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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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You like to ride big boys and little boys? Really gets you off, huh?
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11-15-2013, 02:33 PM | #19 |
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With tender on behind, it weighs more than a ****ing 747-8.
edit: by roughly 300,000 lbs.
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11-15-2013, 02:55 PM | #20 |
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From Wikipedia
With tender 1,250,000 lb (566,990.5 kilograms) Power type Steam Reference:[1] 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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My dad took me to the railroad museum in St. Louis when I was 15. Only vacation we ever took that wasn't on the river.
My great grandpa started on the Frisco and my cousins work for B & N. My uncle put in over 40 years.
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If I was "driving" that thing I'd sport club the entire trip...
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11-15-2013, 03:12 PM | #27 |
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Tool & dye makers. Sad that they are a dying breed in this country.
I wounder how many hours it took this old-timer to build this 8th scale Big Boy? 15,000 hours?
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That thing is massive, pretty crazy. How cool that it's still rolling
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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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Good chance I know him, or know of him
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