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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2019, 11:34:34 am »
Looks like quite the leak on the packing gland of the right front cylinder, but that's an easy fix, or more likely just an adjustment to tighten down the gland.
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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2019, 08:42:46 pm »
What a monster Daniel, its like the 'Titanic' on rails. Shows the ingenuity of man doesn't it.
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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2019, 08:50:12 pm »
Someone pointed out in my youtube video of Kory Anderson's 150 HP Case that both the largest loco and largest traction engine have been revived only months apart  8)

Is this the largest steam loco? I don't know enough about them...
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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2019, 08:47:18 am »
Quote from: Jim on May 06, 2019, 08:42:46 pm
What a monster Daniel, its like the 'Titanic' on rails. Shows the ingenuity of man doesn't it.

Ingenuity of man .... Yes, but even more to the point in my mind, is that it well shows the true POWER of STEAM!!!

This single locomotive could pull a mile of heavily loaded rail cars up a relatively steep grade in a blizzard, and it hasn't been until fairly recently that diesel / electrics have been able to match that drawbar pull.
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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2019, 08:54:57 am »
Quote from: Nick on May 06, 2019, 08:50:12 pm
Someone pointed out in my youtube video of Kory Anderson's 150 HP Case that both the largest loco and largest traction engine have been revived only months apart  8)

Is this the largest steam loco? I don't know enough about them...

Not quite sure about that Nick, as there is some conflicting info regarding a couple of other engines. As I recall Norfolk & Western had a mighty big one, and so did one of the Iron Ore hauling lines up north in your neck of the woods. But I don't think the differences were much, and generally it is accepted that the Big Boy was number ONE. Many factors can be considered, such as total tonnage, or just weight on driving wheels, drawbar pull, cylinder bore size and operating pressure can all come into the equation.

Do you have any links to that huge traction engine?
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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2019, 09:01:36 am »
Quote from: Stoker on May 07, 2019, 08:54:57 am
Do you have any links to that huge traction engine?

Here are 2 of my youtube videos that have really taken off in the past few weeks from the unveiling in Andover, SD last September. My 3 year old can be heard quite a bit in them  :D

I have some pictures and will post my trip report in the full-size section of the forum this evening...

If you have seen a 110 Case, those have 7 foot diameter rear wheels, these are 8 feet.



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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2019, 09:53:43 am »
Great stuff Nick...!



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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2019, 09:55:15 am »
Here is another Union Pacific beast.....

Challenger # 3985

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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2019, 10:13:53 am »
Her is my son, Michael, as a young lad, standing in front of Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 on display at Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2019, 04:23:49 pm »
Nice! Me, last summer. A bit more paint has peeled.

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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #25 on: May 07, 2019, 07:08:47 pm »
NICE
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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #26 on: May 08, 2019, 03:00:20 pm »
Yet another and more current video of the Big Boy #4014, now double heading with long time U.P. showpiece #844, a 4-8-4 Northern class locomotive, tied onto a passenger consist and rolling westward toward the Golden Spike ceremonies.

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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #27 on: May 08, 2019, 06:04:23 pm »
Really good stuff Daniel - thanks for sharing.
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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #28 on: May 08, 2019, 09:57:11 pm »
Quote from: Stoker on May 07, 2019, 08:54:57 am
Not quite sure about that Nick, as there is some conflicting info regarding a couple of other engines. As I recall Norfolk & Western had a mighty big one, and so did one of the Iron Ore hauling lines up north in your neck of the woods. But I don't think the differences were much, and generally it is accepted that the Big Boy was number ONE. Many factors can be considered, such as total tonnage, or just weight on driving wheels, drawbar pull, cylinder bore size and operating pressure can all come into the equation.

Do you have any links to that huge traction engine?


The C & O - Chesapeake & Ohio 1601 Allegheny 2-6-6-6 was said to be 7500 HP. It has been on display at the Henry Ford Museum since it arrived under it's own power in 1956.


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Re: Big Boy 4014 alive and in motion this morning!
« Reply #29 on: May 08, 2019, 10:02:18 pm »
You look tiny next to that Gil!
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