READ FIRST:
With the new PTC system installed on the tender, No. 4014 embarks unassisted on the first of two tours this year, bound for Roseville, CA and return. The train consists of the regular auxiliary water tenders, support cars, and extra empty freight cars (boxcars, covered hoppers, and caboose) for braking. Join us as we chase Big Boy over the Laramie Subdivision (Sherman Hill) between Cheyenne and Medicine Bow. Enjoy =)
Consist is about 1,065 tons behind the main tender, including the water cars.
FAQ (Read before commenting):
The water overflow from just in front of the rear cylinder on the fireman's side is the exhaust steam injector overflow port. Discharge from this port is normal when starting and stopping the injector, and when the injector switches between live steam and exhaust steam.
The diesel locomotive, while no longer necessary for PTC compliance, will continue to periodically be used where it is expedient for steam locomotive fuel conservation and assistance on long, sustained grades (power / dynamic braking)
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Departing Cheyenne, WY, yard
2:54 - Pacing west out of Cheyenne
5:15 - Harriman arrival
7:40 - Harriman departure
11:23 - Laramie departure
12:27 - Lower Pine Ridge (Rock River)
16:56 - Medicine Bow arrival
19:08 - Medicine Bow departure
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