Continuing my very popular postings on the restoration and eventual return to service of the UP 4014. Better known as the Big Boy. These were the largest steam engines ever built, and were built solely for one railroad, the Union Pacific Railroad. My Alma Matter, so to speak. Before I came to Amtrak, I worked for 17 years for the UP, so this engine is as much my heritage as the guys still over there. So enjoy the postings, feel free to ask any questions about the engine....I will post to it time to time, but not daily, as the news on it is sporadic at best......enjoy.....

This months installment is about the prep work going on to prepare the engine for the long journey back to Cheyenne, where it worked nearly all of it's life, and will be rebuilt also....for those that are not familiar with steam locomotives, this is power on a level that most people can not comprehend even to this day....