Come along for a ride on The Big Boy steam locomotive

Traveling on The Big Boy steam locomotive from Elko to Carlin on July 8, 2024.

[@midengineZ06]

Big Boy may be old but it's a priceless piece of history still rolling to this day

[@dominiquecampos1512]

It surely is a beauty

[@rexmyers991]

I am 81 now and, as a boy, I would run down to the tracks and watch each time I heard the whistle of a steam engine. I wanted to be an engineer, but I became an airline Captain instead.

[@glennoropeza3545]

Good choice! Unfortunately the airline industry is what put a lot of these passenger trains and their locomotives out of business- both Steam and Diesel/electric.

[@78FullSizeBronco]

Me too, although steam was long gone by my time, my first big fascination was anything and everything to do with the railroad. Now I'm a trucker, but what an era it must have been to lived during the tail end of the steam era! When my grandpa was a kid, he and his brother could catch rides on the caboose of a steam locomotive into town to take in a movie or whatever for 25 cents!

[@ppheard1254]

Same age as Biden and still has childhood dreams.

[@briansatchell2319]

Well done you Guys. Best Wishes from me in New Zealand

[@jaredklock8473]

The wrist motion to blow that whistle perfectly is aweseome.

[@SternLX]

They call it "Quilling". Each engineer develops their own Quill style over time.

[@eva.cassidy]

Ed Dickens - Whistle Artist!!

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

It doesn't meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission standards, but who cares?! Look at it go!

[@briansatchell2319]

By a MAN who Loves his job

[@pageriskin8743]

Ed Dickens is clearly a virtuoso at the steam whistle

[@ThatBIGTRAINGuy]

This must be the most awesome vehicle to drive. I mean, aeroplanes may be bigger, faster and such but with this you are completely in touch with all the mechanics and power. Ed has one of the best jobs in the world. Thanks for sharing this. Simon

[@kevinblackwell9820]

What a treat - views from the cab, with Ed no less. Excellent coverage of a historic steam engine.

[@sparky107107]

you will never find a man in the world today, that love's his job more than Ed. and the steam crew.

[@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx]

aggree

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

It doesn't meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission standards, but who cares?! Look at it go!

[@FirstnameLastname-tp4zw]

Ed

[@glennoropeza3545]

Thank God there are people who still have the working knowledge to operate these giant monsters!

[@FirstnameLastname-tp4zw]

@@glennoropeza3545 it's a steam locomotive for Christ sake. We got this man no worries dude.

[@deantrainr]

Great video!! I bet any engineer or fireman that operated a 4000 back in the 1940’s and 50’s never saw a cab that clean and tidy; beautiful restoration of the 4014!!👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@timlabell]

My point exactly 💯 but you have to see that there is a woman involved. 😊😊😊

[@ALCO-C855-fan]

​@@timlabellCooool also I get the joke XD😂

[@mojavepatrol4767]

When I was a child one of the things i loved doing was pretending to be an engineer in the cab of the Big Boy at the L.A. County fair. It's so wonderful to see it come alive again in my lifetime.

[@ColAngus]

Blowing that whistle is an artform in itself. :)

[@kentr2424]

I bet every time Ed opens the throttle on the Big Boy he says "I can't believe I get paid to do this!"....

[@wythetrumpet6419]

Wow, this takes me back to the end of the steam era as a child. Steam locomotives have personality that diesels just don't have. Love'em!

[@jasondrinovsky7962]

What a majestic machine! I have loved the 4-8-8-4's since I was a kid. I always loved 3985 and wondered man, what if a 4000 ever ran again? Here it is. Amazing! This just shows how much the 4000's meant to the Union Pacific.

[@iowa_don]

2:11 - Love the wrist flick to control that whistle!! Who do I have to bribe to get a ride in the cab?? When I was a kid I wanted to be a train engineer - I even had a train engineer hat. I did become an engineer, a Mechanical engineer.

[@GaryA]

Great video! Very unique view and perspective. One I've never seen before. Thanks for posting it.

[@lawrencequave7361]

Beautiful, impressive loco, excellent video (shot 'out west' -- beautiful). I'm an 'airplane nut' but there is NOTHING more impressive than a GIANT steam locomotive shootin' out steam and smoke and sounding a steam whistle. Always amazed at how so many huge, heavy, 'loco' parts can be assembled and run at high speed without exploding and running off the tracks. Keep her running and best wishes to everyone who makes that possible. She's a national treasure.

[@robertpucci5019]

Nice video, thanks for sharing!!!!

[@JDubya96]

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with everyone! Blessings to ya’ll from Oklahoma!

[@patroberts5449]

🎶🎵🎶🎵16 cars and 16 restless riders…three conductors…25 stacks of mail….🎶🎵🎶 love that song and this train brings it to life!

[@Fred-kz5xh]

City of New Orleans, made famous by Arlo Guthrie, but written by Steve Goodman, I believe. Excellent video.

[@erichiller4144]

Thank you for making me feel like I was 10 again. Wow. I wish the big boy would come to the Northeast. I'd definitely take a ride. Great video.

[@NealTeresa157]

I Love Big Boy! I got a chance to see Big Boy In Victorville California a few years back on a Tour. Thanks for sharing this outstanding Video 🚂

[@002tar]

It was in Roseville today

[@glennoropeza3545]

These triple expansion steam locomotive are nothing but raw brutal torque!

[@doherty2jz845]

sat in the cab, of the big boy at scranton. I can only imagine how awesome it is at speed functioning.

[@goodkarmechanic]

That was Great! Thanks for sharing!

[@rudycarlson8245]

You were extremely lucky to get to ride in the cab! I am jealous!

[@bigwoz78]

Incredible, what a view

[@MELFREES55]

IRON~HORSE'S..Are Amazing..Still Running To This Day ! ~~ My Grandfather Was Born In 1877..Became An Engineer And Ran Trains..Starting In 1900..WOW ! ~~ Great To See Pieces Of History..Still On The Go !

[@stevemellin5806]

When it was sitting in Pomona I got to blow the whistle They had air pumped in . Sounds fantastic with steam .glad it's free on the rails again . fantastic job those people did just great

[@eva.cassidy]

They need to get a couple of other engines at Pomona restored and running. But we know it takes $$ and a place to run them.

[@jtq69]

Ed Dickens is a gentleman of the highest order. A master of his craft and a lover of the industry and its history. Part of the soul of the Big Boy

[@rickvanheerden788]

What a behemoth! What a pleasure!

[@CraigJensen-tq7sq]

I can’t wait for Big Boy to return to Ogden next week. I’m going to take my daughter and her children to see this magnificent machine.

[@rev.randall2292]

This never gets old.

[@williammetcalf7239]

So cool. Made the drive to Roseville to see it during the layover there.

[@AaronDotZone]

This was amazing to hear and watch.

[@jonathanbarker71]

This UP 4014 Big Boy have PTC on this steam locomotive.

[@hughsmith7281]

Thanks for posting it

[@glennhelm9525]

Oh no, I was just in Elko. I didn't see any info on this & I was at the museum. Would love to see this coming through the Palisades. Great shots of the Humboldt river crossing. See you at the Star! & Thanks to all for the hard work of keeping these running.

[@GaryCottle-lw3cx]

My dad was a fireman on the Northwestern Pacific in Northern CA in the 1950s. Now I take his grandchildren to see steam trains around the west. The UP crew are hard workers Proud Americans.

[@jimmylieb5225]

wow!! my brother and I were traveling on the road by the tracks just a few weeks ago on our way to and from Reno. wish we could have seen Big Boy!! we're both RR enthusiasts from our days as kids living near tracks in the early 1960's! spent a night in Elko and couldn't sleep well that night but watched and recorded trains running past our hotel in the wee hours of the morning at the Quality Inn on the N side of town.

[@RupeshSingh-ov9ei]

So many people already to welcome this beauty..❤❤❤

[@cjespers]

I'm 69. Lived in Omaha my entire life. We had the shops here. Wow. Lots of great memories there. Thanks for the video.

[@ascensionjimenez567]

Qué MARAVILLA!!!! CASI 300 AÑOS DE HISTORIA DE LA INGENIERIA!!!¡ VIVA EL FERROCARRIL!!!!!

[@philippecate964]

What a great sharing !!!! Thank you so much ;-) I am surprised because I thougt it would be very noisy but it actually sounds nearly silent !!!

[@raymondszybowicz7597]

That gentleman is Shure a master of his craft

[@Jacob-Tabor]

I used to watch the Union Pacific VHS TAPE that came with the Book. Over and over again! And this scene came on just like on youtube now. Coal needs to make a comeback in the USA. I found out from recent online research of my own. That there are coal burning railways in Europe still used for commuter service.

[@anthonycamilleri7297]

Thank you so much for sharing,to see Big Boy running wow and from the cab too, cheers from Melbourne Australia 🦘

[@Tanner6-tp8nx]

A kids dream. Awesome video!

[@wkjeeping9053]

It's a different monster when actually shoveling coal. That oil feed fire is not the same. The power it has when coal fire feels a true inspiring machine made by man. It's just sad that 95 percent of the steam locos are being converted to oil burners. I did fireman work for 6 years on 618 and 75 in heber, Utah.

[@dickdaley9059]

Two men could not shovel sufficient coal into the heart of this beast to keep the pressure at 300psi. It had to use the screw auger to deliver coal to evenly distribute the fuel inside the boiler. The Fireman controlled the auger from his seat and balanced water insertion with independent valves during the run. Every function was manually controlled. Nothing automated, nothing programmed. Just experienced operators trained to 1940’s operations keeping the monster happy and fed! 🚂

[@williammoreno2378]

I'll take oil any day for a steam plant.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Interesting to see a third turbo-generator installed. 🤔

[@ericemmons3040]

My understanding is that it's being used to power the new PTC equipment that was recently installed.

[@davibispo1321]

Fantastic steam Locomotive. The legend.

[@okzoomer5728]

Would love footage of when this thing rolled into Salt Lake. I didn't get to be there for it ;;

[@chrisnewberry9075]

I really do enjoy watching this train but I wish it would come to tennessee

[@fedupdomer5654]

that whistle work was like a maestro conducting an orchestra

[@CatapultVideos]

Great video

[@deborahbeswick1396]

Delicious so delicious ❤

[@clarencetrice4442]

that steam engine train weighed over a million pounds and could pull a 5 1/2 mile train by itself awesome that's 1 of a kind they don't make like that no more 😮😮 alot trains hauled the goods 4 WW2 during the war years 😊😊 OMG 7 11 2O24

[@chrisoconnell5143]

Union pacific always does things in a big way

[@RickyJr46]

It had to be hot in that cab! 🥵

[@CC-hl5zj]

Looking forward to seeing it again in Oklahoma!

[@trackman174]

Very nice video. As a boy I would go and wait for the commuter train to stop at the station. It was pulled by a steam locomotive and I believe it was one of the last in the country. This was the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in the early 60’s. It was good to see parents bringing their children to see living history.

[@benjaminmorton4958]

I got to hear that whistle while standing under a highway bridge. About blew out my ear drums.

[@robertsheridan3377]

We took our Grandsons to see Big Boy! 🚂

[@islandgirlejfan]

OMGOSH, this is such a WOW! I would so love to do this!

[@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx]

wow.that is one big steam locomotive.

[@kenforu1531]

Biggest EVER 😊

[@mrkc10]

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing

[@nicolayu.kotomanoff4358]

Loco is cool😊 The loco's girl is smooth❤👍

[@patroberts5449]

It was awes9me to see in Roseville yesterday!

[@richardbrobeck2384]

great video !

[@dennisk5818]

It is strange to see a glass panel inside the cab of a steam engine. This Big Boy is one beautiful machine.

[@sharkheadism]

Wish we could've gotten this in 1080

[@garyjones9023]

Well done +1

[@2quintly]

Excellent !

[@RickyJr46]

@ 4:23 the iron horse greets a herd!

[@truenorth3077]

That was fun! Thanks for the cool video.

[@Matt18.6]

How far east does he go? It would be kewl to see him up close.

[@Guytrains]

Love that locomotive 😊

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Is that Ed at the controls again?

[@kevinbreaker2683]

4014❤awesome 🚂🚂

[@MerleDoughty-yw6cl]

amazing that this loco has been preserved and used

[@sallywhite2357]

This Is A Treat For Me ❤

[@frankkie3849]

That’s a massively impressive engineering achievement,,😊

[@BillyBones18]

That fireman must have been overjoyed when UP converted her from coal to oil. Now he can sit back enjoy the ride.

[@deanlamberth0sbcglob]

I wish someone would capture the eye lid that closes over the the smoke stack.

[@johnnyrvf]

In other countries, the whistle/horn is used to warn people of the approach of the train, not to make a noise for the sake of it...

[@002tar]

Gorgeous piece of machinery

[@ArtsMadeSimple249]

4:05 perfectly cut whistle 😂

[@johndermont2231]

Sure looks like fun!

[@kurtv4946]

This is just awesome!

[@texasrailfanproductions9970]

i would do anything to get a cab ride with the 4014 from Dallas to Fort Worth in TX

4014 is literally a celebrity where ever he goes...

[@002tar]

How do you know it’s not a she? Hahaha

[@maxheuser4968]

They should call this magnificent beast: The Bison

[@GLEX234]

Tamara is the real Boss, Ed needs her to get the number to get Big Boy moving

[@briansatchell2319]

Now that is an AMAZING piece of Machinery

[@garyacker7388]

Wow thanks 😊

[@richardhetrick4770]

I seen a big boy in person it makes Shea locomotive in Cass WV seem very small and Baldwin 4 4 0 seem like a toy which was a switcher or shunt engine in the yard

[@user-gk8gg1zt7l]

Super film - Like!!

[@user-uc9tj5uh8x]

Америка должна гордиться такими паровозами😊👍👍👍👍

[@rusty383]

The Best Job in the World ! 😊

[@vickielewis3848]

Never get tired of the big boy and that deep throated whistle. The iron horse. 👋👱‍♀️🇺🇲

[@Supernaut2000]

It breathes, therefore it is alive!

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

5:49 What?! They still have obsolete bridges and tunnels on this route?! No double stack intermodal freigh?!.

[@ehcatsfaneric2211]

What happened to Steve Lee who ran the Challenger tears ago back east for the Santa Train?

[@richardcathcart2952]

Engine is way more mechanically complex than a simple NASA rocket.

[@tomhewson501]

Awesome!