Union Pacific Big Boys - Wyoming

Union Pacific Big Boys - Wyoming - 1950s (c).mp4

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Mike Dunham-Wilkie

12 жыл бұрын

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@cucv30 11 жыл бұрын

I never tire of watching these historic memories in action. Great stuff.

@thatoneguy611 3 жыл бұрын

Little did you know 4014 would come back to life 7 years later

@iamRAYZILLA 10 жыл бұрын

I've only seen (so far) the 4006, and there it is full of steam in Green River. Just seeing it on display has always been an experience in itself, which will make seeing 4014 back in action absolutely incredible. And speaking of 4014, there it is, around 10:30. A shame there won't be any fellow Big Boys for it to play with like that when it goes home to Cheyenne, but at least it'll have 3985 and 844.

@Wikkus 12 жыл бұрын

Wow! Genuinely awesome footage! Thanks to you and your dad for sharing!

@av8tor1908 9 жыл бұрын

This is one of the BEST Big Boy videos ever! Love the original footage. There's a certain 'human' aspect to it. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who saw the 'Early' (Fetter's) Challenger! I went back again to make sure. I'd love to see a video of those. Union Pacific steamers are so impressive. Thanks for sharing this awesome video!

@ihatesears 11 жыл бұрын

This is awesome footage! Thanks for sharing it! The Big Boys were such EPIC trains.

@michaelhyde-parker6344 7 жыл бұрын

love seeing the old steamers especially the seemingly rare footage of the big boys. There used to be a big 4-8-4 that ran along the line near home when I was a kid

@mitchellgloss6365 7 жыл бұрын

The big boy's and the Chesapeake and Ohio Alleghenys were some of the most largest successful articulated locomotives ever built.

@basedjorts 7 жыл бұрын

I keep watching all these videos and am amazed at these machines. I can't wait to see 4014 under steam. It will be awesome.

@theUP844 11 жыл бұрын

very nice footage Mike, it's amazing to see original color video of the Big Boys when they were in revenue service. Even better that Union Pacific is actually bringing one back. The announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon, Big Boy 4014 is going back to Union Pacific to be restored for excursion service. in the not so distant future, a mighty 4-8-8-4 Big Boy will once again thunder across the american landscape.

@ryancrowell1018 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible footage. Thanks for sharing!

@MikeDunhamWilkie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryan!

@thomasavensjr.2790 Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable to observe footage of the Union Pacific rr "Big Boy" and "Challenger" type locomotives, UP had an impressive variety of specially designed locomotives during the steam era. I am very satisfied that UP 4014 has been restored back to operating condition by the Union Pacific special heritage crew as I enjoy seeing footage of that locomotive.

@PatrickDoran2319 3 жыл бұрын

AJ Wolff was one of the last few people to see UP Big Boy 4009. The locomotive was scrapped in 1963 and he took a very morbid picture of the engine barely recognizable as it was being scrapped. Of the 25 big boy locomotives that were built 8 were saved 17 were scrapped

@AlexaDoee 8 жыл бұрын

4014 at 10:31!

@Jimboliah3985 9 жыл бұрын

Pity there's no sound... But the video footage... STUNNING!!! This DEMANDS an extended version of the main theme from The good, The bad and The ugly as background music! * o * Powerful, unique, fast... and big... The steam locomotives of the Union Pacific railroad in general. BTW To everybody else: at 0:38 you'll see an EARLY Challenger backing up. This is how the Challengers looked before the Big Boys were even designed. The Challengers like 3977 and 3985 were designed AFTER the Big Boy, truely making their design Big Boy's little brother.

@THOMAS81Z 10 жыл бұрын

love the fact that your dad filmed it in the winter, the steam is crisp

@bridgetj4553 10 жыл бұрын

Cannot thank you enough for posting this. And I agree with another commenter who said they made their own sound. How wonderful to have experienced this real time.

@MikeDunhamWilkie 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bridget

@bobbyjekins9807 12 жыл бұрын

I love dis footage the 4-8-8-4 and 4-6-6-4 were some truely amazing locomotives

@tikkltikkl 12 жыл бұрын

Strikingly beautiful. Love the Big Boys.

@ChasingTheEchoesOG 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@lvgk 11 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing this

@chrisackerley1842 6 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous film footage! Watching this old film is like listening to classic jazz on a 78 RPM record. Th image quality isn't very crisp, but the media itself lends a quality to the images that is better than any modern 4K video. It's like stepping back in time. The only thing better will be when UP gets the 4014 running!

@MikeDunhamWilkie 6 жыл бұрын

Chris Ackerley thanks!

@JimTLonW6 10 жыл бұрын

Very impressive video to watch, there's nothing like these big American steamers!

@OnlyTheEd 6 жыл бұрын

Great video...............except I would time travel backwards to catch locomotive numbers.....Saw "4000" and maybe "4009" but............such is life......

@Gracebeliever077 11 жыл бұрын

Truly remarkable footage. It did not escape my attention how he was able to get so close and personal on those many occasions without even a single care. Unheard of today. In overalls, conductor hat, scanner and binocs one is mistaken for a bad guy today. Sad.

@detectivedetetiveinternet2763 4 жыл бұрын

How i remenber this days i was 43 years old, and now i have 112, i don't know with you guys will believe in me, but i have ALL this age

@ottergoose 12 жыл бұрын

The scene at 7:12 or so is just epic... wonderful, wonderful stuff.

@fitza9107 10 жыл бұрын

anybody notice 4014 at 10:30? its going backwards! and great footage of 4000, or big boy #1. too bad he's not with us anymore!.

@Ludwigcaged411 10 жыл бұрын

The Triplex was the largest but it was power hungry and hard to maintain. The big boy was the largest successful steam locomotive

@nfd1960 10 жыл бұрын

The Big Boys were the largest at 1.5 million tons, The Triplex was smaller even though it had more drivers

@realmagicjon 9 жыл бұрын

nfd1960 Amen.

@308RoadReady 9 жыл бұрын

nfd1960 The 4000s were also the most modern articulated steamers. They were designed to run 80+ and had fittings for passenger car heating so they were built as heavy duty, high speed locomotives. Mostly hauling freight due to the demanded power requirements, and diesels pushing steam from passenger service before freight service usually. Don't be surprised if you see 4014 running 75+ when they bring him back to life!

@natejenkins8645 9 жыл бұрын

I would love to see 4014 pulling a revenue freight. Full tonnage behind her storming out of Cheyenne and up track 3 of Sherman Hill and down into Laramie. 4014 is definitely capable of 75 mph but I doubt we'll see her running at those speeds in this modern day. You know some old timers have said that on the Northwestern division of the U.P the Challengers would run up to 90 mph with passenger trains!

@y11971alex 7 жыл бұрын

Triplex were a niche locomotive design. I think they achieved even higher tractive effort, but even their enormous boilers weren't supplying enough steam to six cylinders. The middle set was high pressure from the boiler, and the front and rear low pressure from the middle set.

@jacksalvin364 10 жыл бұрын

Union Pacific Big Boy, the largest Articulated Steam Locomotive ever built.

@MikeDunhamWilkie 11 жыл бұрын

It was filmed in the 1950's, long before iPhones, using an 8mm movie camera.

@BadWolf762 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad this footage was found and preserved.

@ilikeguitars3511 2 жыл бұрын

1:56, woah it's 4000 the first bigboy

@john72ss 8 жыл бұрын

3 dislikes? I could only like this more if there was sound! nice find sir!

@MikeDunhamWilkie 8 жыл бұрын

+john72ss Thanks John

@john72ss 8 жыл бұрын

never did get to see them, but I have seen the #3985 a few years ago! my father was a hoghead on the sp&s

@MikeDunhamWilkie 8 жыл бұрын

+john72ss I'm too young too. Never did see steam in real operational work, except for the logging trains up here (Canada) in the 60's and the narrow gauge D&RGW in its final days around Cumbres Pass in the late 60's. But Dad did a good job of capturing the final days of a lot of operations.

@john72ss 8 жыл бұрын

Mike Dunham-Wilkie I was born in 55, so I was to young to see and hear them in their haydays, but I am lucky enough to be near the sp #4449 and the sp&s #700 and have seen both of them in action, they are amazing locomotives!

@samdufour1195 10 жыл бұрын

Do they have any 16mm film of this kind of stuff?

@scottwoods5851 6 жыл бұрын

There is a video in 2 parts called Last of the Giants here on youtube. There is a lot of good steam footage. Another on here is Steam was great on the Nickel Plate. Both of these are 16mm sound.

@jurgenkuhlmann9194 6 жыл бұрын

No sound??? I remember some early movies starring Laurel & Hardy that had no sound - but this one dates to the 1950s.

@MikeDunhamWilkie 6 жыл бұрын

Jürgen Kuhlmann. It was filmed with a standard 8mm movie camera. Sound was pretty rare with that technology

@jurgenkuhlmann9194 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info! In Germany these films were called "Super 8". Cameras and films were megasellers throughout the 1970s - 1980s, as filming back then was for everyone!

@stevew270 3 жыл бұрын

A "Challenging" end to the clip!

@aidanmaurice6464 7 жыл бұрын

anyone know if big boy 4012 is in this?

@Crosshead1 7 жыл бұрын

Magic. What more needs to be said?

@hoggersouthawk 12 жыл бұрын

Great video - I made my own sound...

@wesleyjones6556 10 жыл бұрын

Good vid but no sound still awsome

@Sys-Edit0r-1995 11 жыл бұрын

I wonder if I could add sound to this....

@BalticFilms144 10 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else see UP 4466 backing up @ 0:35?

@engineer6325 9 жыл бұрын

Railroadbrony4412 I know I did!

@davidwojtkowiak4977 10 жыл бұрын

The Erie Triplex locomotives (2-8-8-8-2) were the largest steam locomotives ever built, not the Big Boy

@SuperCookieman13 10 жыл бұрын

niselat he just got schooled

@1940limited 10 жыл бұрын

But I think the Big Boys were still more impressive.

@dundonrl 9 жыл бұрын

taking into account size, weight, firebox size etc, the Union Pacific Big Boy's while not the largest in any specific category were the overall largest and most powerful steam locomotives in use.

@natejenkins8645 9 жыл бұрын

Big Boy was the longest reciprocating steam locomotive ever built and the heaviest when fully loaded