if you can make the sat eve. we have the boat and place to stay,,, come on out for a drink or two,,, boating a little sun, and back home,...Quote:
Originally Posted by McRib
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if you can make the sat eve. we have the boat and place to stay,,, come on out for a drink or two,,, boating a little sun, and back home,...Quote:
Originally Posted by McRib
I appreciate that. Lemme see how the day goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FORCEFULL
Sunny side up.......sitting on snap track out in the sun.....aint she something? This side of her has not been seen like this for years, as she was stored up against a hill and this side of her was under trees and foliage.....amazing to see her again......
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4014 left the fairplex early this morning. It's now sitting in the colton classification yard off of slover west of Riverside Ave south of the 10. It is not accessible but will be next weekend and the following weekend. 19100 slover is the address where it's at. Right now u can get about 300 yards from it. It's on its own siding on the south side of the yard. I want to find out its route to cheyanne and time table. Brett what u got on that? Is it supposed to be pulled up the Cajon pass??
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Hard to say if it will go up to Cajon. It got here that way, should go back that way. Cajon pass has sharp curves, not really conducive to big engines like this. They may have to walk it out of town but get it out they will. Once it get over Cajon, it goes out to Daggett, about 12 miles east of Barstow, and takes a sharp left turn there out through Yermo and out to Vegas. Out of Vegas it's up to SLC and points east from there. Big Boys never were assigned to the run from SLC to LA, they were kept out on the Wasatch line between Cheyenne and Green River. I have heard there was one time one made it out to LA, but never was positive about it. When they brought it down Cajon in the 60's for preservation, she had to be brought down at walking speed due to the curvature of the track. As an engineer who ran Cajon for 15 years, that ain't easy to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by McRib
Update: According to a UP buddy, it is Cajon bound. Hope this helps!! Go chase her, have fun!!:D:D:D:D
bump..
She's back. She is the stuff of legends, she is the largest, heaviest, most powerful land based machine man has ever built. The men who ran them were giants, amazing, fascinating men. I had the priveledge to meet a couple at a UP convention once upon a time in a different life. It has been a dream of mine to see one run before I die. Now I hope to get that chance. The man who taught the man who taught me to run trains ran these, it's heritage, it's pride, it's a hundred years of traditions passed down from teacher to student. These are my colors, and yes, they run deep.
With the greatest pride and humble respect, welcome back UP 4014, safe travels till we see you again in 2018.....
Brett A. Blanchard
Locomotive Engineer
UPRR 1990-2006
Amtrak 2006-Present
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Should make for some epic photo ops though the Cajon?
And as a little bit of nostalgia...the Big Boy got it's name by an unknown shop worker at the Alco Locomotive works when he took a piece of chalk and wrote out the words "Big Boy" on the front door of the smoke box. In a nod to him, someone has again written "Big Boy" exactly as he did so long ago. If you look closely, you can see the nod to a little history on the front of the engine. :D:D:D