The BigBoy is alive again!

[@phantomyshkin]

There is something so spellbinding about these old locomotives. A beautiful symphony of thousands of individual parts in unison.

[@hamletsmill258]

😆

[@truthful3777]

I doubt in thousand but few parts and that is the beauty!. Simple and elegant!.

[@surjitkumar2755]

@@hamletsmill258 ਧਦ

[@christopherdibble5872]

Wish I could talk to an gineer,ginger, would make my day.

[@RC-Heli835]

Trains today don't hold a candle to these old fellows in looks, sound, whistle sound, smoke, coal smell. They simply don't compare. 11:10

[@valogden]

It was an amazing experience to be a volunteer at the trains during the 150th anniversary of the joining of the transcontinental railroad here in Ogden. The engines are so big. There was an engine room with extra parts. There was a car that was a museum with the history. There were people from all over the country and world visiting here to see the trains. Sn experience I will always treasure.

[@heinzbergner]

You wouldn't happen to be the person who picked something up at 13:31, though? 😀

[@RalphMoon-b3t]

If you were a young child in the 1920's, watching a steam engine pass through your small town was like watching the launch of a Space Shuttle. The steam engine was the height of technology. Ralph

[@PoisonShot20]

How old are you?

[@rileys_garbage]

What a magestic sight 2 steam locomotives working together. This is something I thought i would never see in 2023.

[@jokerinthebronx]

I've been a train buff my whole life, and this is the most beautiful locomotive I've ever seen. That whistle is absolutely chilling. I'd give ANYTHING to see one of these in person. Magnificent train!

[@WesternIssue]

A thing of beauty! There's something special about 1930's & 40's technology. Raw, pure human engineering. Something lost in today's all computer based systems and designs.

[@StephenLoosli1]

That's a ton of horsepower for a commemorative train trip! Big Boy 4014 at 7,000 HP, Living Legend 844 at 4,850 HP, and the GE modern diesel 8937 at 4,500 HP.

[@electrictractiontrainsandt3063]

It sure is👍. This is amazing!

[@firebearva]

What a thing of beauty. I was born in 1951 and was too young to remember seeing steam engine trains, but I do love watching videos of them. My favorite toy as child was the Lionel train set that my parents bought me. They would only let me bring it out or storage to play with during the Christmas season. I still have that train set.

[@henningpieper4240]

Lieber Heinz, ein wunderschönes Video zu meiner Lieblingslok. Beeindruckend den GROSSEN JUNGEN und die 844 so "mitzuerleben ". Vielen Dank!

[@heinzbergner]

Zumal die Zusammenstellung so ursprünglich nicht geplant war und vermutlich in naher Zukunft auch nicht wieder stattfinden wird.

[@alexhaplau-colan5414]

I don't understand a word, but I do know that Germans simply love steam locomotives, big or small, very small, which in themselves are marvels of engineering.

[@alexhaplau-colan5414]

I am an engineer, in many ways the steam locomotives are some sort of clocks, sure the steam locomotives and the clocks are long gone, is just the splendid engineering people before us, put on them.

[@alexhaplau-colan5414]

I grew up close to a train station, where the locomotives took water and coal. It doesn't matter their efficiency is 2% or less, it doesn't matter how much smoke they make, is the chou, chou, the way they speak.

[@120masterpiece]

I love the diesel electric engine blowing it's horn as it passes the Big Boy. It's a sign of respect.

[@satishbhaskaran4384]

No words discribe happiness...keeping heritage alive is the glorious respect which has been given.

[@Starrydraws]

I love this engine. Hell seeing it in person where she was kept in California was amazing. I live in California and when I heard she was restored and running. My mom, three siblings and I got in the car and on the road to Cajon pass. We waited in the parking lot of the McDonalds across the pass, then when it was passing us we up and followed her all the way to San Bernardino where the train yard was and where she'd rest for a while.

[@bartbullock9742]

Okay kids, the diesels are there to help stop, or in case big boy breaks, Big boy can hit over 100 mph, no problem with heavy load.

[@aimbasse2275]

An many more resons

[@parvejriaj2890]

​@@aimbasse2275 iii

[@TheZach43]

Built for pulling power not speed. Big Boy could not get anywhere near 100mph. Maybe about 50mph.

[@bartbullock9742]

@@TheZach43 check the record books

[@mindeloman]

100mph?!?!?! With load?!?!?That's total horseshit. Top speed without load was 80mph. With load was 70mph. These were small wheel freight locomotives - not big wheel express locomotives for passenger service. You have to take into account the pistons moving faster than the cylinders can be exhausted. Which is why all express locomotives had larger drive wheels. 80mph is the mechanical limits of the Big Boy.

[@HighOnLife1985]

It still to this day blows my mind what time period era this engine originally came from and the masterminds who knew how to build such a beautiful beast and all of its working components. Outstanding. Much congratulations to the restoration team who made this possible.

[@tacticplanner7188]

The first time I saw this going from Cali to Wyoming I took my Dad and it brought tears to our eyes. Then to see it running in Utah and Wyoming was amazing. Beautiful pics thanks so much for sharing with us train nuts where steam is king.

[@tacticplanner7188]

When we climbed aboard in Ogden we saw people from all over the world it was great to have this emotional experience with people from south Africa, Ireland, England, France, Germany, Argentina and others I don't recall. It was a beautiful experience!

[@motorcollection6635]

@@tacticplanner7188 Same feeling and emotion just sitting here in Berlin watching these steel beasts running again on their territory , peace and steam to you all... thanks for sharing to the camera man !

[@joachimhaass59]

Ein tolles Video für alle Freunde des Big Boy das ich eben auf KZbin entdeckt habe. Großes Lob und vielen Dank für die tolle Berichterstattung.

[@TheTraveler0543]

These were the work houses of by-gone years, Norfolk & Western had their last steamer and always drew crowds for many folks never seen a working stem locomotive. They are the most power locomotives able to pull at least 140 loaded box cars. Always a wonderful sight seeing these beauties show them selves off.

[@jessstone7486]

Terrific shots! what amazing equipment! I didn't get to see the BB in person but these videos keep me smiling!! Thanks for coming over and sharing the awe! And of course a giant thank you to UP for the restoration of 4014. Truly a labor of love by all involved!

[@hsavage3350]

Heinz, I have been trying to find the song ‘I’ve Been Working on the Railroad’ you placed at the end of this excellent video, as you credited SJ Armstrong, in which I found another video that he actually starred in, like a music video, but another song. Thanks again for a well framed and high quality production. I have watched it several times.

[@pcrengnr1]

Heinz, thx for sharing. Hope you had a nice vacation in the US. It was nice to watch the mechs, wheels, piston rods, valve rods, steam control mech etc., in action as the locos did a little work. Bringing these locos back to life was a huge undertaking for UP. Good for them to take the time and money to restore these locos. They also converted them to run on oil instead of coal. Again, thx Heinz and thx UP for a great gift of steam locos on the rails again.

[@barinx]

What a beauty. Greetings from a German train driver.

[@bayer8641]

Ein Traum sowas zu sehen - und dann noch in den USA! Ein toller Film! Da wäre ich auch gerne dabei gewesen.......

[@_plinse]

Mein Sohn liebt das Video. Er ist gerade 1 3/4 Jahre alt und das Video zu gucken, ist gerade tägliches Ritual bei uns. Einknuddeln auf Papas Schoß und BigBoy gucken und wenn ich am Computer sitze und Junior macht irgendwo in der Bude Quatsch, dann mache ich den Abspann an und Junior kommt angedüst... 😀 Danke für das tolle Video!

[@rickbailey189]

BIG BOY is the pride and joy of the classic American Railroad. You show them all you still got the power to pull BIG BOY. You go BIG BOY!

[@cmcer1995]

I am so glad to see such an interest in the old steam locomotives. There has been a lot of effort to restore these old work horses and it is awesome to see them still moving down the tracks.

[@Avidav]

All built without CAD and high end computing. Just a ruler, pencil, willpower, and sweat.

[@gabriellen.2886]

Such impressive machinery and engineering! I never saw anything so beautiful. Love trains, and always have:)

[@Raptorman0909]

Heinz, glad you enjoyed your trip and wonderful to see others appreciate what once was. I was particularly impressed by how many people stopped to watch it go by and how many others followed along its route. Some things witnessed as a young boy stick with you forever and seeing a train is something any young boy will appreciate -- and any older person that remembers being a boy. It doesn't look like they have it 100% restored as the pistons appear to leak quite a bit.

[@pierluigibelcaro9950]

I think it's really difficult to feel stronger emotions than those you get for sure, when you're so lucky to meet "The steaming giant" Big Boy 4014 🙂❤️ You get goosebumps everywhere for sure 😊 Highest respect and deep admiration ❤ Big Boy is really the pride of US 🙂😇👍

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

What a wonder of engineering! Union Pacific is to be commended for supporting such a preservation effort. Ontario, Canada. 2021/02/05.

[@JoeRailfan]

I think the primary purpose of the diesel was to provide HEP (head-end power) electricity to the passenger cars. May have helped out a bit with train braking too, but it's incorrect to call that engine a "helper"--those massive UP steam locomotives didn't need any help with this train! I'm glad your group enjoyed a good tour of America. I traveled extensively by train in Germany back in 2010 and I only wish the US still had rail passenger service that good. The new Berlin Haupthahnhof was awesome!

[@heinzbergner]

Of course, the steam locomotives don't need helpers, even one of them would have almost idled with the few wagons. But a power supply wagon not to be overheard was in the train, for this the diesel locomotive was not needed ;)

[@darlenemassey6161]

The diesel locomotive is there to provide dynamic breaking so Big Boy can run on the main line. And also to provide modern communications such as WiFi.

[@leonardsmolak6000]

Thank you. Hopefully my grandsons can now understand the passion I have for these amazing machines. Next step is to see them live and feel the power. Rocking In The Free World

[@catmomma6942]

I've had the thrill of seeing this fellow up close a couple of times when the crew came through Grand Island, NE. Living history!!

[@cll1639]

Same here. A sight you won't forget, even for someone who's not normally a train buff.

[@JBG-Germany]

Ganz hervorragende Aufnahmen !! Sehr schön in Szene gesetzt. Vielen Dank dafür. Die Reise hat sicher Spaß gemacht., ich wäre sehr gerne dabei gewesen. Der Big Boy ist einfach nur Legende, Danke an die, die ihn wieder zum Leben erweckt haben. In unserer Vitrine steht eine deutsche Legende, eine 01 von Märklin, mittlerweile 48 Jahre alt (und funktionsfähig). Für mich wertvoller als Gold :-)

[@carlenger9707]

Amerikanische Lokomotiven haben mich schon immer fasziniert. Obwohl es sich um alte Technik handelt, sind sie im Vergleich zu vielen europäischen dampfLokomotiven sehr komplex ünd technologisch fortschrittlich. Ganz zu schweigen davon, dass sie riesig sind!

[@LynneWilliams-bi1tx]

Ich lieb Deutsch!❤❤❤😊

[@LynneWilliams-bi1tx]

Lots & lots of wheels! I love it! Like the sound of the whistle, makes you feel you're in the Old West again.❤❤❤😊

[@RobertMann_rm4luck]

Das sieht spektakulär aus. Ich bin beeindruckt.👌

[@heinzbergner]

Das war es auch ;-)

[@Bulletguy07]

An excellent compilation of Big Boy capturing everything of the hissing puffing monster with it's wailing whistle! Very nicely filmed.

[@robertweitlauf4653]

if steam made a comeback i would travel by train exclusively. steam locomotive are so awesome.

[@johnplong3644]

You would most likely use coal …not a good choice

[@raygarafano3633]

Bring back railroad telegraphers, a prince Albert tobacco can behind the sounder and resonator. Green glass insulators, Crawford cells , actual semaphore signals

[@finemLudum]

That big boy whistle never gets old.

[@mikejones9562]

Mike from New Zealand here, your work in creating and publishing this video is greatly appreciated

[@longrider42]

And I was there! Yep, and the ground shock as the train went by. It was Glorious! I live in Cheyenne so I was able to see the restoration take place. Sounds a bit different running on oil, and not coal, but still, it was a sight to behold. I was pretty much right at the road crossing.

[@heinzbergner]

And our bus was parked across the street at the gas station :))

[@robertheinkel6225]

There used to be one on display in your area. I saw it maybe 35 years ago. Is she still there?

[@longrider42]

@@robertheinkel6225 Yep, in a park I go too a lot. Also, some of the external stuff they had to replace on the one they restored, they used on the one in the park to make it look better.

[@drwho1188]

Wunderschön, einfach nur absolut schön.

[@truefilm6991]

Ganz wunderbare Aufnahmen! 2:47 - ein kalter Morgen mit rot-goldenem Sonnenlicht - das ist ganz großes Kino! Diese Amerikanischen Dampfloks aus den frühen 1940ern sind einfach gigantisch. Das Design ist zweckmäßig, und dennoch wunderschön mit den riesigen Treib- und Kuppelstangen, den robusten Boxpok-Rädern, der filigranen Steuerung und mit all den Leitungen, die wartungsfreundlich unverdeckt sind - zur Freude des Modellbahners. Wer einmal drüben in den USA war, weiß dass dieses riesige Land sofort inspiriert, in ganz großen Maßstäben zu denken. Die FEF 4-8-4 hinter dem Big Boy ist auch sehr beeindruckend. Danke fürs hochladen!

[@PTANV-x2g]

That shot around 3:05 with all that steam billowing is just epic.

[@peterj.fromnorthgermany8546]

Sehr geil, dieses Riesenmonster. Dampflokomotiven sind noch immer eine faszinierende Technik, alles ohne jegliche Elektronik.

[@n.pags.99]

Knowing I loved trains more than anything in the world as a little kid seeing this is always awesome no matter how old I am. Even tho diesels are used this day I still would’ve loved to see steam locomotives being the main use back when they were used before diesels

[@curtpeterson7386]

We have a decommissioned Big Boy locomotive sitting at Kenefick Park in Omaha Nebraska. The engine overlooks Interstate 80 coming into the city on the East, and it sits alongside a #6900 Diesel Locomotive-- two of the biggest of the U.P. Railroad. The steam engine is #4023 and was still running when it was taken off the lines-- and one of the few that could return to service if it was repurposed and refitted. The neighbors around the park and Lauritzen Gardens go over and wash it and keep it clean for tourists, and if you haven't seen one up close, it's a colossal iron beast.

[@sandman7ac]

I’d love to stop by and see it.

[@kevinthorrington2131]

What a magnificent sight to see. Those locomotives have the small wheels for pulling, not speed.

[@jonathanpennington9737]

I got a video of the Big boy my Dad loved to watch it all the time.He passed away the 5th of January 2017 I know he would love to see this engine running again I think of him every time I find a Big boy video on KZbin he was 87 when he passed away.Love you dad Rev Ta Pennington

[@mikebutler7605]

It would appear that the diesel electric locomotives are powering the train at very slow speeds. I remember the "chugging" sound of steam escaping when the stream locomotive would first begin to turn their wheels, sometimes spinning them against the tracks. What memories seeing this old stream locomotive making its way across the countryside.

[@bubiruski8067]

The diesels to provide air condition only

[@toolscarriagesmodellbauand7246]

Der eiskalte Morge und der wunderschöne Dampf über den gewaltigen Lokomotiven. Was will man mehr. Glückwunsch zu gelungenen Video.

[@Blue85135]

Was für ein Traumvideo! Man kann sich nicht daran sattsehen. Vielen aufrichtigen Dank!

[@Fito0224]

0:13 those whistles sound beautiful

[@davidimhoff2118]

This video was done really well. I didn't get to see the Big Boy but I heard all about him. I saw one when I was just a kid in Pennsylvania. I saw a lot of steam trains as a kid and it's a shame they don't use them we have a railroad museum here in Massachusetts that use to have all this property and you could ride in a car like they did with this with a steam engine towing them. They eventually went out of business and sold a lot of stuff and what wasn't nailed down looters took. Today it is in operation but no steam engines and half the rail track they had before because the property got divided. I miss the steam engines. There is so much ingenuity and beauty in them.

[@jimf3932]

American iron, born of a stronger country. May we be that strong again...

[@Primarch19th]

It would be nice. But, everything is made in China. Everything is just about owned by China. Our politicians have sold us out. We now have 20+ million border crossers in this country. How are you going to stop them from destroying this country, like they did IN THEIR COUNTRIES. We are screwed, because all the GenX and GenZ are too busy watching TicToc. The Emperor Protects*

[@c182SkylaneRG]

LOVED the closeups of the linkages and the steam mechanisms!!! Never get enough of those, and they're not common recording focuses. :)

[@lauriefrancisco1084]

Terrific compilation! What is it about trains that's so captivating? Big thanks to Union Pacific for restoring the BigBoy. I could watch it all day. Every time I hear that whistle I get chills and goosebumps!

[@heinzbergner]

I have it as ringtone 😎

[@JETZcorp]

This has got to be the most overpowered consist in history. A single GP9 would move this train quite happily, but they've got 4014 and 844 on the job. Zero stress.

[@BwHagen-Eckesey]

Full Loaded of many Railway Emotions.This Locomotive is absolutly uncredible beautiful.I Love It! Much greetings from Germany Northrhine Westphalen

[@c.johnson1691]

I've loved these older locomotives ever since my dad bought me an American Flyer train set when I was 4 years old. I still have that set and will never sell it.

[@dobermanpac1064]

Heinz!!! Brilliant video! One of the best on KZbin. So glad we could watch without music...Big Boy 4014 supplies all the sound a rail/steam fan can handle!! 🤠

[@awee8942]

Just seeing that train thunderuing down the tracks at 40mph is so cool..

[@zulfione]

It is Really Commendable to keep this complicated machine going. In my understanding its technology is much more complicated than diesel electric engines.

[@alainpoisson4947]

superbe !!! un vrai régal de voir cette Big Boy évolué avec autant de passionnés qui se sont déplacés pour l'observer , un bel hommage !!!

[@VadersRage]

Wow. What an experience for you. As a stationary boiler operator, the Big Boy has always been my favorite and an absolute wonder to me. I live in California, next to the U.P. railyards in Roseville. We don't get to see these gorgeous relics, sadly. Only the modern diesels. But we DO have some of the best model train shops in the area! I watched the films of this being rescued from the Pomona County fairground where it rotted for years (am I thinking of the same locomotive?). The footage of its disassembly in Wyoming was a fascinating thing to see. Excellent video....so glad you posted it!

[@heinzbergner]

I also found a good model railroad store in Salt Lake City ;)

[@VadersRage]

@@heinzbergner A good model train store can be a dangerous thing for the pocketbook.

[@heinzbergner]

@@VadersRage There you are absolutely right 🙄😂

[@thairatcatcher]

Quite simply that is a magnificent sight. The diesel power on the opposite tracks just knowing that Big Boy could pull their train on its own. All respect to Union Pacific R.R. for treasuring their heritage, although they've absorbed so many other great RRs.

[@kathleenevans1201]

I remember when these marvelous things were running when I was child. I miss them!

[@heinzbergner]

Then you must be around 70 years old 🙂

[@kathleenevans1201]

@@heinzbergner Close. I'm 68.

[@heinzbergner]

@@kathleenevans1201 I wasn't that far off the mark, I'm 66 myself. 😉

[@RC-Heli835]

Are they still running this trip? I'd love to get on this guy and take that trip. 11:40 is incredible!

[@danherrmann8755]

Thanks for the video. Time. Gone by. Bring back. The sounds of steam.

[@stevensolway1054]

Hello from Green Bay, USA, again. When people ask about the Diesel engine behind Big Boy, the usual answers are for its use of the Dynamic Brake Grid when coasting down hill and supplement the standard air brakes; as well as extra power in case Big Boy breaks down. However, the diesel also shows the tremendous change, over the past 65 years, since the U.S. railroads changed from steam to diesels. Big Boy 4014 was built by ALCO in 1941 to pull heavy freight. Northern 4-8-4 no. 844 was also built by ALCO later in 1944 with large driving wheels to pull fast express passenger trains at 100 MPH+++!!! Now since 1971 to 2020, not even Amtrak is permitted to run this fast....only 79 mph:-(. Then the Union Pacific modern Diesels coupled to BB represent modern design, like the EMD/Caterpillar/Progressive SD-70-ACE and other variations, to the General Electric (G.E.) ES44CW. The railroads changed from coal and water, into Diesel fuel.

[@bugelfalte6320]

Was für optische und akustische Leckerbissen!! DER HAMMER !! Danke für's hochladen und Grüße aus Franken.

[@highgroundproductions8590]

These guys are as strong as the strongest diesel engines.

[@infaredxkingz8786]

That's because you haven't researched enough facts about trains

[@highgroundproductions8590]

@@infaredxkingz8786 there are diesel engines out there with what, 6000 something? This is similar. Maybe diesel has more torque on the motors though.

[@UP4014SteamTrainFan]

Nice Job! Proud To Say Me and My Dad Followed the West bound portion to Ogden Utah and see the Ceremony . The Best thing was in Evanston Wyoming We got to go in the Cab of the #4014!

[@RC-Heli835]

11:10 What a moment when that whistle blows! Son that gives me chills!

[@psychedelicnarwhal9599]

The fact they put both big boy and 844 on the same train is friggin awesome!

[@johnmccarthy2621]

I've stood next to the BigBoy when it blew it's horns. It's hard to express how unimaginably loud those horns are. 13:07

[@antikoerper256]

Woooooow, what a sight! My grandfather was in our royal railways pre-1945 here in Bulgaria so I could only imagine... But in the US everything always seemed and still seems bigger, thats a huge steam engine! I'm gettin emotional!

[@leokimvideo]

So big and powerful its the earth moving under Big Boy, not the train moving on the earth 😎

[@sargepent9815]

It'd be awesome if they had Big Boy, Challenger and 844 run together. Saddly Challenger is retired again and in need of a major overhaul

[@nwgguy1070]

Great to see it in action! I used to climb around on the actual 4014 when I was a tween-ager (circa 1960) when on display at the LA County Fairgrounds (now called the Fairplex). That was 50 years before it was acquired from the Southern California Chapter of The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society and restored by Union Pacific. Later, I even bought a working HO model, which is now 45 years old!

[@heinzbergner]

I have all locomotives of the train in N scale. I had to import the 4014 from Canada because they were no longer available in the USA ;)

[@Willysmb44]

Ausgezeichnetes Video, Sie hatten das Glück, diese Lokomotive in Betrieb zu sehen

[@snowbeach7]

This is d best train video I've ever seen. Spectacular!! tysm for sharing:)👍💕

[@r1ot_gaming]

Good to see his smile after 79 years and he still is smilin to this day

[@infaredxkingz8786]

Yeah, he sure is a big boy

[@shailaindraT]

How easily everybody connects to a steam engine train, not with electric or diesel ones. All my friends including me, have chosen our own trains in the childhood and will fight with each other that only my train is best in the world.... Nostalgia... Good old days with less entropy in the world..

[@davidng2336]

Nice touch of the Big Boy song at the end. A very nice chase of a legendary locomotive's comeback!!!

[@genangsaram]

I must say that American steam locomotives are very cool.

[@ryanbenbow-zx2sd]

Yes they are. In Michigan we have One left the pere Marquette 1225 That is a nice . I never been on that train

[@oln3678]

I love that name "Union Pacific" so old school American sounding ❤🇺🇸

[@juancaorsi1805]

Legends never die.

[@jamesroseby3823]

One word; magnificent!

[@NM-eb5ej]

My grandfather was an locomotive engineer for C and O out of newport news VA. in the 50's.

[@Revo5660]

Это рычащее металлическое чудище просто устрашающе. И мне это нравится. Паровозы - самые живые из всех когда-либо существовших машин. Они дышать, они едят, их сердца пылают - и выглядит это грандиозно.

[@kempmt1]

I’m still in this rehab and I watch NS trains go by, but just once I’d like to see a Challenger or Big Boy steam trains go by.

[@heinzbergner]

Believe me, unfortunately, this will not happen 😉

[@pathallock7868]

Had the pleasure of seeing this engine in Oakland, ca. Many years ago. What an engineering master piece!

[@torstenhanke7334]

Da bekomme ich einfach Gänsehaut. Absoluter Wahnsinn. Danke für das Video. Gruß Torsten

[@heinzbergner]

Richtig Gänsehaut bekommst bei 12:02 wenn du spürst, wie der Boden vibriert ;)

[@torstenhanke7334]

@@heinzbergner Das glaube ich dir total

[@stevensolway1054]

Mr. Bergner, Hello from Steven Solway in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. We have the National Railroad Museum, with Union Pacific no. 4017, Big Boy 4-8-8-4. I was the main tour guide employee from 1984 to 1989. I met many people from all around the world who came to see our Big Boy. People from Paris, France, and Tokyo, Japan. Big Boy 4017 will celebrate several anniversaries in 2021, A.D. No.4017 was built by ALCO, in Schenectady, N.Y., in December 1941, sometimes we called it the "Pearl Harbor" locomotive, and part of the order of the original 20 Big Boy locos, no's. 4000 to 4019. With the sudden increase in freight trains in WW2, the BB's worked with many other locos to carry trains over the steep mountains in the Wild West, on the route of the TransContinental Railroad. Sometimes the UPRR also had to use 2 BB's in a double header. After WW2 was finished in 1945 the American Railroads helped to rebuild many cities, and feed millions of people. But in the 1950's the Diesel engines like EMD F7, and GP7, and ALCO FA1 and RS3, rapidly replaced steam. Even the BB's were retired by 1960. Then BB no.4017 was donated to the NRRM on July 5 1961. However, it was supposed to have been on July 4 Americas Independence Day with Soo Line RR no.2718 Pacific 4-6-2. Yet a mechanical problem developed in no.2718, and a GP7 diesel from the Chicago and North Western RR, (c&nw) was substituted. Thus in 2021, in will be the 80th Anniversary of when it built in 1941; Plus the 60th Anniversary since it was donated in 1961. If you come here to Green Bay, perhaps we could meet. Then I'll be your tour guide. Contact me on G-mail, and Facebook. Plus send a letter in the U.S. mail. God bless you!

[@GeDoBa]

Hello Steven, many thanks for so much informations about the railroad development in the USA. I am a son of a steam- and dieselengineer(1912-2005) in Germany and now retired as a teacher in metal skills. Sometimes I visit your country by web cam at the railroad-park near the diamond crossing of UP and BNSF lines in Rochelle/Illinois. My hobby is modellrailroading in HO, especially the lumber lines in the west of the US at about 1900. The images in the books of Mr. Kinsey and from the Washington Library inspired me very much.

[@heinzbergner]

Hello Steven, after having already been 4 times in your beautiful country, 3 times only because of the railroad, I can only imagine a joint trip of the 4014 and the 3985 or the commissioning of the T1 as another visit.

[@mariageralda48]

Vocês sim sabi valorizar esse marvilha. 💯Top demais . linda essa música 💯 parabéns abençoado seja Gratidão 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hsavage3350]

Use to ride the C&O as a child in the 50s. Also N&W J Class from Suffolk to Roanoke with my Mom. Mom told me C&O engineers at Christmas would try and play simple Christmas songs with their whistles. They said it was spectacular to hear! Great video

[@uwe.s5640]

Unglaublich, was für ein Monster, aber wunderschön 🚂👍

[@vondeckbar72]

That horn gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it!