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American Steel Back On The Rails - Big Boy #4014, 4-8-8-4!
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<blockquote data-quote="Lambeau" data-source="post: 16225911" data-attributes="member: 105189"><p><strong>The world's largest steam locomotive coming to a Midwest city near you after 2 years of restoration!</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm" target="_blank">2019 Union Pacific Steam Schedule</a></p><p><a href="https://www.up.com/media/releases/190613-big-boy-4014-midwest.htm" target="_blank">Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 Locomotive Prepares for 'Great Race Across the Midwest'</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581036[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>ALCO built No. 4014 in November 1941 and delivered it the following month to Union Pacific, which placed it in revenue service.No. 4014 was part of the first group of 20 Big Boys, classified as 4884-1. Designed to haul 3,600-ton trains over Utah's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasatch_Range" target="_blank">Wasatch Range</a>, No. 4014 and the 24 other Big Boys routinely pulled trains of up to 4,200 tons. No. 4014's last routine repairs took place in 1956.</p><p></p><p>No. 4014 completed its final revenue run on July 21, 1959, just hours before the last revenue run by any Big Boy. <strong><span style="color: #0000ff">It had traveled 1,031,205 miles (1,659,564 km) during its twenty years of revenue service.</span></strong> Union Pacific retired No. 4014 on December 7, 1961. All of the Big Boys were retired by 1962, their duties assumed by diesel locomotives and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_GTELs" target="_blank">gas turbine-electric locomotives</a> (GTELs). Union Pacific donated it to the Southern California chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, California, where it became one of the eight Big Boys preserved around the United States.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581035[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p><a href="https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/10-big-boy-no-4014-fired-up-for-the-first-time-may-12-excursion-announced" target="_blank">Big Boy No. 4014 fired up for the first time; May 12 excursion announced | Trains Magazine</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581038[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lambeau, post: 16225911, member: 105189"] [b]The world's largest steam locomotive coming to a Midwest city near you after 2 years of restoration![/b] [URL="https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm"]2019 Union Pacific Steam Schedule[/URL] [URL="https://www.up.com/media/releases/190613-big-boy-4014-midwest.htm"]Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 Locomotive Prepares for 'Great Race Across the Midwest'[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1581036[/ATTACH] ALCO built No. 4014 in November 1941 and delivered it the following month to Union Pacific, which placed it in revenue service.No. 4014 was part of the first group of 20 Big Boys, classified as 4884-1. Designed to haul 3,600-ton trains over Utah's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasatch_Range']Wasatch Range[/URL], No. 4014 and the 24 other Big Boys routinely pulled trains of up to 4,200 tons. No. 4014's last routine repairs took place in 1956. No. 4014 completed its final revenue run on July 21, 1959, just hours before the last revenue run by any Big Boy. [b][color=#0000ff]It had traveled 1,031,205 miles (1,659,564 km) during its twenty years of revenue service.[/color][/b] Union Pacific retired No. 4014 on December 7, 1961. All of the Big Boys were retired by 1962, their duties assumed by diesel locomotives and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_GTELs']gas turbine-electric locomotives[/URL] (GTELs). Union Pacific donated it to the Southern California chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, California, where it became one of the eight Big Boys preserved around the United States. [ATTACH=full]1581035[/ATTACH] [URL="https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/10-big-boy-no-4014-fired-up-for-the-first-time-may-12-excursion-announced"]Big Boy No. 4014 fired up for the first time; May 12 excursion announced | Trains Magazine[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1581038[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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