Bringing the Big Boy Back to Life

[@Idkjustgothere]

Thank you Union pacific for bringing back this awesome peace of railroad history cant wait to see it for my self one day!!

[@663rainmaker]

Roundhouse Warrior in a few days I will be next to the two brothers..4004 and 4014 and how much that means more to me... as 4004 was our own play ground set in the 60's of Cheyenne Wyoming...kinda like it is Family member out of place.. You can see alot more of our own family members who are not forgotten about.. and my late Brother In Law William Bill Riley Sr operated 43 years UPRR Locomotive Engineer Safety Awards sit in the Gold Spike Museum in Bailey Yard! All Aboard!

[@dollophead294]

Just saw it... IT'S AWESOME!!

[@shorelinerailproductions]

Ummmm......its a boy not a girl

[@dollophead294]

@@shorelinerailproductions OMG YEAH LOL XD

[@union_4014]

IM A BOY D:

[@UberLukario]

Thank you, Union Pacific, for bringing back one of the most iconic steam locomotives ever. Welcome back UP 4014.

[@union_4014]

UberLukario Thank you

[@Ritalie]

This gives you hope for the Human race. This is the kind of stuff Humans and corporations should be spending their money on. And it wasn't long ago that a CEO of a company would have refused to pay for this. But you can see that times have changed, and we are getting better as a species. Bringing back beautiful art like this. The next thing they are going to do is fully rebuild the "Penn Station" in New York after it was demolished in 1968 to build Madison Square Garden on top of it.

[@kristoffermangila]

One problem with that, though: would the sport lovers of NYC (especially Rangers and Knicks fans) agree to demolish MSG in favor of a railroad station? Their replies would like "Oh no, not in our lifetimes, pal!"

[@mark19615]

Well done Yanks, just bloody well done. UP and all the team should stand proud both of their work and the service they have done for your country. Take a bow. I send you greetings and salutations from this side of the pond in UK

[@johnrickard8512]

I guess UP was inspired by you guys, as you all brought back the legendary Flying Scotsman. Both locomotives are impressive in their own right, and feats of engineering that stand the test of time. I guess that means I should return the favor and congratulate you Brits for doing the same with the Flying Scottsman

[@digitalrailroader]

Us Americans don’t have the same sense of preservation as you Brits do, you guys actually go full Jurassic Park, and are bringing back completely extinct locomotives from the drivers up! (The Best examples are Tornado, and the Prince of Wales)

[@308RoadReady]

@@digitalrailroader That is due to the young age of our culture. In a few hundred years, hopefully more of our history will be preserved. Rail is a key figure in the origin of our identity to due to the young age of our culture, and will be far more important in the future. All the hard work people are doing rebuilding steam today, will be priceless assets in the future to show our history.

[@Cpt_Boony_Hat]

Oh I disagree look at Musem ships the only major ship the UK has left from WWII is Belfast wereas the U.S has a lot more. It's just the U.S has more money and is tends to focus on bigger ticket items.

[@DAVEGADGETBOY]

digitalrailroader you say that but i’ve heard there is a plan to build a brand new pennsylvania railroad T1 and to use it to attempt to break the record set by the A4 class Mallard

[@mikeggg5671]

The Union Pacific has never changed its name - it has been the Union Pacific since its inception. Union Pacific knows it helped to build a nation, and that today, it helps sustain it. Unlike some other railroads, Union Pacific has never forgotten or ignored its own history. UP embraces community, railfans, and friends - rather than repulse or push them away. UP is friendliness, class, power, glory, and strength. UP is America. Thank you Union Pacific!

[@dsmith9964]

The Union Pacific of today is not the same corporate identity as it was years ago. When Southern Pacific purchased the UP, SP took the UP name. Likewise when DRGW purchased the new UP it also took the UP name. In other words, the old UP from years ago was merged away several times and only the Union Pacific name has survived.

[@robertromaine6225]

@@dsmith9964 Southern Pacific absolutely did not purchase the UP.

[@dsmith9964]

@@robertromaine6225 I stand corrected...somewhat. ..thank you! DRGW purchased SP in 1988 but renamed itself to SP. When UP purchased SP (former DRGW) it folded UP into SP Transportation and then renamed itself UP. So the current UP Transportation is actually the former Rio Grande Industries....sort of.

[@Mike44460]

A testament to the skill of AMERICAN tradesman and a company willing to invest in those employees. WELL DONE Union Pacific!

[@taofledermaus]

Outstanding work!

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

Thank you Union Pacific for bringing back the legend the big boy

[@k4productions]

I drove from NJ to St. Louis to see this for a minute and it was worth every second driving

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Get hyped

[@isolatedirectorofficial]

Cool seing you here!

[@UP4014]

Thank you Union Pacific for restoring the mighty locomotive. Thank you.

[@union_4014]

UnionPacific4014 & 844 :0

[@2quintly]

What words can begin to explain how America feels regarding the return of BIG BOY! Everything GREAT to the Union Pacific and the Steam Crew.

[@ExtraSillylilguy]

I’m so sad I will never see this beast in real life because I live all the way over in Australia but I thank you so much for bringing this giant, gargantuan piece of absolute amazing material back on the railway to transport passengers, freight and memories. I’m hoping this engine doesn’t break down for about at least two decades to give me enough time to move out because I’m 11 right now and want go to America to view this gargantuan beast for myself

[@joseortizcanchola6877]

YOU DID IT Union Pacific you've done well for getting the job done...and I can't wait till Big Boy comes to California in person

[@conclaveluminis]

Bless you Union Pacific. I'm sitting in Australia watching this with tears in my eyes. Welcome back 4014.

[@brianhebert347]

Thank you Union Pacific. I can't express how much respect I have for the steam crew. Congratulations!

[@union_4014]

Brian Hebert thx for respecting my crew

[@PeterPan18489]

Amazing - Thanks for investing in this, great corporate foresight

[@justinp7497]

Thanks you Union Pacific for being the greatest and most influential railroad in the US, great job guys

[@Buynot]

A system wide tour? I better start making my way to LA to catch a glimpse of it this summer!

[@thunderbird1921]

A run to Kansas City or Texas might be in the works too, since they're now on some UP trackage!

[@linkfan95]

Hopefully they still care about their Vegas system, I'd to love it in person myself.

[@flipflopsguy8868]

Crawled all over it when it was @TheFairplex and I'm happy EVERYONE gets to see BACK TO LIFE !

[@mortensen1961]

@@linkfan95: It's scheduled to be in Vegas from October 6th through the 8th.. .

[@union_4014]

did u make it?

[@railfangarrett6313]

Amazing work union pacific🎉

[@smokeybandit9760]

I've waited for this moment for a *VERY* long time. Thank you to all the men and women who put their heart and soul into making this beast of a machine rule the rails once more.

[@rickystrainvideos3041]

So happy it’s restored! Well done UP!

[@union_4014]

Ricky’s Train Videos thx

[@billdonaldson7690]

I cannot say anything that has not already been said, but I must say Thank You! :)

[@zhardoum]

Love from Spain 🇪🇸 Total Respect for what you did here.. just ‘awesome’.... USA has its issues.. glad to see honoring your past hasn’t fallen foul of the beancounters.. this at least, is a ‘pure’ act & i love you for it.

[@johnrickard8512]

Oh I'm sure Big Boy will be pulling some huge freight trains as that is what it was designed and built to do initially. Of course that isn't a problem - that makes it a piece of LIVING history much like the Flying Scotsman which is flying down the high speed lines in the UK.

[@jshepard152]

It's not bean counters who keep us from honoring our history.

[@jimm2099]

I never had a thought that this would ever happen, not only getting one in running condition but fully restoring one is absolutely amazing! Thank you to Union Pacific.

[@youtubevlogproductions7579]

Jim M Me Neither I found out from my grandma and mother They told me that it would be in Butler on Thursday, July 25, 2019

[@youtubevlogproductions7579]

But I thought it would never run again because that’s what people were told for decades it’s too big it’s too heavy it burned too much fuel there was too much smoke coming out of it we had to remove too much ash from it well at least tons of ash from it and I mean tons of ash or they thought it wouldn’t work successfully on the oil that they are burning.

[@youtubevlogproductions7579]

Me nether

[@dam1041960]

And that's why your number 1 in the world. No one bigger! Go big train! GO U.P.!

[@ATSFVentaSpurNscaler]

Congratulations Union Pacific! You did good bringing the Big Boy back from the dustbin of history. This behemoth's resurrection and return to the rails befits our nation's grand sesquicentennial celebration in Utah to commemorate the Golden Spike ceremony that marked America's first transcontinental railroad. Thanks for sharing the Big Boy with all of America in this celebration. -from Tom Pilling

[@union_4014]

y is there so much trainz here

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

How dare someone dislike this video!!

[@jordangogov2060]

Well done folks, well done! Congrats to the UP Steam Shop for achieving this monumental goal.

[@ritaloy8338]

I wish to thank the Union Pacific for allowing, suppotting, compleatting, operating and maintaining of the Union Pacific Locomotive 4014 and the Union Pacific Locomotive 844. I hope to see in the near future the Union Pacific 3985 back in full operating condition. I would love to see Union Pacific 4014 doing what he was built for taking a freight train between from Cheyenne to Ogden.

[@milepost465historyhobbies4]

Congratulations and Thank You U.P. ! You’re a class act in the Class 1 world. The spirits of all the men who’ve worked and ran UP steam are smiling from above.

[@butwere3-0wou]

It’s amazing....wow! It would be awesome if they could get this thing to SC somehow. We don’t have any UP lines here so I doubt it

[@caryhuff8924]

I plan on bringing my family (all 5 of us), from Australia to see and ride on a rolling piece of history.

[@SharkyCartelRailroad]

tears of joy as i see the old girl back on the rails

[@BlakesTrainsandMore4014]

It's a big boy so not a girl but I agree

[@roadtrain_]

@@BlakesTrainsandMore4014 Locomotives are generally referred to as feminine. And I mean in today's day and age having a transgender locomotive is rather progressive, don't you think? We only call Big Boys a he because of the name, if they were called Wasatch we'd refer to them as female. But we all know what we're referring to, so who cares. (please don't hate me)

[@FrehleyFan3988]

The golden age of railroading bought to life

[@stephenwilliamson4556]

Honestly never thought I'd see the day a Big Boy would return to steam, conisering the huge costs involved. Well done to all. Can't wait to come to the states and see it run.

[@MikesProjectsandHobbiesMC]

Thank you guys, seriously, thank you for rebuilding a huge part of American History.

[@michaellandry2227]

Sometimes even the most serious of railroad executives has to go out and engage in the sheer delight of playing with the trains. What a delight!

[@davemiller6893]

What a great company Union Pacific. To restore this wonderful icon of American history shows you care about your history and your countries heritage. People from around the world are very grateful to Union Pacific, long may you prosper. Thank you from the UK.

[@mhansl]

My Father instilled in us a great love of all things rail, particularly steam. I remember the UP calendar arriving every year. Dad would have absolutely loved this! Thanks UP!!!

[@HerrXenon_]

Brings a tear to my eye. I feel a weird connection with this machine, its power has always fascinated me since I was a child. Thank you Union Pacific, greetings from Italy.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@HerrXenon - You want more tears in your eyes, listen to "Roll On Big Boy" by Nebraska 66 on KZbin. A fantastic tribute to this great piece of history!

[@narmale]

bring it east!!! i'll buy two tickets for me and my excitement!!!!

[@MarkRenn]

DAMN, that is a gorgeous piece of workmanship. I cant wait until it comes through Jefferson City, MO.

[@aliceprokop6285]

Union pacific I love you guys and so so so happy to see a big boy run before

[@CEO100able]

This is awesome! Great job guys!

[@ronaldhass8413]

Steam engines are a piece of beautiful mechanical engineering and all that can be rescued, restored need to be. Thanks you Union Pacific for all the history brought back for all too see.

[@smiffy1071]

Umm, really happy to see this magnificent machine alive and well, but a few words from Ed would have been good don’t you think?

[@rearspeaker6364]

thats coming soon.

[@aphotographerfromcaliforni2661]

I thought that I had missed the Golden Age of Steam. To see a Big Boy fully restored reassures me that it’s a damn great time to be alive. Thank you, Union Pacific, for never giving up on the people of the United States of America

[@PS-nf3xw]

Welcome back the monarch of the railway!

[@rexluminus9867]

UNION PACIFIC rocks. ***** Nice video. Thank you. Greatings from 🇭🇺Hungary. Also from our Big 424 BULL. Steam locomotive.

[@czperiod2576]

2:19 Steam engines and Wind Turbines. Truly the Alpha and Omega of energy.

[@thewastelandbrony]

1:01 That's me and my brother! I'm on the right and he's on the left. We chased it all day to it's first overnight stop, and it was a lot of fun!

[@christophergoodman404]

God she is beautiful

[@NeonTube]

You have done an incredible job on that absolute giant of a locomotive :) It's truly awesome to see something like this back on the rails again! It's absolutely breathtaking!

[@railroad9000]

That whistle sends chills up and down the spine when it sounds off! Great!

[@Loulovesspeed]

@Bill rouleau - My pick for the best sound of this whistle is KZbin - "UP Big Boy 4014 leaving Gurdon." I get those same chills in my spine when I hear the whistle's bellow echoing through the surrounding woods. Man that is a moving sound!

[@Nebraskadude74]

Please come to Seattle!!!

[@blazingwisp]

What a beautiful sight seeing a double header between the 4014 and the 844

[@Joe_Murphy-REV_Realty]

She's DONE!!!!! How awesome!!! Thank you to Union Pacific for taking on this enormous task, and bringing a piece of American History back to life. Can't wait to ride her!

[@thomashninan3825]

It's a him It's a boy big boy

[@highlander723]

OMG SHES FINALLY DONE!!! BEAUTIFUL!!

[@blakeharvey539]

I was so excited to hear the news about the restoration 5 years ago, I can't believe its finally complete!!!

[@gerrywatson261]

Return of the King! Well done UP and to all those incredible people who made it possible to bring this magnificent beast back to life! A U.K Rail Enthusiast rail enthusiast

[@chuck1641]

I don't know what to say. She's glorious. Salute to Ed Dickens, the entire UP steam team, and Union Pacific, the greatest railroad ever. AWESOME!!

[@railroadvelocipedeproducti2020]

Thank you Union Pacific for bringing the big boy back to life once again and thank the lord for making it possible

[@WesB1972]

Return of a giant and a piece of American history. Thank you Union Pacific.

[@rayman4449]

Thank you Union Pacific for making this possible!!!!

[@commandingofficerkanawha7546]

Truly amazing! You guys did an outstanding job on bringing 4014 back. As a Pennsylvanian, I hope one day I’ll be able to fly out to Cheyenne to see the machine myself.

[@redhen334]

Wow, absolute respect for everyone involved in bringing this grand locomotive back to life.

[@DefaultName-vh3lo]

Dear Mr. Fritz...thank you for supporting the effort but please remember this effort will be remembered long after you and I are gone. This is American history! Few have had this opportunity.

[@trainimator]

What an amazing locomotive and what a dedicated team to have brought it to life. Union Pacific, thank you so very much. This locomotive is one of many that sparked my interest in steam and it is so nice to see it back.

[@F-Man]

Thank you, UP, for recognizing that you have an irreplaceable piece of history here, and for restoring it and sharing it with the world.

[@Kris-qy7hh]

I love her soooo much! Thank you for bringing her back to life!

[@kellypainter7625]

But... it is a boy... a Big Boy! With a "V" for victory!

[@noname-yo6yn]

So this is whats for me the br01 in germany. Even if its a cargo only steam loco. Just the big daddy and one of the most beautifullest locos in the world. Greetings from germany

[@andyrowlands50029]

Fantastic achievement Union Pacific, very well done!!

[@catfish552]

Something I've wanted to see since I was a kid. Thank you, UP.

[@2railnation]

Great job guys! We've been waiting a long time to see this.

[@railroad9000]

In was lucky enough to see her on her return trip to Cheyenne when it stopped over in Salt Lake City! Impressive then but much more so now, freshly shopped!

[@spoiledmilk5592]

Thank you Union Pacific, I have been a fan of your work since I was 5 years of age, and this is a dream come true.

[@Keyswiz71]

What a fantastic restoration! Well done to everyone involved throughout this project, the end result is superb. Sending you all best wishes from the UK!

[@Jubes123]

Thank you Union Pacific!

[@TheAuxmark3]

I've been waiting for this moment to happen

[@atsfevan0242]

2:03 does that include California!!!!????

[@jonathanp935]

Or the East Coast?

[@silverstatehighiron]

@@jonathanp935 System wide tour so that does not include the east coast. Only areas that have UP owned trackage.

[@mortensen1961]

It's supposed to make a triumphant return to Pomona October 12. .

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

No because steam is illegal there

[@pokemonfantransitandrail8269]

@@kansasstatealerting2874 Santa Fe 3751

[@pauld.1256]

I’ve gained a lot of respect for Union Pacific and their efforts to restore such a BEAST in a day of cut backs and down size news. I hope to see this in person someday soon.. does anyone know if Ohio is in its trips??

[@redhen334]

Paul Dendinger as far as I know, big boy is doing a system wide tour and I don’t think UP owns trackage in Ohio sadly. Closest it will get to ohio is somewhere in the midwest, maybe somewhere around Chicago but I’m no UP expert.

[@pauld.1256]

Redhen Railcar SAR thank you for informing me.. where l live is north central Ohio and the N&S and CSX run our lines but sometimes I’ll see U.P. Engines on them...I’ll make a trip west to catch it in person for sure...Thank You again,,,

[@cmac3288]

Paul Dendinger please lose that respect. This company has cut the mechanical department to the bare minimum and stored close to 2 thousand freight locomotives but they feel the steam program is more important than the 400+ families they have furloughed.

[@mikeggg5671]

@@cmac3288 Chris - those locomotives are not needed. Traffic is down. When they are needed, those engines will be returned to service.

[@johnrickard8512]

@@cmac3288 I'm pretty certain that just one of these old steamers can pull about twice the load of a modern diesel electric. Not sure about the fuel efficiency, though I do know the more work you do with a steam engine the more efficient it is.

[@GoogsMindbent]

childhood dream... realized! Amazing work guys!

[@phillipbonner5215]

What an awesome site thank you Union Pacific Railroad

[@advancedsoldier8569]

Literally the best railroad company

[@tjprptchable]

Thank you union pacific so much for bringing back to life the most beautiful magnificent giant of all time and my childhood dream the big boy wich represents the beauty of all steam engine. Thank you UP for taking your time to make our dream.

[@moosiem60]

great job on the Bigboy thank you.. UP ARE you still going to restore 3985 or not???

[@jackkreacherr9339]

Thank you so much Union Pacific for bringing this bad boy back to life! I appreciate it so much!

[@peytonboyd6430]

❤️

[@TRARP05]

Welcome back big boy

[@rkpr9370]

Thank you Union Pacific for restoring the biggest locomotive in history

[@proraptor4146]

So awesome

[@samuelmaltry6727]

Now I have a reason to visit the U.S from Australia 😁 long live 4014

[@lou_galli]

Looks amazing UP. Thanks for bringing the 4014 back.

[@siemenstraffic]

Thank you Union Pacific for bringing back this historical locomotive back to life. People in all ages gathered from far and near to watch this historical moment to see a Big Boy running on it's own power for the first time in almost 60 years! Union Pacific never forget that the Big Boy helped build America after World War 2, and that's why Union Pacific should stand proud for their motto - Building America!

[@timslager5966]

Thanks to all of your team of talented craftsmen who toiled to bring the Big Boy back to life. Thanks to management for having to foresight to do the same. I have visited the Steam Shop and appreciated the effort it takes to make these giants operate, the tenacity of the crew to perform and make it happen. Thanks Union Pacific, thanks!👍👍

[@rickparker8883]

What a moment! I wish I could have been there. Thanks to UP for giving Big Boy back to us!

[@ericschroeder6274]

Awesome!!! :)

[@TheAlchemisification]

Awesome! Never thought I would see one back on the rails. Fantastic! Well done and Congratulations.

[@buster8100]

What an amazing video, it was surreal to see this Beautiful peace of machinery under steam.

[@eaglescoutgaming7640]

Thank you so much for doing this! Building America you sure are! Will you drive by in Memphis, Tennessee?

[@PaddyPatrone]

wow, please where is the plan for this year, where can i see it?