Big Boy
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2019
- In a scene that the majority of us have only seen in books and movies. We see a Big Boy in the cold and snow of Kansas, a state that has likely never seen a Big Boy locomotive. The giant locomotive leaves a impressive steam plume where ever it goes, making it easy to find the locomotive again.
This locomotive attracted extremely large crowds moving or stationary. Many of the towns bused the children from the local schools to the locomotive to see it. People were lined up all along the mainline, at every crossing, and there was a line of cars miles long following the locomotive. The diesel locomotive on the train is only there as a back up locomotive in case the steam engine has mechanical problems.
Filming locations...(all Kansas)
Hays
Ogallah
Wakeeny
Collyer
Quinter
Grainfield
Oakley
leaving Oakley
McAllaster
McAllaster
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There’s nothing else that is more American than a big boy locomotive and it’s whistle, it is literally the bald eagle in the locomotive world.
Couldn't agree more!
Haha, yes I agree
Brings back fond childhood memories.
Not quite so. It's black whereas the "typical" American boy is supposed to be white.
Bellowing steel beast.
I am a Canadian, grew up on the prairies of southern Saskatchewan, on real cold winter nights you could literally hear those train whistles from 5 maybe 6 miles away! Listening to this took me back to the 1950's!
Wait, you've witnessed Big Boys yourself?!
Please reply to me!
@@TheFunnyDictator he said train whistles it could’ve been a different train
@@Godzilla20191 I thought he was talking about the Big Boys!
It must feel wonderful to be playing in the snow for the first time in 60 years.
For sure Nice to see the old boy out working in real time conditions and not sitting in a museam !!!
ed mctug Well Said my friend!
Is this the one they they took out of a museum or something, I remember a video where they had to relay some track in order to tow it out of where it was sitting, does anybody know the story of the engine that's in the park in Nashville, I saw it there in the early 1980s, there was also a replica of the Parthenon and I don't remember why they built it there, I remember that and the train.
@@edmctug8800 Museums are for legends, mimics, and the unsalvagable.
For "One of the boys" THIS is how you preserve them.
3:00 Is it just me or to others is also like you looking a real picture from some imaginary fairy tail story book (specially as like this in winter w/ snow)?
I so wish that I can see it in person 😪
Love hearing the lonely whane of 4014's whistle in the snow covered scene in the rural U.S.This is a great video.
Bellowing steel beast.
One of the greatest things I've ever seen.....
That whistle moan seemed really amplified in the snow. What a sound!!
can we call that a doppler effect?
Happy 78th birthday 4014. A true wonder of the world. And thank you UP for bringing it back from it's deep sleep.
You mean hibernation!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@robertdipaola3447 LOL, I guess so!
Yes , a true wonder and rich record of the past !
It was their pride and joy
That whistle sounds so haunting in that landscape.
How could it be so?
@@saxonaudio like an ancient beast that has awoken from a seemingly short but infinite slumber, and it's roars rip through the snow filled landscapes, as lights of fire as eyes and thick, black smoke pours from its mouth. 4014 was once one of siblings of the largest creatures to roam the rails of some of the most treacherous lines that ripped across roaming planes and jagged mountains.
Now the few siblings that still live have fallen into slumbers, but 4014 has risen from its tomb. Other, newer beasts roam the rails that 4014 once ruled with it's brothers and sisters. As it roars it's sending a simple message, "I have been awoken, and yet again, I shall rule these very same rails as I did so many years ago."
What a great way to start my day here in the UK.
DC03FAN it’s even better being from the UK and seeing it 👍 mad dash to get from north Platte NB to grainfield in a HGV on sheet ice roads !! Well worth it
Here in OZ, too!! Fantastic power and SOUNDS!! Cheers, mate!!
Glad to see you folks enjoying this giant as much as we are!
Do fly across the Pond, and see the 4014 in person!
@@muppetmk1 HGV... There was a "Jack-Knifed" Articulated Truck (UK = Artic .. USA = Semi ) at the road side in this footage.
I could listen to that whistle all day, what a legendary sound!
There is only one word to put it all in writing. MAJESTIC!
The big boy is nothing less than a kinetic sculpture.
“Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar.”
Big Boy is like the Tyrannosaurus rex of the railroading world; big, powerful, intimidating, a real show stopper, especially with that roar for a whistle.
It was absolutely incredible seeing 4014 up close, in person, a couple of weeks ago in Houston. The engine was idling but you could walk right up to 4014, touch it, smell it, look underneath it, feel the heat from boiler, and even talk to the engineer and crew. Also plenty of steam era retired Union Pacific people on hand to answer your questions. You can't imagine how loud that whistle is when you are standing 2 feet away from the engine at the station. The 4014 is the most amazing steam train experience in the world today. Seeing one of these alive is so much different than a static display in a museum. Brings out the little boy in all of us. Living history and a brilliant publicity stunt for Union Pacific.
They let you touch it?!? When it stopped here in Barstow California there was Union Pacific Police standing guard and not letting anyone past the barricade!! They got in the way of a lot of shots too!! 😒👎🏽
@@hugostiglitz7752 Yes. In Houston, the 4014 stopped overnight at the local Amtrack station. I went to see it the next day when they announced it would be on display. Only one small barricade prevented you from actually getting in the cab of the engine itself but otherwise everything was totally open. There were plenty of Union Pacific people around to watch the crowd but they allowed you to touch the 4014 and look underneath it. The only thing they stopped you from doing was physically crawling under the engine and getting into the cab. The engine had cooled down since it had been sitting over night, so maybe it was safe to touch by then? However, when I was there, they fired up the boiler, let the engine idle, and then after a warning they blew the whistle but they did not move anyone away when I was there. Sorry you did not get a close encounter.
@@hugostiglitz7752
I am in Barstow also. I was sitting outside after cutting some wood the day it rolled past my house. I was amazed because I had no idea about any details of this train. So I looked it up on UP's website. Truly amazing
@@desertodavid Nice! Yeah for us steam fans or even train fans this is a dream come true!! I visited this train when it sat dormant at the Pomona Fairplex since the 60s. To see it alive again under her own power was priceless!! Waited almost 5 yrs for it's restoration but well worth it!!!
@@jmikeperkins That's so cool!! We actually had what looked like undercover UP Police in an unmarked car guarding the engine since it was only a brief stop. Maybe since it's Cali they thought someone would hijack it!! 🤣🤣
Looks like the old boy is taking some inspiration from polar express
I didn't think that before.
*smiles*
ive seen the real polar express here in Owosso Michigan at the steam railroad institute. the 1225 pere marquette is awsome to see in motion!
Pere Marquette 1225 approves of this
That whistle sounds so angry sometimes, it makes me think of an eldritch beast coming out of a cave.
Man, That's a wonderful sounding throaty whistle.
Can't beat it!
In the early '80s, I lived in a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, roughly 5 miles south of the UP tracks. That super whistle could be heard even there as Big Boy passed through on a tour across the country.
the sounds of the train wheels is what I think is interesting.
whalesong999 I think that was a challenger. 3985 to be specific.
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I got to stand next to it while it was here in Colorado.
The Earth Moves Under Your Feet When It Pulls Away.
This is the first time I have seen Big Boy hauling freight!
There have been previous occasion he has had few covered hoppers tacked on the rear.
Where was the other passenger trains like the dome cars columbine,council bluffs,the Walter dean,the business cars and the city of Salina and the souvenir car Nystrom
It's not hauling freight. It's a hood ornament for the diesel electric a few cars back. It's a nice nod to history but let's not pretend that it's actually in service.
My understanding is that after removing the Experience part of the train in KC, they added the grain hoppers in Topeka to give more weight to the consist to help with braking.
@@ianmcnaney6528 You are kind of wrong and right. Sure its not hauling freight as in part of the freightsystem. But its not a hood ornament for the Diesel Electric. That engine is not pulling but just supplying brakepressure, electricity etc. The Big Boy is doing the hauling. Its also easy to see from the smokestacks and sound on both engines. Big Boy thumping sound and Diesel Electric idle sound.
It's like a painting
My thoughts too. Especially the shot pacing the steam locomotive from the automobile. The slight moisture on the auto's closed side window gave a sort of watercolor painting effect of 4014.
The opening shot over the wood trestle was an excellent throwback in time. Seeing the firebox reflecting off the snow between the rails in many shots is pretty neat also! Snow is an awesome setting for steam, and Big Boy makes a god subject in the snow!! Thanks!!
They built those wood trestles to last.
@ADEBISI ADEBISI Oh shut the hell up.. He forgot the second "o" in "good" you dumb-ass... hence *good subject"
@ADEBISI ADEBISI you are one frieken idiot, stuff your god where the sun don't shine!
But you could hear thar trestle softly moaning, Ow, Ow....
@@MarcABrown-tt1fp Marc, missing double characters. That often happens when I press one key TWICE too quickly. Aint technology great even on my steam driven LapTop failing to post a oo as instructed by my speeding digits...Bet it's as simple as that. No need for knee-jerkers.
Gotta love how 4014's already acquiring a weathered look. It looks cool. :)
Still cleaner than it was in revenue service. Coal fired locomotives end to get pretty dirty.
Steam, steel, and snow is a special treat! Thank you Tom for persevering in these weather conditions.
You are welcome.
What a magnificent machine. I get choked up everytime it passes by. I never get enough of looking at footage of this beautiful locomotive.
Beautiful train, beautiful scenery
I really appreciate your efforts in recording the #4014 logging in some miles. I'm glad to see that Union Pacific decided to let the "Big Boy" go on an extended shake down tour; he looks a bit weathered now from logging in a lot of miles, but that's a good thing in my opinion; it's great publicity for the railroad and it allows people to experience steam in its grandest form, too; an experience of a lifetime for most. #4014's whistle has a great tone in the dense atmosphere of the cold weather and your excellent recording equipment allows us all to experience it. Thank you, Tom for sharing, I know that it isn't easy.
So authentic the patina of work ! ;-)
Revenue service for 4014! How neat.
Got to see her roll out of Cheyenne last summer headed for Utah and Promontory Point.
I'd bet that Ed has his long johns on. Nice post, thanks.
Reminds me of my steam days in the US Navy... trying to keep equipment running Above the arctic circle!!!
Oh I do so love the sounds this beast makes!!!! I am so glad to see him back on the roads!!!!
"Hey, so Big Boy is heading east."
"Oh good, I have some grain cars that need to go!"
a lucky shipper is having his 10 new grain cars delivered to him.... by 4014!!
Big Boy in this vid. Is in Kansas heading west to Colorado.
@@rearspeaker6364 That, is one privileged shipper...A dispatch to remember !
Will he ever come to the east coast, I'm guessing not, I'd like to see it in person.
Give us $3,000 and hook em up!
9:05 Music to my ears.
I could listen to that all day.
To me, the most wonderful, magnificent, awesome, beautiful and magical creation of human beings, is the steam locomotive. Nothing else comes close.
beautiful images of Bigboy !! The whistle of Bigboy is impressive..
A wooden trestle bridge and a Big Boy riding over it - you can't get more American railroad than that! Just looks and sound so right, like a scene from one of my old railway books come to life.
Wood harvested a LONG time ago.
I love the roar of the Great Beast out in the wilderness!
I am in love with the Big Boy. Such a beautiful steam locomotive. That whistle in the distance is so hypnotic to me.
Big Boy is taking over!!!!
as it should
@@allenhall2259 Ye
Not gonna lie this years polar express looks awesome
True quality shots!
Can you imagine hearing that whistle for the first time in the Western Prairie
Union Pacific Big Boy is beautiful in the snow 👍
Ed with a hat, what a great sound the bark of the stack with the extra cars
1042 pm pst Mon Nov 25, Thank you for doing this video. kansas has seen the Big Boy. On Sept 3, 1944 in the evening 2 Big Boy's collided head on, 6 miles east of Norton Kan on the Rock Island Line. The east bound freight had a 11 car Troop Train attached to it. My fiancee's father was on that train. The west bound Big Boy freight train collided on a curve with the east bound train. God bless you all. Pastor Henry & Lavonne
Was that railroad line in Dark Territory i.e. without signals and thus on train orders only?
Rock Island Line... now there's a name for a song.. ;)
556 pm pst Tues Dec 31, greetings in Jesus name. I believe they were on train orders, the Norton dispatcher forgot he had 2 trains in his eastbound Block, the eastbound Passenger went first, then he released the westbound freight train to go west, forgetting about the east bound freight, the rest is history, found this info in ICC Commission Report on the internet. Thank you. God bless you all. Pastor Henry
Big Boy +Snow = A Beautiful Scenery i love it.
The Train’s in my dreams run the on the Pressure of the Steam, Big Boy could pull one a mile long when the pressure is on....
Seeing Big Boy pulling those hopper cars regardless if they were full or empty did my heart good because I never thought I would see a Steam Powered Train pull anything beside some lucky people on the main line ever again in the United States. It truly is an awesome sight. The only thing that could make it more perfect is if there was a cupola caboose on the tail end of that train.
"Big boy" is too old to pull a freight load, like an old weight lifter barely able to walk, let alone lift anything.
@@alphonsozorro7952 big boy could still out pull that diesel that is with it and then some
Only thing missing is a caboose bringing of the rear carrying the markers.
@@zachjones6072 Look up the starting tractive effort for that six axle... it could drag the 4014 backward easy.
Diesels can start a train they can't go over the road with. If a steam locomotive can get a train started, it can fly down the road with it.
@@1776vtgmb so you're trying to say a single diesel has 6,500 to 7,000 hp, and 135,000 tractive force I don't think so, also the big boy's could pull a mile long or more train unassisted over the Wasatch mnt range show me a diesel doing that and I might believe you
The MOST BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY I have ever heard . . .
Nice to see it pulling freight as it was intended to do.
I've only seen it once in person, but I'll never forget the sound of that whistle!
We are so blessed to be able to capture "His Majesty" with modern equipment in HD! UP had a vision when they committed to restore Big Boy, and we are forever grateful for their investment in the past for our enjoyment in the present.
This is one of the BEST Big Boy videos ever! Just a note, I am watching enough Big Boy videos that I am getting ad from Google and elsewhere that Union Pacific is hiring! Has anyone else experienced that?
I am getting the same “Union Pacific is hiring” messages. Alas, I don’t think they’d want a 72 year old railroad romanticist working the rails! 🙁
I'd give a $100 for the privilege of riding in the cab of that beautiful engine while we're chugging along.
I am lucky that I was alive to see those beautiful steam locomotives during the 1950's.
I've been following the 4014 from restoration to the present and this is one of my top ten favorite videos of 4014. Excellent work.
Grew up in the age of steam. Remember nights in bed on the family farm in Harvard MA listening to the locomotives chuffing & whistling westward out of the yards in Ayer. The main line ran about a mile north of the house. Remember many locomotive driven train rides from West Acton into Boston and back. Thanks for bringing back memories. PS, got to get up close to it in El Paso!
Its nice to see Big Boy actually leaving a plume of steam (and a bit soot!) rather than almost nothing when in the ultra dry prairies.
1.2 million pounds over a wooden bridge - wow!
Noting more soothing than a stream loco Horn
Actually teared up, OMG! This is America folks! Thank you for the great share!
Sure do miss the chug chug of these awesome trains. Such a childhood memory getting the conductor to blow the horn while on the highway trying to stay even. Or waiting at the crossing for the caboose to finally make it. And this was in the 60s. Miss those days.
It’s almost a living breathing wonderful machine. Makes the hair on my neck stand up straight. Just beautiful. Love to ride in the cab with Ed!!!!
My grandfather retired from Southern Pacific. Videos of steam engines on the main line always get me teared up. One day I'm going to try and get tickets for one of the coaches!
My wife and I got to ride with Ed this August in Texas. Even she now has a new-found reverence for Big Boy 4014. When you are sitting in the cab you can’t help but be in awe of the power it generates.
The fact that it moves with such grace just amazes me
Wow, now "THAT'S A LOCOMOTIVE" a truly tremendous sight and sound. Thank you so much for the pleasure this gives.
i don't know if it's childhood memories of reading polar express or something else, but there is something special about a steam engine chugging along in a snowy environment.
This video pleases me on so many levels!
I saw the Big Boy come in to Denver yesterday! It was so cool seeing the actual Big Boy under it's own power and I'm glad they restored it!
Such an inspirational thing to see to. So much time, effort and people turning out for this locomotive. So much love and care for no purpose other than preservation of history and inspiration for a new generation. If only everything was taken with as much positive passion as 4014 has!
Simply spectacular. The best and most beautiful steam engine ever built.
No. Not over 25. Just 25. Nbrs. 4000 to 4024. And if I m not wrong, 75 challengers. 4 6 6 4.
It has a living heart.
The stagecoach was a pleasant surprise.
I love the passive aggressiveness at 5:34 with the semi truck. Just a subtle nod that trains are more efficient than trucks
That whistle is unmistakable
I followed the videos on You Tube this past summer. I thought the Locomotives went into storage. I'm delighted to see them operating during the winter. The opportunity to record and photgraph them during the winter is amazing.
The steam locomotives did go into storage back in the 60s. Big Boy 4014 ran from 1944 for 20 years before it was moved to the museum in Pomona California. It underwent a two-year restoration process for this 150th anniversary celebration. It is the only working steam locomotive in existence. At least that's what I remember from the information on UP's website.
@@desertodavid it's the only working big boy. There are plenty of active steam locomotives in the US.
Big boy's an old workhorse, he cares not for your silly weather.
What a truly wonderful job of photography this is! Thank you!
It should be noted that these guys at that time designed such engines without CAD, simply on paper, and made all calculations with slide rules !
Geniuses !
And they taught the young engineers that followed in their footsteps how to do that for all the amazing aircraft and ships built in WW2, and even the Apollo space program. No CAD!
it's like when you lie down on the floor with your eye next to the track and your H-O goes by, thanks for the flood of happy holiday memories.
@Bill Williams I totally agree. I'm 62 now and I bought a 1:48 scale copy of 4014 two years ago. Best money ever spent. That thing a beast! 35.125" long, 22 Lbs.
Traveling Tom, your videos are the best. Always in focus, crystal clear and with great sound! I had to laugh at the fact that for the first time on this trip 4014's cab roof vent hatch is cranked-down and the weather doors at the back are closed. Something tells me that in the snow that normally hot cab was suddenly very comfortable.
Yes I noticed that too! I asked the crew how the heater was working and they said "heater is working just fine".
Agreed. The close up footage of the Valve Gear, Connecting Rods etc and the end were a delight to see with my old eyes
Excellent footage of the Big Boy. I could watch him all day.
Cold and snow really enhances the beauty of a steam engine and it does not get any better than watching 4014 strutt her stuff!!! Outstanding video work in the cold, snow and slippery roads to acquire these great images!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
pretty cool seeing the big boy pull some freight after so many years.
Steam pulling a mixed consist!!!! wow, that is a blast from the past!!!
17:42 I love how everything moves there.
17.45 lol sounds like a Shay locomotive a bit with 4 cylinders going like that, unique sound indeed!
Wow! The wooden bridge did not even flex! Big Boy is very impressive. But the engineers that built that bridge are not to be disregarded.
LOL... I looked for some flexing too!
The trestle, the steam whistle, the falling snow, the sound of chugging pistons, fantastic job of capturing the spirit of this testament to man's pinacle of achievement in the pre computer golden age!!!!!
I just have tears in my eyes. Especially in time about 17:14. What a wonderful power!
Richard Spitzer Same here, for what was, and what we’ve lost... and thank God, for what the UP brought back to life.
Imagine being the lucky one who has the honor of being the hogger of this monster!
I have been saying for years that a museum that owns a Big Boy needs to restore it and then run a engineer for a hour program on a mile or two of track. They could change a $1,000 a hour and they would probably have every day sold out for a year.
Beautiful
Hell, I'd just like to be ON the train...
If it is anything like the preservation societies, this guy is technically a bad engineer, generally a road foreman or shortline/excursion engineer who plays at running an engine. It is never a hard working professional locomotive engineer with decades of service and a million miles under his belt. The number of rule violations I see in these videos is truly remarkable and is the hallmark of such individuals.
Dude not only that but it must be freezing as hell outside, compared to outside that cab must be nice and toasty
The size literally of 2 big steam engines.The type of engine that a person hears before sees! And it lives up to how it sounds, BIG AND BADASS!!!
Great images of the train! Loving the snow. Thanks.
One thing missing from the old days is that NONE of the grain elevators had the town's name painted on them.
Love the channel keep up the good work and stay warm out there in Kansas
Thank you.
Your welcome man
TY!! BEAUTIFUL video of our handsome 4014, and our blessed country. Such heritage...such strength. Thanks again!
Absolutely fantastic - love the haunting sound - brings back such wonderful memories and a few tears!👍✌️😊🙏🏼🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂
Thank you.
A revenue freight behind a Big Boy in 2019 ... Wow!
Just along for the ride to provide extra braking...
@@sethkimmel7312 you mean the diesel
Kurt Benning yes to both
Those hopper cars bringing up the rear, appear to be brand new.
And it sounds like one of them has a square wheel....
Yes they were made in 2019.
stirlingfromla not quite, maybe a small flat spot but nothing more. None of those wheels are perfectly round.
I'd love to see it pull some more... Say 70 more? Ha ha!
@@LRF152 :: Yes of course, but that is what we ignorants jokingly calls square wheels :) ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful engine God bless you man thank you!
I'm a sucker for winter steam scenes like this; that's why the videos of locomotives from Russia are my favorite!
Awesome shots ! 👍🏻
Do you like Saint patties day?
This is the first time I’ve heard any stack talk out of this loco, so quiet especially when she isn’t working hard, finally good to see her doing some work.
Flag or no flag these big boys were impressive. Grew up in a small Western town and to our delight they came through 4 times a day. Thanks for sharing. I do like to see the USA flag. It represents good hard working people!.
Lovely ..Thanks to all the people who brought her back to life..
Love the way the whistle gets blown whenever the engineer sees people anywhere along the tracks!
Great camera work, well done!
Thank you.
Locomotive fabuleuse, images fantastiques... Merci pour ce partage !
The 4014’s whistle is absolutely deafening in person. It took my breath away when it came through Wisconsin last summer.
There's a video where 4014 gets in a whistle battle with some BNSF diesel with a K5HL or some such. 4014 effortlessly drowned out the diesel and its Nathan 5 chime horn.