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Union Pacific's Last of the giant's
UP Locomotive number 2014 is on her way from Pomona California to Cheyenne Wyoming this week By John M. Glionna July 29, 2013, 1:23 p.m. It has been called the last of the giant freight locomotives, a lumbering behemoth known as the “Big Boy 4014.” For half a century it has been on display at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, drawing railroad buffs from around the nation. Now the mammoth steam engine is about to take another trip -- to the vast plains of rural Wyoming. Union Pacific Railroad officials recently announced that the company has reached an agreement to acquire the locomotive from the RailGiants Train Museum at the fairgrounds. The railroad said it plans to move the engine to maintenance shops in Cheyenne, where crews will try to get it back to running condition. “We’re really excited about the acquisition of the 2014 Big Boy,” railroad spokesman Aaron Hunt told the Los Angeles Times, adding that Union Pacific will post updates about the move, planned for the near future. Updates will be posted on Twitter @RailGiants. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/n...#axzz2kqXe3buz web cam for anyone that wants to watch http://trn.trains.com/Union%20Pacifi...%20Webcam.aspx |
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It would go ****ing 80? 1.25M lb going 80 MPH? **** that in the facehole. |
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11-15-2013, 04:34 PM | #33 | |
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Hell the UPs 4-8-4 eight-hundred class Northern's didnt hit they're power band until 85MPH they were easily capable of twice that even with a heavy train in tow
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11-15-2013, 04:35 PM | #34 |
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That'd scare the ****balls out of me. Hell an 85,000 lb truck is good enough for this fat man.
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11-15-2013, 04:36 PM | #35 | |
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The Great Northern Railroad is another great story of American awesomeness
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11-15-2013, 08:56 PM | #36 |
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grr
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Very cool.
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11-15-2013, 09:31 PM | #38 |
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Not really. Compared to the interstate system, it's not a big deal.
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11-15-2013, 09:48 PM | #39 | |
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& thats just 1 aspect The train-truck debate has been brewing as long as interstates connected major centers of commerce. While railroads reigned supreme for over one-hundred years going back to Abraham Lincoln’s time, trucks are an increasingly visible form of transporting goods over land. (Trains still transport more freight however.) http://www.thezephyr.com/environ/trucktrain.html
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Interesting UP passes my farm at about 3-400 yards be interesting to see it barrel down the highway. Any route map available?
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Literally nearly 2 miles of dung rolling into a decent sized plant every day. 200 cars a day at 53' a car.
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that looks like the kind of train that could **** shit up.
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I have chased UPs 844 & 3985 down HYW 30 all the way Cheyenne more times then I can count before my Pops passed away. Out west of North Platte they really open them up
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