Union Pacific Big Boy

[@davidwhiting1761]

I can just imagine this conversation if 4014 could talk: 4014: "Um...guys...I don't think I was built for this..." Crew: "Nah, it's alright, buddy. You can make it." 4014: "Okay...(gets halfway into the curve with massive overhang) Guys...this is...VERY uncomfortable." Crew: "You're fine." 4014: "I look ridiculous hanging out this far!" Crew: "You're a 4000! It's impossible for you to NOT look majestic no matter what position you're in. Besides, this just means that your articulation is doing what it was meant to do." (4014 finally backs out of the curve) 4014: "Phew! What a relief." Crew: "Great! Now let's do it again!" 4014: "... *Ffff* ! (Censored by whistle blasts)"

[@UnionPacificRailfan2018]

I was thinking its the opposite its the crew that is worried about big boy struggling through the curve

[@Honeydwarf85]

Big Boy under a catenary is not something I ever thought I'd see

[@NW-gi1cp]

Cursed image : 4014 with pantographs

[@davidng2336]

This is why articulated locomotives are my favorite.

[@julieleehaug4711]

Big Boy 4014 is a really awesome steam locomotive 🚂 I love it a lot.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Very strange yet welcoming sight to see 4014 under wire!

[@jamesdykejr2980]

the articulation is amazing.

[@b.t.3780]

It was a blast to see 4014 Big Boy for the first time on the 28th and the 30th in Greeley.

[@lilfrostygamplays1665]

I love the new Whistle but Also can't wait to see Up 844 out n Running again ya know but 4014 never disappoints💯🚂🚃🚃🚃

[@1llenium]

It was running in 2019

[@Amigafur]

​@@1lleniumbut that was almost 4 years ago. It's currently in storage.

[@lilfrostygamplays1665]

Thx@Fan Railer

[@geomodelrailroader]

they said it could not be done, the catenary wires were in the way, and Millennium Bridge hung so low over the tracks nothing high cube could go under it. Well today Big Boy proved them wrong and this marked UP Steam's return to Union Station before that RTD was skeptical and people said it could not be done now it has been done a Big Boy pulled in and no cars got zapped and no domes hit Millennium Bridge.

[@kptrains]

Nice footage of the Big Boy

[@09JDCTrainMan]

Articulation at its finest, I enjoy seeing that

[@jackchen7003]

LOL It’s like trying to fit a steam engine on the Northeast corridor!

[@Pensyfan19]

To think we would ever see steam under the wires again.

[@1llenium]

Quite a few railroads all over the world do

[@jackchen7003]

Some railroads around the world do like The UK. But to see Steam under wire in the USA is very rare. This is almost like trying to shove a giant steam engine on the NEC 🤣

[@dominictherailfan]

wow

[@carlballinger844]

the centipede tender , has got to be the biggest worry, backing around a tight curve

[@jimmyhook4852]

I wonder if this comes close to the curve they encountered in Superior, Wisconsin back during the Summer of 2019?

[@FanRailer]

Apparently, both curves have the exact same degree of curvature.

[@jimmyhook4852]

@@FanRailer Ah noice :3

[@tracynation2820]

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

[@peterrosenquist]

Didn’t 844 have a different whistle in 2019 or is that just me?

[@FanRailer]

844 was wearing this whistle in 2019.

[@joaoricardoaraujogranzoto3050]

Why they change the whistle so much?

[@FanRailer]

… they don’t.

[@joaoricardoaraujogranzoto3050]

@@FanRailer really? Like, look at the UP 844 we can see that in 2010 his whistle changed, and after again in 2011 eleven they changed again, could be the time the whistle was getting old our something, and now big boy changed two times pretty fast

[@UnionPacificRailfan2018]

@Peter Rosenquist 844 still has her whistle in 2019

[@chuckgilly]

I was told by a little bird that there was concern about the track gauge being too narrow at a certain spot there in Denver. Could this be it?

[@NERJ607]

Since when were there catenary there, and that train that passed later in the video looks like a SEPTA SLV

[@FanRailer]

Since denver started up its commuter rail service several years ago.

[@texasandpacific610]

Does she have her original whistle?

[@Mark3nd]

So its the first half with a boiler sticking out with the other half not connected to the boiler. I can now understand everything.

[@kwstasapostolou6823]

Ok this is something is should probably already know but I don't so I will ask. Why does it require help to take the curve? And go that slow? Does the weight center shifts so drastically that the train is in danger of tilting off the tracks?

[@godzillaking3347]

Is that the original tender and they got it restored because it looks different

[@FanRailer]

This is 3985’s tender

[@godzillaking3347]

@@FanRailer I thought 3985 was going to be restored

[@1llenium]

@@FanRailer so 3985 got sent to that restoration facility with 4014s tender

[@zacharycalgher6001]

@@FanRailer UP and RRHMA are doing a tender swap so 4014 gets its tender back and 3985 will get its tender back. 4014's tender will be restored and have an oil bunker installed.

[@FanRailer]

3985 hasn't gone anywhere yet. The move is still yet to happen, but yes, when it does 3985 will go to Silvis with the 4014's coal tender. When the restoration is complete, they will swap tenders.

[@b.t.3780]

Where were you standing while filming this?

[@FanRailer]

Wewatta street overpass.

[@HenryTheGreenEngine5797]

That’s not the same whistle

[@johnathanwoodley5005]

No they change it they put back 4014 service whistle the one it used back in the 40s and 50s. That same whistle was on 844