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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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I don't get days off. They have a antique show in lathrop but I haven't gone yet.
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hay one time I rhode a train
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11-17-2013, 12:45 PM | #78 |
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Some pics of Godshall Custom Locomotive works, & his machining shop
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Whoa, it's coming to the CWS?
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04-13-2019, 06:08 PM | #81 |
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Just an update. The largest locomotive ever built. Is completely back together and her boiler was filled with in-house steam a few weeks back.
Her maiden run will be to Ogden Utah for the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike. They will have 844 there as well and from what I'm hearing. Both locomotives will double head back to Cheyenne.
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I'm sure it'll make it down here sooner than later.
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