Union Pacific 4014 Over Donner Pass 7-14-24

My coverage of the Union Pacific’s Big Boy running between Roseville, CA and Truckee, CA over Donner Pass.

[@AlexanderSkinnerVids]

Outstanding job getting to all those places in time for the shots. Getting Gold Run, Blue Canyon, AND Yuba Pass for the same train is insane!

[@timpetta2974]

Perhaps multiple people did the recording.

[@FanRailer]

They were crawling between colfax and norden. 20 mph at best. It was not hard to get them at multiple spots on the grade.

[@thunderbird1921]

Imagine being one of the crew or passengers on that Amtrak train! Amazing footage.

[@ControllerHero3]

I was on that train! It was an amazing sight to see for sure, I was waiting at the rear window of the last car for over an hour to see the Big Boy go by, and it worked out beautifully! After watching another video someone else took at the Gold Run crossing I also noticed that one of the crew members was watching from the door of the first car of the train too, so they got a pretty good view of it as well!

[@peterperkins2624]

Fabulous video shots through a beautiful part of the country!!!

[@2quintly]

Showcasing great American pride. Excellent video !

[@ИринаРатникова-т7п]

Точно😊

[@BradHouser]

Great shots. I Have driven over Donner Pass on I-80 several times, but I only know a few places were the railroad is close to the road. I am impressed that you were able to run ahead of the train so many times. I assume you had these spots mapped out ahead of time. Good job!

[@jasondrinovsky7962]

I'm really surprised 4014 is allowed to to run in the state of California. It might smoke a little bit thus polluting the air in their state 🙄

[@johnburger3287]

Big Boy's smoke is only a drop in the bucket compared to all the smoke from the forest fires burning there. Their smoke is even affecting the air quality here in Utah. Maybe Cali should ban people so there wouldn't be so many fires started.🤭

[@The747Avgeek]

It’s a one time run chill out jeez. I’m pretty sure planes pollute a lot more and that’s coming from a avgeek. 1600 pounds of CO2 per passenger to be exact

[@dickdaley9059]

Same diesel exhaust as every other vehicle pulling heavy loads…

[@chriscruzA35O-9OO]

Gavin shitsom😂will complain

[@boxcar69]

Grandfather clause. Steam locomotive. Per CFR. Besides the UP/CP built California.

[@elektrosoundwave]

Looks like a bunch of people got P88'd by Amtrak.

[@GFSwinger1693]

Yeah that would kind of suck especially if that had the day invested in the outing.

[@uan588]

She’s coming round the bend.

[@ironcityrailfan8467]

I’m guessing 1983 was tacked on for assistance?

[@ironcityrailfan8467]

I’m guessing 1983 was tacked on for assistance?

[@kevin2472]

@@ironcityrailfan8467 4014 and 844 for that matter almost always travel with a diesel in the consist for a number of reasons: to provide assistance if needed, to provide dynamic braking and in case of a mechanical failure on the steam locomotive. In modern times the railroad can’t afford to have the mainline blocked by a broken down steam locomotive.

[@knightwolf200612]

Awesome video. I absolutely love that steam whistle. And in this video it sounds better then in most because of the reverb/echo in the woods for example. Thx for sharing!

[@lucastrainverse8618]

Come see lucastrainverse!

[@natgass8102]

beautiful I like the catch at Yuba Pass the best, thanks

[@donnaheule5275]

What an amazing video, thank you so much! Very well done, 👏👍

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

Imagine thousands of these... That's where climate change comes from.

[@Fathead09]

Beautiful locomotive! The pinnacle of mechanical technology. Long may she run!

[@ronetele13]

Quality footage! Cool to have been in some of those locations before, makes it all the more real. Do they ever run the engine/train without a diesel/electric assist?

[@rearspeaker6364]

hear the diesel mixed in at 5:23, its better then expected.

[@lawrencebernas9229]

I couldn’t be there to observe in person. This video was wonderful. A sincere thank you for your fine effort in making this video possible to thousands of viewers.

[@pacificostudios]

Just a reminder that the SP 4-8-8-2 Cab Forwards that used to patrol Donner Pass are not much smaller than a UP 4-8-8-4.

[@daveschwartz7817]

Awesome video. Great job!

[@สมานพุทธโฆษ์]

Wow, this is amazing. I'm watching from Thailand.

[@frankym274]

Good Catch UP 4014 Big Boy Steam Engine With UP 1983 Western Pacific Heritage Power

[@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill]

9,533rd view, 500th LIKE posted.

[@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill]

Looks like a scene out of 'Back To The Future III'. Dr. Emmett Brown would be proud. "Great Scott!!" Best model railroading photoshop I've ever seen! Great film editing, too. The people look SO realistic! :0/

[@campstoneman779]

Hope you’re kidding. Check with the Northern California train stations and they will tell you the truth.

[@jamespenrose5278]

I had wanted to see this in person but had family commitments I couldn’t break. Thank you so much for the video.

[@memberofamreg676]

Thanks and greetings

[@briansmith8967]

Nice video!

[@BobU2b1]

awesome. what's the bell on locomotive for?

[@rsd70s]

Excellent 🎉

[@randallhawkinson4727]

Well done, sir! Did you have help at the various locations or did you "race ahead" to the next spot? Either way, thank you for your efforts! I wasn't able to come up to see him at Roseville. I was going to stay at my sister-in-law's house in Lincoln. But plans never aligned. Seeing scenes at Norden these days are really depressing for me these days. I'm a retired Park Ranger and one of my best friends was a resident Ranger at Donner Memorial State Park. He is a train buff as well and when I would come up to work with him, depending on our shift, we would go up and over the Pass to Norden to have breakfast, lunch or dinner at the old cafe in the snow shed complex, then go over to the turntable and swap lies with the "guys". And to see the old double track gone, the tunnels vandalized... I'm sorry, I'm starting to tear up. Well, I've got this saved so I can watch it over and over and over ... My second, third and fourth HO layout represented the The Hill from Colfax to Truckee and still carry my fictional SP subsidiary the "Pacific Crest Railway" liveries. Layout No. 6 (under construction) is in northwest Colorado. What to do. What to do? Fortunately, I took over scenery work at the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad Museum (Salinas, CA) two and a half years ago and spend most of my modeling time on that. Perhaps the Rio Grande will be amenable to merger negotiations?

[@davew.7236]

Fantastic shots, it's great to see this in locations I used to frequent. Thanks for your worthy efforts!

[@bradreinhardt1358]

Great coverage

[@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains]

Thank you Kevin for sharing so many amazing video clips

[@789train]

id rather see a cab forward over donner pass, a locomotive that belongs there

[@davemac1888]

👍

[@tedfisk1211]

well done

[@76bmwr90]

@kevin2472 You broke the internet! Best coverage ever! Thank You!

[@seabulls69]

Well done!

[@extrasouth]

Fantastic shots. Thanks for getting video of it working for a living!!

[@SteeleWetterer]

Great video, I was just a few buildings down from where you filmed in Truckee. I was at the Amtrak station when it passed me. Alot of people wanted to see that Big Boy.

[@harrycalahan1848]

great to see 4014 running. i had the opportunity to see this locomotive sitting dorment at the Pomona fairplex.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

4:25 wow one of an amazing meet I bet the Amtrak crew slowed down not only because of the people trackside but also so their passengers could witness the world‘s largest steam locomotive whipping by

[@3henry214]

Amtrak had to slow down and stop, due to idiots either on or way too close to the track. I was at that Gold Run crossing, some people were acting dumb, and the poor people on the opposite side got skunked, the Amtrak train completely blocked their view as Big Boy roared by, they only saw a few seconds of Big Boy approaching and going through the crossing, when Amtrak rolled up and stopped.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@3henry214 I always keep my distance from people like that I go where the railfans are

[@sardu55]

I wish they'd make seats on the train its pulling so you can ride along with the history. My grandfather was an engineer for the old Nickle Plate and retired in 1954, before I was born. So, it's in my blood just never had a chance to ride the steam train at least once. Someone noted when it returned that one feature of 4014 was going to be revenue service, or not just running it around as some sort of relic. He said that no tickets are ever sold for the consists and they are run as 'office trains'.

[@johnburger3287]

None of what you have been told is true. 4014 is in service for public relations purposes. It will never be used in revenue service. Every trip 4014 has made since it's inaugural run in 2019 has one passenger excursion during the trip when tickets are available to ride the train. UP does not sell the tickets. My wife and I rode the train in 2019 on it's return trip to Cheyenne after the Spike150 celebration in Ogden UT. That was it's inaugural run and was double headed with 844. Dome seats were $5000. We had coach seats in the Columbine dome car and they were $3000 each. Those tickets were sold by the Utah Historical Society. During this trip the passenger excursion was sponsored by the Cheyenne UP Museum from Roseville CA to Sparks NV. The tickets are very limited. In 2019 there were only 90. I heard that the Roseville to Sparks had only 140 and that they were only $800.

[@ddh2o759]

Excellent video & what a cool train - -two questions I have are, can I get a sleeper and do they have a full bar....

[@JamieSaunders-yn9nu]

Lovely video. Always keeping an eye on KZbin for similar videos. Nearest in size we have down under is the Beyer Garratt 6000 (4 8 4 + 4 8 4) in N.S.W. weighing in at a measly 250+ tonnes. I presume the EMD is there just in case. The two tank cars behind 4014s tender are for water I presume. Stay safe chasing the trains.

[@rearspeaker6364]

all is correct. the diesel is assisting up donner pass, no use pushing the steamer too hard in new territory, and its dynamic braking is a plus going downhill.

[@longrider42]

Ah, he was not feeling too good that morning. You can tell by how the horn sounded, some what wet and low pitched. I've heard it before on a cold wet May morning in Cheyenne, where I live. They fired up the Big Boy, rolled him out, tried to toot the horn, and it was more like a wet raspberry. My uncle who taught me all about steam. Once told me, Steam Engines will either work great, or they will not, and if not, there isnt much you can do, but put it back in the barn or round house. But they could not do that at the time of this video.

[@infaredxkingz8786]

Union pacific doesn't have the sense to stop giving big boy a diesel helper when they should.../big boy: you're not doing me any good, 1983 😒

[@rearspeaker6364]

agreed, but if big boy breaks down the railfan internet may crash, so UP is covering its tail. the mix of those two at work is pretty good!

[@carygrant8796]

The legacy unit is there to provide dynamic braking saving wear on 4014’s brakes. Ed has reported brakes are very expensive to source and replace.

[@DeseretFoamer]

Great catches! The one over Auburn Ravine and Yuba Gap are really good!

[@Leon-vp3vb]

That is one beautiful engine, Marvel of engineering. Is it regular unit? Or special occasion, For special train?

[@brucefinley9986]

Beautiful video! Thanks! At 5:54 there is a caption “Yuba Pass”. I believe it should say “Donner Pass”, right?

[@johnburger3287]

No

[@brucefinley9986]

@@johnburger3287Maybe "Yuba Gap"? Yuba Pass is to the north where Highway 49 crosses the mountains. There are no railroad tracks there.

[@johnburger3287]

@@brucefinley9986 Ooops, you are correct. It is Yuba Gap.

[@2uenigma]

You obviously did a lot of pre-planning, kudos. You must have known how to avoid the traffic congestion in Colfax.

[@ИринаРатникова-т7п]

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[@georgebliss8262]

Excellent coverage in fantastic locations.

[@MichaelJones-wt5rh]

Incredible shots of this beautiful machine. Thank you so much for sharing! Does anyone know does UP run on the same route as the Central Pacific built in the 1860's?