Pacing Union Pacific Big Boy

[@chuckeberth4370]

I can't get enough of watching 4014. Art in motion.

[@gregw7278]

Same here, watched many of Big Boy videos running full steam ahead. Saw him live, what a thrill.

[@aaron-prime117]

More like poetry in motion. Just like 611

[@SONICX1027]

It’s amazing to see that the Big Boy is getting a lot of Love

[@johnnyjames7139]

It is nearly unbelievable that the restoration was done. I love it. I play with my own steamers in 5" and 2 1/2" scales.

[@bcotterman499]

Excellent, just excellent. Love to see Big Boy in action. Hope you can post more! SAVE OUR STEAM TRAINS.

[@thomasavensjr.2790]

What an unexpected but enjoyable sight it is to see a UP "Big Boy" locomotive operating in the state of Louisiana.

[@joeydaniello6943]

I've always considered the big boy my favorite train, it looks amazing and now it runs amazing.

[@jjk4462]

I can watch this all day and usually do having it on in the background while working on hobbies. Thanks for creating so many great videos!

[@cecedavis6155]

One of the best Big Boy videos I've seen yet!! He's on a mission and having the time of his life in the Louisiana countryside. Just can't ask for better! One powerful, majestic engine announcing his arrival. Wow!!👏👏😊💯❤🚂❗

[@charlespuckett1912]

Beauty style and grace with so much power beautiful I love it that's on my to-do list to see this it's been so close to me and the state of Oklahoma but I couldn't get there to see it kudos to you you're filming this thank you

[@arnoldmace758]

Excellent paceing video totally enjoyed thanks for sharing

[@elmcreekrr]

Really nice video. Some impressive driving skills in the pace line. You can really see the injector issues as they water the weeds.

[@jimmckenna7007]

Poetry in motion...the man holding the flag made me choke up

[@philbarrett2055]

It’s great to see her running again, great video we’ve got nothing like her size in the uk as you are probably aware.

[@YODAMAN5]

wow, awesome ...A THING OF BEAUTY.

[@viperessprincess1012]

To say I am jealous, is an understatement. But the fact that you are so lucky, I’m very happy about that. Can only wish, that they could bring the big boy east of the Mississippi.

[@wade998]

Awesome video, some of the best there is! Ed should really mellow out with that horn.

[@verseb1]

I have memories of the steamers when they still ran . amazing

[@bobbywelch6035]

A friend of my Grandfather's gave him some steam locomotive log books and my Grandfather gave them to me. For the live of me, I don't know what happened to them between all on my moving around. I love seeing these old raw power beast operating on their own power. I hope one this bad boy will come to NC. I hope y'all got some good eating in Louisiana.

[@mdavid1955]

Excellent...You can see the PTC computer screen in the cab.

[@goodkarmechanic]

I have been enjoying your videos and never noticed the axles of the drivers are hollow until I saw some of your pacing footage. I would have thought they were solid but you can see sunlight through them at just the right angle. Thanks for your great videos! I especially enjoyed the narrative on the feedwater pump problem and the Huey P. Long Bridge video!

[@jamesdoughty5530]

Excellent video, one of the better that I have seen.

[@ed777tx-edward8]

He’s beautiful always watch his videos! Like the cab forward also but never see any videos of them? Great video thanks for posting.

[@awizardalso]

My real name is Michael McCluskey. I've been an HO model railroader for many years. I also have a Rivarossi Big Boy in HO scalr and highly detailed, it's numbered 4001.

[@sahibzadamanzoor2652]

An ancient power from beginnings to its latest form but is a beautiful and provides good views madly fond of locòs especially steam powered are ,& were a hobby to see even in idol sheds,srounding watch its interior,to under stand how difficult is operating,also the machinist.. but thanks a lot to show virely to us.(a laborious chase.)thanks.

[@mylesschlicher965]

Love the closeup shots of the engineer blowing the whistle. His arm must get tired.

[@christinewundrow9072]

Oh, you great big beautiful beast!!!

[@gregvitrano5324]

That's the old MOPAC line from Livonia to Shreveport...nice video

[@PlanesTrainsBoatsOnline]

great video, love the trains !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KCTopDawg]

Awesome job!

[@kevenlonsdale1354]

Its really surreal to see the Bigboy running past giant mossy oak forests.....

[@williamhelus3522]

On the way home. Pass by crossing, 7 Sept., 2021 at about 11:00 hrs. Happily Awaiting. Truly, BullyBilly.

[@BorisLu]

Nice film!

[@tomy.1846]

Mesmerizing!! 😮🤩

[@MichaelJones-uw8gi]

While she is missed at Pomona Fairplex, she looks great strutting her stuff

[@jimb1801]

Amazing thank you

[@locomotive6727]

Fantastic..

[@O-sa-car]

shame you didn't get her crossing the Atchafalaya at Melville

[@gregw7278]

How did you get your ca.era shoots so smooth? No Jenkins or bouncing. Best video of Big Boy yet.

[@billveitch2100]

19:32 you can see the injector start pumping water where it doesn’t belong.

[@superadio1]

This locomotive is not really under own power. Its pushed by diesels a bit further back. They keep small boiler for the horn

[@FanRailer]

Could not be further from the truth. The 4014 is doing the work most of the time.

[@FanRailer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZTGm5KPe9ioiKc "tHiS LoCoMoTiVe iS NoT rEaLLy UnDeR oWn PoWeR".... yea ok.

[@josephholtrop5535]

@@FanRailer the diesels there to supply the electricity for the coach cars right?

[@CentralALSirens]

The Diesel is just dead weight most of the time, plus the Diesel Engine is sitting nothing but in idle doing nothing, but for Dynamic Breaking Use. Rare occasions it will need to be used, especially the low water situation around 27:30 If no diesel was present, the line would be blocked because of this. I'm not a expert in steam, because I didn't grew up in the era. I grew up when Conrail was still present in the 90's before the change to Norfolk Southern. Big Boy 4014 is on it's own power, and it was proven on the first run in in 2019 before this pandemic bullshit came around. Sure, Non-Believers will think that Big Boy isn't on it's own power. But I promise you it is, because it's producing steam, and holding boiler pressure.

[@CentralALSirens]

@@josephholtrop5535 The Diesel has no HEP Capabilities. The Cars electricity is being powered by Diesel Generators on the passenger cars it's self.

[@steamgent4592]

How to ruin the sound of a whistle? UP: I know, we will run it off the superheater that will ruin it.

[@Willysmb44]

Great video! I'm very impressed you got alongside for so long. Back in the day, people would leapfrog each other and slow down alongside the running gear, then someone else would go around and slow down and push the last car back and so on. You'd be lucky to get 30 seconds alongside. One thing that seems odd, did you notice that Ed doesn't seem to be touching ANYTHING but the whistle cord?

[@FanRailer]

Lol I hate when people do that. Pacing the locomotive means travelling roughly the same speed as the train, not passing, then slamming on the brakes. In regard to your second statement, that's the beauty of steam; once you accelerate up to the target speed and have the controls set to the settings that will maintain your speed, you don't have to ever touch them unless you encounter a grade or a speed restriction. They're cruising along nicely here.

[@tommygraham456]

@@FanRailer On the pacing - Yeah - but you did that to me - I saw my blue Tahoe in your video just north of Powhatan...

[@FanRailer]

I wasn't in the driver's seat for that. The point is that is you need to pass, don't pull back over, then brake to below the speed of the train. If we had to slow down after getting to the font, that's because there was traffic ahead of us that we would have been immediately looking to pass.

[@sixcues]

Have they got the injector problem fixed yet? and are they going to get back underway today?

[@FanRailer]

They did fix the injector problem for a bit, but it cropped back up at the end of the day today.

[@AtomicSurf]

Is that Engine really doing any of the work, or is that diesel a few cars back doing it? I've watched a lot of video of steam engines working and they don't look like this. There is barely anything coming out of the stack and it doesn't get very high before it turns, there's no steam in any of the driver areas, etc. It looks like this thing just runs at about 2-5% power to look cool with the diesel doing the work. They used to pull freight with the 3985 and it usually had no diesels helping. Same with the NW 611 right now in PA, it's working alone with no diesels.

[@FanRailer]

you tell me if you think it's working or not: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZTGm5KPe9ioiKc

[@AtomicSurf]

@@FanRailer Yes, in that video, there is actually evidence of steam being exhausted from the cylinders and up the stack. The diesel does not seem to be running very hard either. Now you answer me. What about the video I commented on? I don't think 4014 was even pulling it's own weight there and the diesel is definitely working medium hard. What is going on with 4014? Did something go wrong on the restore? They never run it without a diesel and in the video I commented there is no evidence that the drivers are doing anything but being pushed. They ran 3985 hard without a diesel most of the time. My guess is that something went wrong with the restore and the schedule did not have time to fix it, so they have been running it in this crippled mode with the diesel doing the work. Most of the public will never notice. It does have a very pretty paint job.

[@FanRailer]

@@AtomicSurf In this video specifically, most of the track they're running on is level. With a train of this size, once you get up to speed, you don't need much to keep you rolling, so you're not going to hear the locomotive work. The diesel is there for PTC compliance and as backup (in this instance, it's being used to conserve water since they were having issues with the injectors on this trip), and to stretch the fuel supply on longer operating days. I have plenty of other videos from this specific trip where you can hear the 4014 working, so I doubt there was any major issue with the restoration. The current steam team is simply very conservative with their operations.

[@lilfrostygamplays1665]

@Fan Railer are you making a compilation of the Big Boy in Louisiana like you did earlier when you started out in Cheyenne

[@FanRailer]

Yes.

[@lilfrostygamplays1665]

@@FanRailer Thx for the videos bro

[@robertcrundwell2782]

I sure wish this excursion had come thru my part of Florida

[@FanRailer]

Yea, unfortunately, UP does not run too far east of the Mississippi.

[@robertcrundwell2782]

@@FanRailer shame They couldn't have made a deal with Chessie. They run UP diesels on Chessie across Pennsylvania from Chicago.

[@northstar1950]

Slightly disappointing to hear what sounds like that diesel loco powering up around 27.57. I was hoping it would be there just for 'insurance' and maybe powering the air con for the train. Very enjoyable all the same and a superb locomotive.

[@FanRailer]

the diesel is revving there because of the low water issue that I expounded on in my other video.

[@CXensation]

So I guess the water injector problem is more complicated than anticipated ?

[@FanRailer]

Seems so. The repairs they made seem to have lasted all of a day. They were having issues with it again today as they were coming into Hope and Prescott.

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

I wonder if they will ever drive her at her top speed of 70-80 mph…

[@FanRailer]

No. That top speed was a design choice made to build in a safety factor so that operating between 40-60 under heavy load would not cause rod failures. 4014 is happiest around 40 mph, where horsepower output is highest, and therefore efficiency is highest.

[@davidwhiting1761]

So we probably won't see her pull a stack train like 3985 did. Maybe someday she'll head a drag freight. She's good for 9000 tons between Cheyenne--Sidney-North Platte according to the Nebraska Division Special Instructions from 1949.

[@lilfrostygamplays1665]

Keep the videos coming Highball up 4014

[@MrEricmopar]

In addition to what Fan Railer already said, they did push them to higher speeds during WWII, but that was because the country was in a full scale war, trying to move troops and materials as fast as possible.

[@billveitch2100]

I saw an interview with Ed Dickens recently. He said at between 45-47 mph 4014 develops a lot of vibration. As a result they don’t exceed that speed.

[@makipsee]

awesome!! im guessing the injector was fixed?

[@FanRailer]

They made repairs at Shreveport, but the injector is still giving them some trouble.

[@tonyordaziii7250]

I’d like to build this locomotive in 7 1/2” inch gauge as well as #844, #3985, and #5511.

[@MultiZurito]

Was there in Palmetto with you. As you are following train today, (8/25) did they correct the injector problem in Shreveport yesterday? Keep up the good work.

[@FanRailer]

They made repairs that initially seemed to be holding up, but today, as they were approaching Hope, they were having issues with the exhaust injector again. One of the guys quipped that he'd like to replace "that exhaust injector with an axle driven pump".

[@MultiZurito]

@@FanRailer That injector might be a burr in their butt for awhile. They might be recalulateing their water stops and easing off that throttle at times. Hope they have good luck with it.

[@afterburnerjoslyn6459]

Damn, we havent seen steam here in Ohio forever, i wish U.P. would buy out CSX

[@dibdab0]

Is it even running? I feel like it's just being pushed. There's no chuffing sound at all.

[@FanRailer]

Watch my other videos. It does not take much effort to keep a 1500 ton train moving on level track at 45 mph.

[@FanRailer]

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[@amyreynolds3619]

we will never see a Big Boy in the southeast. Even though the bicentennial of two railroads are coming soon.