Today on JAlly Farms; We had to stop our work on the well just for this! Bigboy came to parsons, KS. What a sight it was. Arvon just loved it and so did I, The smoke, the bells and whistles. Bigboy has a very loud horn especially standing right beside it.
Some history;
Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds. Because of their great length, the frames of the Big Boys were "hinged," or articulated, to allow them to negotiate curves. They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on the leading set of "pilot" wheels which guided the engine, eight drivers, another set of eight drivers, and four wheels following which supported the rear of the locomotive. The massive engines normally operated between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyo.
There are seven Big Boys on public display in various cities around the country. They can be found in St. Louis, Missouri; Dallas, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941. The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service. Union Pacific reacquired No. 4014 from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, in 2013, and relocated it back to Cheyenne to begin a multi-year restoration process. It returned to service in May 2019 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad's Completion.
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Current Stock 7' rows 6' spacing
Field 1 seedlings/Transplants
Fraser Fir 44
Balsam Fir - 15 We'll change these out to Blue Spruce.
Douglas Fir - 37
White Spruce - 40
Field 2 seedlings/Transplants
Austrian Pine 8***
Scott Pine 12***
Concolor Fir 22
Norway Spruce 47
*** We have decided to plant our seedlings (2 year) which mainly consist of Pine trees and a few fir's until they reach about 4 years old in a Growing bed before we move them to the area provided for larger trees. This helps with the growing process and put them together where we can care for them better.
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EQUIPMENT USED
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Cannon ViXIA HF G50
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John Deere E170