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Old 11-15-2013, 01:34 PM  
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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.
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edit: by roughly 300,000 lbs.
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With tender 1,250,000 lb (566,990.5 kilograms)

Power type Steam
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Builder American Locomotive Company
Build date 1941 (20), 1944 (5)
Total produced 25
Configuration 4-8-8-4
UIC classification (2′D)D2′ h4
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading wheel
diameter 36 in (914 mm)
Driver diameter 68 in (1,727 mm)
Trailing wheel
diameter 42 in (1,067 mm)
Wheelbase 72 ft 5.5 in (22.09 m)
Length Locomotive: 85 ft 3.4 in (25.99 m)
Overall: 132 ft 9 1⁄4 in (40.47 m)
Width 11 ft (3.4 m)
Height 16 ft 2 1⁄2 in (4.94 m)
Weight on drivers 540,000 lb (244,939.9 kilograms)
Locomotive weight 762,000 lb (345,637.4 kilograms)
Tender weight 342,200 lb (155,219.3 kilograms) (2/3 load)
Locomotive and tender
combined weight 1,250,000 lb (566,990.5 kilograms)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 28 short tons (25.4 t; 25.0 long tons)
Water capacity 25,000 US gal (95,000 l; 21,000 imp gal)
Boiler 95 in (2,400 mm)
Boiler pressure 300 lbf/in˛ (2.1 MPa)
Firegrate area 150 sq ft (14 m2)
Heating surface:
Tubes and flues 5,035 sq ft (468 m2)
Heating surface:
Firebox 720 sq ft (67 m2)
Heating surface:
Total 5,735 sq ft (533 m2)
Superheater type Type A
Superheater area 2,043 sq ft (190 m2)
Cylinders 4
Cylinder size 23.75 × 32 in (603 × 813 mm)
Top speed 80 mph (130 km/h)
Tractive effort 135,375 lbf (602.18 kN)
Factor of
adhesion 4.11
Career
Railroad(s) Union Pacific Railroad
Class 4000–4019: 4884-1
4020–4024: 4884-2
Last run July 21, 1959
Preserved 4004, 4005, 4006, 4012, 4014, 4017, 4018, 4023
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I wounder how many hours it took this old-timer to build this 8th scale Big Boy? 15,000 hours?

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For the record that is not. I repeat NOT ME. I could give two ****s about diesel electric locomotives,but I wont. My ****s are worth much more
Ive got a cousin that re does old steam engines in the kc area you remind me alot of him. And your right theres nothing like being there and feeling a steam engine do its thing.
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