The Largest Operational Steam Locomotive in the World | UP 4014 Big Boy

The Largest Operational Steam Locomotive in the World | UP 4014 Big Boy | History in the Dark

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The Union Pacific Big Boy's are one of the most famous and legendary steam locomotives ever built. Large, powerful, and highly successful, eight found their way into preservation. Quite recently, one of them, 4014, was put back into operation by Union Pacific themselves. And it's awesome.
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@ALCO-C855-fan 20 күн бұрын

To be precise the Big Boy returned EXACTLY 60 years after it's retirement. This is - NUTS!

@jesseusgrantcanales 20 күн бұрын

Uh...Not actually, he was steamed up months short, he last ran July 21, '59.

@jasondrinovsky7962 19 күн бұрын

@jesseusgrantcanales To be precise, that's actually not right either. The last run revenue run by a Union Pacific steam locomotive was made on, you are correct, July 21st 1959, but was made by 4015. The 4000's were placed in dead storage in various places and by 1961 were being donated or scrapped. 4005 actually sat in storage in the Green River roundhouse until 1967 before being donated.

@Sunset4Semaphores 17 күн бұрын

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

@ALCO-C855-fan 17 күн бұрын

@@Sunset4Semaphores It still sucks that it doesn't meet emissions standards. Would be cool.

@NWCell1138 20 күн бұрын

I don’t care if anyone thinks 4014 is overrated! He deserves all the fame he has, and I was blown away when I saw him in person. I was delighted to see 4018, 4006, and 4012, as well. Absolutely UP’s largest and finest.

@Charlie----WWHG 20 күн бұрын

@@NWCell1138 I just want to say funnily enough the big boy is a female

@austincharbonneau1206 20 күн бұрын

True

@mcnielentertainment 20 күн бұрын

I was more impressed to see 4014 already pull quite the train and at the same time, help push a stalled train up the grade at the very same time. That's intense power for an ancient locomotive

@Austin-cn8vh 20 күн бұрын

@@mcnielentertainment Generally speaking steam locos at that scale are capable of putting down more tractive effort than a similar sized diesel. The diesel has the steam trains on basically everything else. But it's still awesome watching a big old train just SHOVE a revenue train while on it's way to it's next tour stop.

@Stussmeister 20 күн бұрын

I certainly don't think #4014 (or any of the other Big Boys) are overrated. I had the opportunity to see that magnificent engine (along with UP #844) in Utah about five years ago, and it was indeed an experience that couldn't be replicated with watching videos. I've also seen #4012 on display at Steamtown, though it's been a while since I last was there.

@edwardcarlisle5580 15 күн бұрын

Big Boy 4014 is not overrated. He deserves all the attention he gets. 4014 is incredible! He's huge and he actually works. And in 2023, 4014 proved to be a hero pushing that freight train. The Big Boy is amazing and 4014 absolutely worth keeping around and in steam.

@NorseNerdleMeister 20 күн бұрын

Dragula + Big Boy footage = epicness!

@e-train765 20 күн бұрын

No one EVER thought we would EVER see a Big Boy run in our lifetime(s); but by the Gods they did it!!!! I remember watching her first test run on the livestream done by Trains Magazine (RIP Jim Wrinn)....I cried, wholeheartedly bawled my eyes out. It was a great day in history.

@rainierbagatsing1073 20 күн бұрын

The union pacific big boy the King of the Rails "A legend from the past is born again at last, to rumble over mountains and the plains"

@ghidorahwarrior791 20 күн бұрын

“From the golden age of steam an engine seldom seen by those who never lived in bygone days Roll on big boy”

@rainierbagatsing1073 20 күн бұрын

@@ghidorahwarrior791 "Roll on Big Boy rumbling across the Northern plains, Roll on Big Boy Roll on Big Boy Climbing up the wasatch mountain range"

@ocoleus9 14 күн бұрын

@@rainierbagatsing1073” in 1959 they took her off the line and wrote her off as progress for the time. no dry eye could be found in jungles or in towns where once big boy had rolled when in her prime”

@Audi_Sport_Quattro_S1_E2 13 күн бұрын

@@ghidorahwarrior791the next line was supposed to be ⁠ “Big Boy” was her name, and went on to railroad fame; as the largest engine on the UP line! The last of all her class, she survives from out the past to show the power of steam in modern times.

@miles_da-tractor_man 8 күн бұрын

@@ocoleus9from the junkyards of the past 4014 is the last to carry on the legacy of steam

@gonzoengineering4894 20 күн бұрын

I'm usually the first to cry foul at a ludicrous price tag, but the first words out of my mouth at the cab ride cost were "would if I could"

@biggseye 20 күн бұрын

My Dad was a Member of the US Army during WWII and Crossed the US from Michigan to the west Coast 4 times. He recounted to us the site of seeing a Big Boy, Maybe even 4014 Pulling Massive trains filled with War Materials. The sound was incredible, a roar like Heavy Navel gun fire. You could hear them miles away powering up and over the Rockies.

@Sevenfeet0 20 күн бұрын

Great video but there is one thing I missed…the SOUND of the Big Boy’s whistle. It’s an unmistakable baritone that sounds like nothing else. It reminds me of a ghost moving through the hills. Also, the Big Boy doing that little push of the freight train a few years back probably counts as its first revenue work since the 1950s. And while yes it’s an antique, it wouldn’t be any different as taking a Dusenberg out of Jay Leon’s garage and pushing it to 100 MPH…because that’s what it was designed to do. The Big Boys were made to get freight up the grade.

@TheTrueAdept 20 күн бұрын

I wish that the GG1s were still in service. :( ... those were magnificent machines... also infamously indestructable.

@z3r0_35 20 күн бұрын

I remember seeing 4014 with my grandfather every time we went to the Pomona Fairplex ever since I was a little kid, until our last visit there in around 2011 or so. He would die the following year, I wish he could've seen it running again.

@NWCell1138 20 күн бұрын

Darkness, you *please* talk about Texas & Pacific 610 the next time you make a video about a steam locomotive? I know there are other notable steam giants worthy of their own videos, like 3985, 1218, 2156, and 643, but I feel like 610 doesn’t get enough love nowadays, and it has a very long history behind it. It was almost scrapped at some point in the 60’s, and it almost always got the short end of the stick in excursion service.

@ThomasJM 20 күн бұрын

I think what one of the coolest things about them bringing the 4014 to the steam shop was the two engines they had in front and behind. The one in front was the current 4014 and behind it was 4884 which is the wheel arrangement.

@haydendegrow945 29 күн бұрын

I would give anything to watch this massive machine rumble by me. I'm awed by a CPR Hudson... Can't imagine what a BIG BOY would do to me.

@BenBrossMusic 20 күн бұрын

@@haydendegrow945 I had the rare privilege this past Tuesday of watching 4014 roar by me, pulling a train at 40+mph, whistle blowing. This was in Northern Nevada, just after it left Winnemucca. It was an incredibly awesome, one-of-a-kind experience, and I do hope you get to have it one day yourself. 😀

@jonathanzobel1662 19 күн бұрын

I still remember watching #4014 thunder by in Elkhart IA. I was expecting the UP to be taking it easy on her and drive it slow... nope. She came by doing about 40mph maybe faster. Theres nothing quite like it. She'll be coming back through IA later this year so maybe I'll catch her again.

@lucasgeesey4719 19 күн бұрын

i saw 4014 in new orleans, my parents told me we were going shopping but then i realized that we were going to see one of my favorite steam locomotives even the blazing heat couldent make me not exited

@Gordanovich02 20 күн бұрын

I'm not even American but 4014 pushing that freight train made me want to start chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

@rdfox76 20 күн бұрын

As a note for anyone who is in position to railfan out of Roseville the weekend this video goes live, 4014 is supposed to pull a revenue freight *solo* out of Roseville at some point (I don't have the exact schedule), just to prove wrong all the naysayers who claim that the diesel is doing all the work. This... should be fun.

@thenekom 20 күн бұрын

I've taken the shop tour at Strasburg twice, they are one of the few shops in the world that can do certain things. Lots of old, very specialized tools, lots of knowledge in the people there. It's pretty impressive for as small a place as it is.

@NationalGuard5 28 күн бұрын

Saw this locomotive back in 2019 with may parents and grandma. Definitely a sight to behold. Still not a fan that it stretched Union Pacific 844's frames. (I hear 844 will be back in steam next year)

@shimesu443 20 күн бұрын

844 back in steam? Do tell. What did you hear, cause I can't find jack about her anymore.

@andrewromo9496 20 күн бұрын

I'm going to see it this weekend. I love this Locomotive, it was a part of my childhood when I watched I love toy trains.

@pinga858 20 күн бұрын

Yoo! You going to see it in Roseville right? Heading over from Eureka with my old man to see it on saturday. I'll be wearing a fallout NCR shirt (because its white and going to be hot af lol), feel free to say hi!

@andrewromo9496 20 күн бұрын

@pinga858 Yeah, I'm leaving Friday morning to get there. I'm heading there with my Dad, too. Hope I see you there.

@srajfnly2 20 күн бұрын

I’ll be there as well

@andrewromo9496 20 күн бұрын

@@srajfnly2 Hope I see you there too.

@pinga858 17 күн бұрын

That was incredible guys! Just got back home, realized really quick there was no way we were finding each other, that crowd was epic!

@connorflaherty175 20 күн бұрын

I have said before, and I’ll say again, I truly believe that Steve Lee would have been very proud of his old crew’s effort bringing 4014 back to live. Also, I got to see the big boy up close in 2019 at St. Paul/Minneapolis during her midwestern excursion tour.

@TheGs4_4449 20 күн бұрын

Heading down to Roseville to see it! It’s gonna be (one of, if not) the best day of my life (so far)!!!

@CrossOfBayonne 20 күн бұрын

Same, Good thing Darkness made this vid in time

@atsf47legit 20 күн бұрын

If only it went through my town in California. Oh hey, nice to see you here.

@TheGs4_4449 20 күн бұрын

@@atsf47legit Same here, you too!

@TheGs4_4449 20 күн бұрын

@@CrossOfBayonne nice to see you here

@therailfanman2078 20 күн бұрын

People who call 4014 overrated dont actually understand WHY Big Boy is so famous

@sebastianjalloh9783 17 күн бұрын

@@therailfanman2078 I know why it has theme songs and everything so that means it’s getting more famous and more famous because it runs through Las Vegas too and it’s getting more famous because it runs by itself

@sh4wn_exe 19 күн бұрын

I've had the honor of seeing the 4014 on display in Pomona and on multiple occasions during its excursion career. No video or photograph can truly convey its size and power. The engineering genius that led to its creation is simply incredible

@jonfromstearns 6 күн бұрын

He’s not overrated. I only read about the Big Boy class as a young railfan. To actually see the 4014 under his own power and running excursions is amazing. My wife and I have seen 4012 at Kennefick Park in Omaha, I think in September 2017. She was amazed that an American steam locomotive was that large and in charge.

@anareel4562 20 күн бұрын

When i was about 8 years old in the mid 90s I remember being at Steamtown in Scranton and asking "will he ever run again?" I was emphatically told "no, it'll never happen" my surprise when he rode the high iron again

@ATSF5000 20 күн бұрын

Hello Darkness, I know that your favorite steam locomotive is Santa Fe 5000, and that you would want to restore it one day. Well, I have the same passion too, and actually wanna restore Santa Fe 5000 (Madame Queen) too, a full restoration! If you wanna support me, please reply.

@curs5tproductions958 20 күн бұрын

My favorite Union Pacific locomotive! Maybe my favorite locomotive ever! Saw her in 2019 and 2021 and can’t wait to see her again this year!

@Duaney211987 20 күн бұрын

Gotta hand it to ya Darkness that music montage was 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌 muah on point!!!!

@crystalrock18 20 күн бұрын

Very well done video Darkness, loved it!

@Earthshaker513 18 күн бұрын

Loved the ending with the "Dragula" cover. I do hope at some point you get a chance to talk about the Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4 articulated locomotives. Nearly as powerful as the Big Boy's, and capable of top speeds of over 70 mph. They were designed and built in-house by N&W's steam shops in Roanoke, VA. for heavy passenger and fast freight work through the Blue Ridge mountains. In service from 1937-60, there were 45 built, and the sole survivor of the class, Number 1218 ran excursions in the late 1980's and early 90's before being put on static display and the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke.

@ericcriteser4001 20 күн бұрын

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

@joeythecat7482 Күн бұрын

Actually, fun fact, UP 4018 was considered to be restored to star in a movie that was essentially Old 587 Great Train Robbery, but with a Big Boy

@andrewbowen4544 28 күн бұрын

Darkness loving Big Chungus with Unspeakable Power. I also like the music to the last bit of the video. What's the name of the singer and song please.

@shimesu443 20 күн бұрын

Dragula, by The Jump Off. Very nice cover, if I must say, and oddly fitting for 4014.

@railfanmaximstill7279 6 күн бұрын

16:00 the stalled train is one I know well Eastbound MCHNP Manifest out of Chicago Illinois bound for the 8 mile long Bailey Yard in North Platte Nebraska. It had 8,800 horsepower but the second motor shut down and didn't come back up, the rails were also wet from rain the night before as well. The train consist was 4,400 horsepower and I believe 11,000 tons going up a steep but brief 0.8% grade MCHNP was underpowered as usual but he usually goes up with enough speed to make it up the hill. That day he didn't

@greysessentials8937 18 күн бұрын

Just something to think about, imagine seeing a big boy running at 80+miles per hour!😂🚀

@longrider42 17 күн бұрын

The Wheel slip was caused by the tracks being slightly bowed down. So it was not the weight of the train. It was the condition of the track. And I love that video. I would have loved to have been in the cab, that day :)

@travishoward1081 20 күн бұрын

Pa-Mo-Na

@davidlove21 18 күн бұрын

Awesome video….As usual.

@mrsaturngamingandstories 20 күн бұрын

Maybe one day 4014 might doublehead with 3985 once it has been restored back by RRHMA but so far there is no such intention but it be nice

@ManuelPerez-ip4bb 20 күн бұрын

Good to see old steel fired up again.

@bertcresta6685 20 күн бұрын

Small correction, where 4014 was sent in Southern California was pronounced incorrectly…Pomona has an “accent” on the POmona. Other than that, great narrative.

@DarkLink1996 14 күн бұрын

OMG thank you! I was wondering why no one was saying that!

@arabianrailfan7762 20 күн бұрын

Write off steam at your peril! In the UK there is a project to convert an otherwise generally useless British Rail Class 60 to steam using Hydrogen or a compound thereof, e.g. ammonia, as fuel for the boiler - i.e. to operate as a turbo electric, retaining the original traction motors etc. In due course, to be carbon neutral, the 4014 may itself require conversion to burn hydrogen rather than oil.

@vinceargado9892 16 күн бұрын

The boy is *BIG* He’s the *BIG BOY* 😂 Seriously though… this locomotive is *MASSIVE* and *MAJESTIC* And as someone who loves trains, I am all here for it!

@kevinbeehner2617 19 күн бұрын

Darkness, Another great video. For another video idea, what about a history about the old kid's show, Shining Time Station?

@davisjensen3403 20 күн бұрын

I've got one of the 140 seats on the 4014 excursion Sunday from Roseville to Sparks. $$, but one item I can check off my bucket list. I am so looking forward to hearing and feeling that beast climb the Sierras!

@tidepoolclipper8657 20 күн бұрын

The 4014's oil conversion was at least thankfully successful. Which gives more justification to Durango & Silverton converting their coal powered designs.

@KouuToriProductions 12 күн бұрын

Former SoCal resident here. Puh - moan- uh. (Pomona) Other than that, great video. I used to be able to play on 4014 when I was a kid, when my dad would take us down there for the off road expo at the fairplex.

@Thomasthestreamliner 20 күн бұрын

Y’know what’s funny? I remember seeing a video where someone proposed to his girlfriend on 4014’s front footplate 😄

@kristoffermangila 20 күн бұрын

I saw that video! Pretty sweet, and the UP Steam Team was cooperative in that event.

@WasatchGarandMan 19 күн бұрын

Ive always perfered the Challengers, they look more balanced while running. I knew the 4000's were popular but Ill admit I thought they were over rated. But after seeing the Old Man running through Utah, Nevada and California. The Hype is real lol.

@pearpie4695 20 күн бұрын

The time 4014 helped a diesel sounded straight put of a Thomas episode

@frostlord1246 16 күн бұрын

Henry actually did something like that in the original book series. The story is called "Super Rescue" from the book "Enterprising Engines"

@AlphaXCalibur 20 күн бұрын

I had the chance to see 4014 when she was in my state (Louisiana) back in august 2021, but by the time I'd found out I'd already evacuated & came back because hurricane Ida was close to making landfall at the time as it was already in the gulf. Although it pisses me off that I had to miss out on that I will say this though. Now THAT is how you cap a video off, badass choice in music my dude

@ALCO-C855-fan 20 күн бұрын

This video... So good. Better give the song 'Roll on Big Boy' by Nebraska66 as well as my remake for them a watch. I asure you, you'll dance to it.😉

@davidstrawn9272 16 күн бұрын

16:08 That is my favorite part of 4014's 2023 excursion! Pushing a stalled freight train, reminds me of Edward push trains over Gordon's hill. In fact I portrayed 4014 as Edward the blue engine just five years before this occurred, though I portrayed Daylight 4449 as Gordon.

@Carstuff111 12 күн бұрын

Seeing a Big boy in person has been a bucket list item for me since I was a child. I was more than happy to see one of the eight remaining in a museum. However, knowing that 4014 is slated to go through Arkansas and Oklahoma this year on a tour, that bucket list item changed to seeing 4014 living and breathing in person. I hope to see her both on her trip to Texas and her trip back to her home. I hope to hear that glorious steam whistle soon!

@clintonlykins3161 20 күн бұрын

Darkness you are the ONE!!!!👍😎😲

@clevelandmaker386 20 күн бұрын

I love them ... Im more of a Dreyfus Hudson man but I saw it when it was in Louisiana and it's a beautiful piece of American locomotive history

@jeremyjohnson457 19 күн бұрын

5:35 that is the steam engine I used to play on as a kid

@AnimalsVehiclesAndMore 20 күн бұрын

You should do a video about UP 4014's smaller cousin, UP 3985, as she also has a very fascinating story behind her. There are also numerous other steam locomotives that I have been waiting to see you do a video on, including the following: Canadian Pacific 1293 & 6060 Northern Pacific 328 & 1070 Norfolk and Western 1218 & 2156 C.P. Huntington No. 17 York DM&IR 225, 227, & 229 Southern Pacific 4294 & 4274 New York Central 6721 That's all I can think of for now. Let me know of any of you want to see HITD do videos about any of these locomotives.

@bowlinerailfan 20 күн бұрын

You had me at Big Boy!

@blairterry9435 18 күн бұрын

I seen 4006, 4012, 4014, and just today 4023.

@joshjones3408 13 күн бұрын

9:24 there used to be door behind that white sign that says danger

@Challenger3985Productions 20 күн бұрын

When are they gonna run 844 again they should put a PTC system in 844

@kristoffermangila 20 күн бұрын

Maybe that's the reason why 844 isn't running right now - they probably are in the process of installing PTC and probably looking at this tour of 4014 to see if it works.

@MustangsTrainsMowers 19 күн бұрын

I’m not sure if any of my 4014 videos are of high quality content but I give you permission to use parts of my videos from Saint Paul Minnesota and Baldwin Wisconsin 2019. My channel is Boyd The Goofball. I wish I had been born several decades before 1966 so I could have been old enough to see the end of the steam age.

@hajikilla91 7 күн бұрын

I work for UP as an Engineer in Southern California and the cities name is Pomona ( PO Moan ah )…I’ve got pictures of her in the yard at West Colton, CA. Were it sat for about a month..

@longrider42 17 күн бұрын

I watched the Big Boy, 4014. Leave Cheyenne Wyoming, on June 30th, heading west. And it did not have a Diesel Engine . I just finished watching a video of the 4014, taken on July 11th, in the Feather River Canyon with bridges. And Low and Behold the Diesel Engine was back. Which means that said Diesel is either needed for Braking, or perhaps even giving the 4014 a Push. I watched the 4014 and 844, deadheading west to Utah, for the 150 Anniversary of the finishing of the Trans Con Railroad back in 2019. It is the first video on my channel. And even though there where two big steam engines, it still needed a Diesel, for what ever reason. Frankly I wondered if that would happen. Yes, from Utah to Cheyenne, over the Wahsache mountains, and Sherman hill. The highest point on the UP line. And that was all.

@pinga858 20 күн бұрын

To everyone going to Roseville Saturday, I'll be in a fallout NCR shirt and feel free to say hi! Going to be amazing and hope to meet ya'll there!

@waynenugent3381 18 күн бұрын

Lobe the Big Boys! Just got a Broadway Limited version fir my model railway in Australia. Can I ask what the song was at the end of the video? It's very cool!

@Gunny426HemiPlymouth 20 күн бұрын

You need HER HELP! Crazy that it pushed a modern length train on top of its own load. Great Video

@brothercomedy1303 19 күн бұрын

What if when 3985 restoration/ overhaul is done, that 844 , 3985 and 4014 do a triple Header and a side by side photoshoot

@BigBoy4014. 20 күн бұрын

I saw the stalled Train!!!

@MrCateagle 20 күн бұрын

At least one Big Boy is in the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, TX. Oh, it's Po (long O) mona in California. The MAR also haa a Centennial, a GG1, and an ALCO PA-1.

@Fangs-jo4bq 19 күн бұрын

I will be seeing her at Ogden union station next Saturday.

@shimesu443 20 күн бұрын

*looks around* Huh, no one flipping out about the Big Boys being referred to by the feminine pronouns. Nice change. So fun fact, Ed Dickens said in one of his talks that 4014 was his second choice. He originally wanted 4023, but he was told he couldn't have her, because it would be too difficult to get her down from her display site. He then settled on 4014, because he'd already earmarked her a few years before as a good restoration candidate. He also said that the story of UP looking at all the Big Boys was false. He knew what he wanted, and they didn't look at the others.

@JonsGarage89 20 күн бұрын

Most machines are referred to as she. The Big Boy is a unique example where both are acceptable it seams. Not gonna lie it feels weird to refer to it as a male. What does disney do with the Roger Brogie and Ernest S marsh? Id like to see their take. Probably still she.

@shimesu443 20 күн бұрын

@@JonsGarage89 Oh yes, I know. I do the same, but I've seen far, FAR too many comments on here about people getting huffy about it. "It's a big BOY, not a big GIRL." Completely ignoring that Ed Dickens has referred to 4014 as "she" and "her" a few times. I've read posts and comments on various places from the engine crews, and they all use the feminine pronouns, even if the engine has a male name. So the Ernest S Marsh, and the Ward Kimball, and all the others are still ladies.

@JonsGarage89 19 күн бұрын

@@shimesu443 Well theres our answer. People get huffy about the dumbest things nowadays. Oh well.

@jimmyhook4852 19 күн бұрын

Yeah well, I still prefer calling Big Boy a he since I'm with the majority on that anyways. It is right in the name after all: Big BOY

@shimesu443 18 күн бұрын

@@JonsGarage89 Yup, saw that one coming.

@Alawo- 20 күн бұрын

BIG BOY MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@atsf47legit 20 күн бұрын

"WHAT THE FŰ&K IS A KILOMETER"

@timthetrainguy 16 күн бұрын

I was at the Strasburg Railroad while they had the driving wheels of 4014

@vinzvendivil1049 17 күн бұрын

Preservation railways: we dont have that much cash for these trains UP: FUCK IT WE BALL

@harrisonallen651 20 күн бұрын

🎶Well he's a big big boy the biggest boy, he's a big big boy the biggest boy, he's a big big boy the biggest boy, he's a big big boy the biggest boy!🎶

@macwolf3007 20 күн бұрын

Love this video bringing back a 4000 class Big Boy locomotive my favorite 4014 roll on you know I think they rebuilt this monster to help out the diesel locomotives since there weak to pull anything these days that’s why they need helpers just saying. But I do have a feeling that they will put 4014 Big Boy back to freight service since it’s a freight train after all not a passenger train

@michaelsullivan2361 20 күн бұрын

Dragula fits this locomotive perfectly!

@CrossOfBayonne 20 күн бұрын

I knew this was coming y'all

@Robertmitchell2121 20 күн бұрын

I’m thinking about seeing her in action!

@kiefershanks4172 20 күн бұрын

My Empress will always be my No1 but Big Boy is just crazy. It is an American icon. UP deserves credit for choosing to resurrect one of the largest steam locomotives, not just any one they could find in decent condition. It just screams "America! F*ck yeah!"

@TrainLover-wt9ix 20 күн бұрын

HOLY MOTHER OF STEAM $9000?!?!? 16:34

@davidstrawn9272 20 күн бұрын

Steam Excursion stars: (Taunting 4014 while she is sadly on display in Pomona) The Engineer and crew will NEVER choose you again, they want lighter but far more impressive engines like US! Ed Dickens and the UP steam crew: (came to Railgiants museum to buy the Big Boy, and noticed 4014) Why are you sad, 4014? Would you like to go out? We need your help to celebrate 150th year of the first transcontinental railroad! Big Boy 4014: (happy) OH YES, PLEASE?

@seanwhitman8353 13 күн бұрын

2023: Diesels: Hey! I got stuck on this hill Rail Director: Say, we got this giant steam engine right here 4014: Put me in coach

@davidstrawn9272 13 күн бұрын

@@seanwhitman8353 Diesels: No use at all! A Steam engine!? She will never get us over the hill! 4014: Just wait and see!

@TheFarix2723 16 күн бұрын

Now if CSX can bring one of the preserved Kanawahs up to steam, despite Dark's inability to pronounce the class name correctly.

@LegoMiester14 20 күн бұрын

What song did you use at the end?

@lovegamesandtrains3194 20 күн бұрын

we need a video on 844 now

@Dylan-rf3fw 18 күн бұрын

Just saw 4014 for the first time today! She was cold and dark but still amazong to see in person!

@SteamKing2160 17 күн бұрын

just never forget the previous most powerful operating excursion steam locomotive, N&W 1218 from 1987 to 1991. 3985 was the most powerful operating excursion steam locomotive before the 1218 from 1981 to 1986 but after the 1218's excursion retirement the 3985 took it back in 1992 :D Hmm does that also include the 844 as the world's most powerful operating excursion steam locomotive before 3985 and after 3985? Until 611 had a short stint with it in the latter half of the 2010's decade.

@cmkeelDIM 6 күн бұрын

I wish UP and CSX could get an agreement so 4014 could come to Florida. I can't get the time to travel to the west to see her. Kinda unfair for us gulf and east coasters... BTW the song should have been MASTER OF PUPPETS!!!

@alanbeltran375 20 күн бұрын

The Beast is Awakening

@littlehelphere 20 күн бұрын

It would have been cool if the big boy and the challenger double head a train

@alanabyss9246 20 күн бұрын

4005 is my favorite big boy.

@orangeglass8091 28 күн бұрын

Hey, I was wondering if you could talk about Japanese D-51 steam locomotive? It was the most produced Steam train in japan after all.

@Lcfc4life1 20 сағат бұрын

Did you know that if the first/second set of drives would slip they would have to shut down the whole loco

@leesander1802 20 күн бұрын

1. I would love see this girl in person 2. I wonder how powerful she really is with oil… 3. Who would love to see 4014 just blast the JUST STOP OIL or Climate wokies??

@Stooltoad5017 16 күн бұрын

Tractive effort is not effected by source of fuel. 4014 isn’t any less powerful than she was when she was oil fired.

@leesander1802 12 күн бұрын

@@Stooltoad5017 Thanks for the comment. I am mainly referring to how much of difference in power from when she was a coal unrestored locomotive vs now as a oil fired restored locomotive. I am curious if they are running her full power. Most restored machines are not run at full power