's so wonderful to see it come alive again in my lifetime.

@deantrainr 23 күн бұрын

Great video!! I bet any engineer or fireman that operated a 4000 back in the 1940’s and 50’s never saw a cab that clean and tidy; beautiful restoration of the 4014!!👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@timlabell 21 күн бұрын

My point exactly 💯 but you have to see that there is a woman involved. 😊😊😊

@ALCO-C855-fan 20 күн бұрын

@@timlabellCooool also I get the joke XD😂

@kentr2424 20 күн бұрын

I bet every time Ed opens the throttle on the Big Boy he says "I can't believe I get paid to do this!"....

@wythetrumpet6419 21 күн бұрын

Wow, this takes me back to the end of the steam era as a child. Steam locomotives have personality that diesels just don't have. Love'em!

@jasondrinovsky7962 22 күн бұрын

What a majestic machine! I have loved the 4-8-8-4's since I was a kid. I always loved 3985 and wondered man, what if a 4000 ever ran again? Here it is. Amazing! This just shows how much the 4000's meant to the Union Pacific.

@GaryA 23 күн бұрын

Great video! Very unique view and perspective. One I've never seen before. Thanks for posting it.

@robertpucci5019 24 күн бұрын

Nice video, thanks for sharing!!!!

@bigwoz78 23 күн бұрын

Incredible, what a view

@wkjeeping9053 22 күн бұрын

It's a different monster when actually shoveling coal. That oil feed fire is not the same. The power it has when coal fire feels a true inspiring machine made by man. It's just sad that 95 percent of the steam locos are being converted to oil burners. I did fireman work for 6 years on 618 and 75 in heber, Utah.

@dickdaley9059 21 күн бұрын

Two men could not shovel sufficient coal into the heart of this beast to keep the pressure at 300psi. It had to use the screw auger to deliver coal to evenly distribute the fuel inside the boiler. The Fireman controlled the auger from his seat and balanced water insertion with independent valves during the run. Every function was manually controlled. Nothing automated, nothing programmed. Just experienced operators trained to 1940’s operations keeping the monster happy and fed! 🚂

@williammoreno2378 3 күн бұрын

I'll take oil any day for a steam plant.

@JDubya96 23 күн бұрын

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with everyone! Blessings to ya’ll from Oklahoma!

@iowa_don 21 күн бұрын

2:11 - Love the wrist flick to control that whistle!! Who do I have to bribe to get a ride in the cab?? When I was a kid I wanted to be a train engineer - I even had a train engineer hat. I did become an engineer, a Mechanical engineer.

@rev.randall2292 16 күн бұрын

This never gets old.

@goodkarmechanic 21 күн бұрын

That was Great! Thanks for sharing!

@erichiller4144 23 күн бұрын

Thank you for making me feel like I was 10 again. Wow. I wish the big boy would come to the Northeast. I'd definitely take a ride. Great video.

@lawrencequave7361 12 күн бұрын

Beautiful, impressive loco, excellent video (shot 'out west' -- beautiful). I'm an 'airplane nut' but there is NOTHING more impressive than a GIANT steam locomotive shootin' out steam and smoke and sounding a steam whistle. Always amazed at how so many huge, heavy, 'loco' parts can be assembled and run at high speed without exploding and running off the tracks. Keep her running and best wishes to everyone who makes that possible. She's a national treasure.

@jonathanbarker71 22 күн бұрын

This UP 4014 Big Boy have PTC on this steam locomotive.

@stevemellin5806 22 күн бұрын

When it was sitting in Pomona I got to blow the whistle They had air pumped in . Sounds fantastic with steam .glad it's free on the rails again . fantastic job those people did just great

@eva.cassidy 19 күн бұрын

They need to get a couple of other engines at Pomona restored and running. But we know it takes $$ and a place to run them.

@doherty2jz845 22 күн бұрын

sat in the cab, of the big boy at scranton. I can only imagine how awesome it is at speed functioning.

@MELFREES55 16 күн бұрын

IRON~HORSE'S..Are Amazing..Still Running To This Day ! ~~ My Grandfather Was Born In 1877..Became An Engineer And Ran Trains..Starting In 1900..WOW ! ~~ Great To See Pieces Of History..Still On The Go !

@NealTeresa157 22 күн бұрын

I Love Big Boy! I got a chance to see Big Boy In Victorville California a few years back on a Tour. Thanks for sharing this outstanding Video 🚂

@002tar 20 күн бұрын

It was in Roseville today

@hughsmith7281 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting it

@jtq69 20 күн бұрын

Ed Dickens is a gentleman of the highest order. A master of his craft and a lover of the industry and its history. Part of the soul of the Big Boy

@rudycarlson8245 22 күн бұрын

You were extremely lucky to get to ride in the cab! I am jealous!

@garyjones9023 23 күн бұрын

Well done +1

@clarencetrice4442 22 күн бұрын

that steam engine train weighed over a million pounds and could pull a 5 1/2 mile train by itself awesome that's 1 of a kind they don't make like that no more 😮😮 alot trains hauled the goods 4 WW2 during the war years 😊😊 OMG 7 11 2O24

@chrisoconnell5143 20 күн бұрын

Union pacific always does things in a big way

@CraigJensen-tq7sq 20 күн бұрын

I can’t wait for Big Boy to return to Ogden next week. I’m going to take my daughter and her children to see this magnificent machine.

@trackman174 11 күн бұрын

Very nice video. As a boy I would go and wait for the commuter train to stop at the station. It was pulled by a steam locomotive and I believe it was one of the last in the country. This was the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in the early 60’s. It was good to see parents bringing their children to see living history.

@ColAngus 14 күн бұрын

Blowing that whistle is an artform in itself. :)

@Aaron-kx7oi 22 күн бұрын

This was amazing to hear and watch.

@Jacob-Tabor 21 күн бұрын

I used to watch the Union Pacific VHS TAPE that came with the Book. Over and over again! And this scene came on just like on youtube now. Coal needs to make a comeback in the USA. I found out from recent online research of my own. That there are coal burning railways in Europe still used for commuter service.

@kevinbreaker2683 21 күн бұрын

4014❤awesome 🚂🚂

@2quintly 22 күн бұрын

Excellent !

@patroberts5449 19 күн бұрын

🎶🎵🎶🎵16 cars and 16 restless riders…three conductors…25 stacks of mail….🎶🎵🎶 love that song and this train brings it to life!

@Guytrains 22 күн бұрын

Love that locomotive 😊

@robertsheridan3377 21 күн бұрын

We took our Grandsons to see Big Boy! 🚂

@RickyJr46 21 күн бұрын

It had to be hot in that cab! 🥵

@ascensionjimenez567 7 күн бұрын

Qué MARAVILLA!!!! CASI 300 AÑOS DE HISTORIA DE LA INGENIERIA!!!¡ VIVA EL FERROCARRIL!!!!!

@richardbrobeck2384 22 күн бұрын

great video !

@glennoropeza3545 16 күн бұрын

These triple expansion steam locomotive are nothing but raw brutal torque!

@williammetcalf7239 21 күн бұрын

So cool. Made the drive to Roseville to see it during the layover there.

@sallywhite2357 22 күн бұрын

This Is A Treat For Me ❤

@lineshaftrestorations7903 23 күн бұрын

Interesting to see a third turbo-generator installed. 🤔

@ericemmons3040 22 күн бұрын

My understanding is that it's being used to power the new PTC equipment that was recently installed.

@briansatchell2319 11 күн бұрын

Now that is an AMAZING piece of Machinery

@GaryCottle-lw3cx 11 күн бұрын

My dad was a fireman on the Northwestern Pacific in Northern CA in the 1950s. Now I take his grandchildren to see steam trains around the west. The UP crew are hard workers Proud Americans.

@Tanner6-tp8nx 10 күн бұрын

A kids dream. Awesome video!

@nicolayu.kotomanoff4358 21 күн бұрын

Loco is cool😊 The loco's girl is smooth❤👍

@chrisnewberry9075 22 күн бұрын

I really do enjoy watching this train but I wish it would come to tennessee

@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx 21 күн бұрын

wow.that is one big steam locomotive.

@kenforu1531 19 күн бұрын

Biggest EVER 😊

@RickyJr46 21 күн бұрын

@ 4:23 the iron horse greets a herd!

@cjespers 19 күн бұрын

I'm 69. Lived in Omaha my entire life. We had the shops here. Wow. Lots of great memories there. Thanks for the video.

@garyacker7388 22 күн бұрын

Wow thanks 😊

@truenorth3077 19 күн бұрын

That was fun! Thanks for the cool video.

@mrkc10 20 күн бұрын

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing

@glennhelm9525 17 күн бұрын

Oh no, I was just in Elko. I didn't see any info on this & I was at the museum. Would love to see this coming through the Palisades. Great shots of the Humboldt river crossing. See you at the Star! & Thanks to all for the hard work of keeping these running.

@okzoomer5728 21 күн бұрын

Would love footage of when this thing rolled into Salt Lake. I didn't get to be there for it ;;

@jimmylieb5225 19 күн бұрын

wow!! my brother and I were traveling on the road by the tracks just a few weeks ago on our way to and from Reno. wish we could have seen Big Boy!! we're both RR enthusiasts from our days as kids living near tracks in the early 1960's! spent a night in Elko and couldn't sleep well that night but watched and recorded trains running past our hotel in the wee hours of the morning at the Quality Inn on the N side of town.

@philippecate964 19 күн бұрын

What a great sharing !!!! Thank you so much ;-) I am surprised because I thougt it would be very noisy but it actually sounds nearly silent !!!

@sharkheadism 22 күн бұрын

Wish we could've gotten this in 1080

@MerleDoughty-yw6cl 19 күн бұрын

amazing that this loco has been preserved and used

@kurtv4946 9 күн бұрын

This is just awesome!

@patroberts5449 19 күн бұрын

It was awes9me to see in Roseville yesterday!

@truckerkevthepaidtourist 21 күн бұрын

Is that Ed at the controls again?

@tomhewson501 22 күн бұрын

Awesome!

@islandgirlejfan 17 күн бұрын

OMGOSH, this is such a WOW! I would so love to do this!

@002tar 20 күн бұрын

Gorgeous piece of machinery

@raymondszybowicz7597 18 күн бұрын

That gentleman is Shure a master of his craft

@Matt18.6 21 күн бұрын

How far east does he go? It would be kewl to see him up close.

@user-gk8gg1zt7l 20 күн бұрын

Super film - Like!!

@johndermont2231 12 күн бұрын

Sure looks like fun!

@maxheuser4968 19 күн бұрын

They should call this magnificent beast: The Bison

@dennisk5818 7 күн бұрын

It is strange to see a glass panel inside the cab of a steam engine. This Big Boy is one beautiful machine.

@johnnyrvf 5 күн бұрын

In other countries, the whistle/horn is used to warn people of the approach of the train, not to make a noise for the sake of it...

@deanlamberth0sbcglob 22 күн бұрын

I wish someone would capture the eye lid that closes over the the smoke stack.

@fedupdomer5654 22 күн бұрын

that whistle work was like a maestro conducting an orchestra

@CatapultVideos 20 күн бұрын

Great video

@deborahbeswick1396 20 күн бұрын

Delicious so delicious ❤

20 күн бұрын

4014 is literally a celebrity where ever he goes...

@002tar 20 күн бұрын

How do you know it’s not a she? Hahaha

@rusty383 15 күн бұрын

The Best Job in the World ! 😊

@BillyBones18 18 күн бұрын

That fireman must have been overjoyed when UP converted her from coal to oil. Now he can sit back enjoy the ride.

@isgar2266 16 күн бұрын

Awesome!!

@cprtrain 19 күн бұрын

Superb.

@texasrailfanproductions9970 14 күн бұрын

i would do anything to get a cab ride with the 4014 from Dallas to Fort Worth in TX

@JimInYamaguchi 18 күн бұрын

I'm surprised at how _quiet_ that engine actually is!

@Supernaut2000 15 күн бұрын

It breathes, therefore it is alive!

@Derramax 8 күн бұрын

What's more rare these days, seeing a steam engine running down the line or a J C Penney's?

@user-uc9tj5uh8x 15 күн бұрын

Америка должна гордиться такими паровозами😊👍👍👍👍

@tedfisk1211 22 күн бұрын

Great video

@rotunda57 13 күн бұрын

At 0:54 the engineer is wearing genuine American made Roundhouse Brand overalls.

@johnnyfreedom3437 21 күн бұрын

And you could heat your dinner by leaving it on top of the boiler

@rusty383 15 күн бұрын

I Drove Professional for 46 Years and 5million miles . One of the most important things was the Drivers Seat . How is the engineers seat in the 4014.

@Sunset4Semaphores 19 күн бұрын

5:49 What?! They still have obsolete bridges and tunnels on this route?! No double stack intermodal freigh?!.

@ehcatsfaneric2211 18 күн бұрын

What happened to Steve Lee who ran the Challenger tears ago back east for the Santa Train?

@frankkie3849 21 күн бұрын

That’s a massively impressive engineering achievement,,😊

@tomrunge2016 13 күн бұрын

I wonder how they know what to with all of those valves

@jamesklove9629 22 күн бұрын

Who’s the good looking girl ?.

@user-uc9tj5uh8x 15 күн бұрын

Самолетом наверное проще пользоваться, чем управлять этим огромным и сложным локомотивом