Amen Businesses that respect their history are becoming a rare breed. UP is 1 of the last of the big industrial age companies that survive and respect their past.

4014 the Steam Loco is Coming to life in 2019!

!! AGREED !!

Ron Hoffstein in fact, 4014 was doubleheaded with 844 once for transport

The UK has much more railroading history than the US and beautiful motive power that set records for speed. Wide open spaces in the US required massive motive power for the long drags over Sherman Hill and the Wyoming high country... I hope I live long enough to see this old guy come blowing into our city again all dressed up in UP livery ready to assume public relations duties.Our city was once tracks end when the transcontinental road was built in the 1860s.You know that the US values you as a friend we can rely on no matter what. Regards to you and your countrymen.

Thanks for the reply ..i appreciate it. I usually only Film Steam Locomotives on my Channel...We do have quite a good amount of variety of Steam Locos on our Railway...The West Somerset Railway. Cheers...Steve.-:)

The homemade tripod, that caught my eye. Thanks for watching.

LOL you would think these guys would have some serious equipment with them... I guess it's not in the budget

I live in Columbus,Nebraska and summer of 19 I expect to see the old guy on display along 12th St. Saw the 844 and UPs F9 last summer.

Easy for you to say. We may have them. But most have been scrapped and some in museums

Thanks

how did they make it whistle without it running?

@@ilikeguitars3511 compressed air

@@dumdum7786 thats what i thought

Why

Uhh.... Because it'd be cool.

That is a for sure, If you check out my video of last years tour there is a shot of a white board with her to do list but it is hard to read.

I've seen that video. It looked like the 3985 board was pretty empty. Thanks for the reply.

SteamUP According to the 'Trains' Extra Special issue dedicated to the Big Boys, in one article they said with the firebox damage 3985 suffered due to the failed draft improvement experiment, they've decided to focus on fixing up 4014 first, and so repair work on 3985 has been put on the back burner. It'll be quite awhile as a result before we see 3985 pulling a load again.

Jswave 34 its under the locomotive by the wheels on some locomotive s

Actually, some of the work started in California, just to get the wheels to safely roll a thousand miles on the rails after sitting for over a half a century. Setting UP lubrication lines checking brakes disconnecting some parts and probably much more that I would not understand. In Cheyenne it could be like a frame UP restoration they wont really know till they take it apart and really see.

kosmocookieduster You must have seen one of UP's operational steam locomotives. This Big Boy has been on static display in California for many years and is being pulled back to Laramie for restoration. I expect to see the big guy come huffing into Columbus, Nebraska in a couple of years.

+Ojo Felix NM well not really it will be under steam again in 2019

+Michael Wood I've been following the news coming out of Cheyenne about 4014, and I understand that the restoration will take more time. Having retired from coal fired power generation, I understand the problems that result in using steam to generate power. I hope to be around when 'Big Boy' steams into Columbus under its own power. I showed 'Lasts of the Giants' to my American history students every year when we got into western expansion. I and many others appreciate the UPRR and all the volunteers who are participating in the restoration of this historic locomotive.

Ok that is good

I am certain that the king of steam will trot all over his realm with pride and Nebraska is UPs home turf! Being a Nebraskan and loving railroading I make sure to check out 4023 in Omaha everytime I head that way. It just blows your mind just how big these large steamers are. I was fortunate to see 4014 at the fairgrounds before they pulled it on the live rail after they finished transferring it. I will say the steam team took GREAT care to make sure 4014 was ready for the move. UP and Nebraska grew up together. If you see a map of Nebraska many of the larger towns are along the UP (Omaha, Lincoln, Columbus, Grand Island, Kearney, Northe Platte, etc). Thats because these towns had backshops and other repair facilities for the steamers. I am sure once 4014 is finished they will send it along the Overland Route (UPs name for the Transcon Railroad that runs through our towns). I live near GI and its a sight to see them up close when they service them almost every time they run through which is quite often (I take the kids to see 844, and eventually 4014 and 3985 when they get finished). btw being a young adult and having watched 'Last of the Giants' I think its great that you show it to your students. Make sure to plan ahead a field trip for them when 4014 is scheduled to run through! Having them witness history that makes more then the local 5 o clock news is rare! Cheers

Um The Challengers had 70 MPH, The Big Boys could do 80 MPH

TheExtremeGamer did you convert kmh to mph

TheExtremeGamer nope, you didn’t

it is

844 was on a Diesel too.

Maybe UP is reusing the running numbers of their old steam engines to carry on their legacy.

Cohunnamatta U mean GP30 844??? That engine was retired and the other GP30’s as well 844 was renumberd 8444 When GP30 844 came but GP30 844 was Restored and dose excursion runs on the the nevda state muesum

Jürgen Kuhlmann pretty certain they’ve been removed prior to 4014’s towing as towing with the pistons still in the cylinders could lead to damage

Thank you for this info...well, from a mechanic's point of view, this makes sense! But anyway, the 4014 still is good shape, if one considers that the last 4000 series engines were finally put out of service sometime in the 1950s - with nearly all of the 25 engines of this type now scrapped, the 4014 seems to be the last on this planet, isn't it?

Jürgen Kuhlmann i can’t really confirm is 4014 is one of the last as i’m afraid i only know about big boy, i know more about the UK’s engines than i do about american ones. From an outside view 4014 certainly seems to be in great shape for her age, the only things i would be worrying about is items like her boiler rivets or the boiler tubes from the prolonged ‘mothballing’ It’ll be a mountain of work for her to be put to work on the rails again but one i know not only me is dying to see :)

Hello again! Well, as far as I know, after having been towed to Cheyenne, WY by two Diesel type 4014 [sic!] Diesel engines, the 4014 is due to be running again sometime by next year. Just check some videos published by the chief engineer of the repair shop! As to the "mothballing" you mentioned; the first thing to start with during the overhaul of a steam engine is to replace the boiler, as it has to withstand high pressures, so there is no chance to run a veteran engine with the old boiler in! Cheers, Jürgen!

Jürgen Kuhlmann Actually there are eight surviving Big Boys. The 4004 resides in Cheyenne, WY, the 4005 in Denver, CO, the 4006 in St. Louis, MO, the 4012 in Scranton, PA, the 4014 which is being rebuilt, the 4017 in Green Bay, WI, the 4018 Frisco, TX, and the 4023 in Omaha, NE. There are two Challengers left, the 3985 which is in for a rebuild, and the 3977 in Codys Park, NE. There are 4 FEF locomotives, the 814 (FEF-1) in Council Bluffs, IA, the 833 (FEF-2) in Ogden, UT, the 838 (FEF-3) in Cheyenne (being cannibalized for parts, but if it keeps the 844 running I'm fine with it to an extent), and of course the magnificent 844, the only mainline steamer in the U.S. to have never been retired by a class I railroad.

+F6HemiCharger 4014 and 4884. It was intentional.

They did it on purpose, it was 4014 and 4884

May 2019 is the target.

@Buddy R. so 4014 ready to go sense it passed

Ok but what about the tender are they gonna keep it coal or oil because ik up844 running like a champ rite now

Kool I'll be happy to see the biggest legend of the rail run again

Keep us updating please because ima huge fan of the bigboy I'll be happy to see the legend run again

I thought the bigboy tender was bigger then the challenger tender unless they the same size

Ollie Cole Because did you not see the current state it's in? It's as good as scrap metal. I'm just saying this in the context of the time this video was recorded. Who knows what it looks like now.

It's been completely torn down. They are now in the process of rebuilding it. They have to machine some parts new and refurbish what they can. It will be under steam in a year and half to two years.

Ollie Cole