Union Pacific "Big Boy" in 7 1/4 Inch

[@SuperDiddy10]

Crazy to think this beautiful train started its life at Dobwalls Adventure Park in England and is now all the way over in Australia, still going strong!

[@andrewdarley8988]

So that's where it went! I have often wondered. Such a pity the Dobwalls railway folded after they went to such lengths to create as realistic as possible replica of the Sherman pass. The way the exhaust and whistle used to echo as it passed through the canyon! I remember they had at least one other large UP locomotive, I think a 4-8-4, and I trust that found a good home.

[@Harrowder22]

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[@ianstevenson7037]

I remember this loco at Dobwalls.

[@TrevorHeath]

@@andrewdarley8988 All the big locos, steam and diesel went to Australia.

[@davidlockwood9192]

Yes I remember riding behind it at the “Forest Railroad Park” which then was rebranded as Dobwells many times as a child Was sad when was old enough to go to Cornwall on holiday with own family and it was closed!

[@sylvialloyd9937]

I rode behind the Big Boy at Dobwalls several years ago. What a beauty. I can however console myself with owning two Rivarossi HO gauge models of the loco. !!

[@tracynation2820]

An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

[@mrhearse777]

Big ideas . Big engineers . Big success. What's not to admire and like about this magnificent effort . The rest of us will just have to dream.

[@RickyJr46]

Beautiful piece of machinery.

[@stevencaskey8502]

Was lucky to see the real engine here in town in the Missouri Pacific line. It stopped at the Illinois street crossing at what yuse to be the entrance to the old Standard oil refinery.Lots of good memories of my dad who use to work at the refinery.

[@davidantoniocamposbarros7528]

It's now a Small Boy

[@mervynsands3501]

Wow! very impressive, a great locomotive.

[@Trigzd]

Just realised, is this one of the locos from Dobwalls-I loved that place

[@NathanielKempson]

Pretty sure its not.

[@Speshboy]

@@NathanielKempson It is. Happy childhood memories.

[@RJames-xw8wx]

I too remember Dobwalls.. They had a Herd of Deer in a large field at Dobwalls,, and for an extra fee,, a Tractor would pull a few carriages with passengers round the field, stopping halfway so that people can feed the Deer from their hands, using a little handful of food for another extra bit of cash. The carriages windows did not have glass, so people fed from their seats. What I want to know is... What happened to the Deer!!?? dependant of the food..

[@rogerwhittle2078]

@@NathanielKempson The resolution on my screen isn't all that good, but I'm pretty sure I can read the name. Unless someone else in the world built a model of #4008 and named it "William Jeffers", then this is the ex John Southern, Dobwalls Big Boy. I know it went to the Diamond Valley Railway in Australia and was used for a bit then, put into storage and from thence it disappeared. I've been asking questions about it all over the net. This video was 2011, so where is the William Jeffers now? What was the story about wrecking the boiler? That would have been hard to do, I imagine? The Dobwalls 4-8-8-4 and all the Dobwalls locos, were not scale models, they were near scale, but they were designed to be - and were - working locomotives that could work all day pulling trains with probably a hundred or more people on. It would be very sad if William Jeffers was languishing in some barn somewhere in Australia, for want of repair.

[@daveking650]

That is some heck of a working model steam engine. Saw one at Two Harbours in Minnesota

[@ArcherMorningside]

Me two

[@kcjones1313]

Beautiful engine to drive - nice to see the A - B unit at the end

[@neil4306]

Just beautiful

[@colanitower]

Honey, I shrunk the train! No problem, we'll take off the roof

[@laszlohrabovszky2489]

0:40 *Wait. Thats illegal.*

[@therooster6104]

Very nice indeed

[@MsCriticalthinker201]

Sure the rail is heavy enough? The joints are bonded? You have a signal system too?

[@formerparatrooper]

Is this the engine in Australia someone ran low on water and ruined the boiler.

[@thomasmills1078]

Very Nice

[@woobyvr9654]

How has that not been at the AALS convention

[@melaniedennis7598]

It is outside the AALS specifications and limits re boiler size & capacity (and possibly pressure).

[@ianspeckmaier9565]

Does this use recycling compound cylinders like the original big boy?

[@melaniedennis7598]

The UP Big Boys (and Challengers) were simple articulateds, not compounds.

[@martythemartian99]

Why do I wish the tender said ONION SPECIFIC on the side? Oh that's right, I'm weird. I forgot for a moment there.

[@GTgyro]

It is NOT the "X4008", it is simply the "4008". The X is nothing more than a place holder and is NOT part of the locomotive's identification.

[@CantleJ541]

Ok. I'll keep that in mind next time I upload a video. By the way I see you are trying to help but maybe you cxan rephrase your words to seem less "im right and your wrong". I'm happy to be corrected but do it politely next time.

[@GTgyro]

@@CantleJ541 Sorry to come across as cross, but I am in a terrible mood after seeing all the Republicans in the US House today blow off Trump's impeachment as if the only thing he ever did was to avoid paying a parking ticket. Disgusting, apalling, unconscionable.

[@ABHAYSINGH-uu9tz]

A jga kaha pa h

[@JungleYT]

Is this the one that was purchased from the guy in Oregon USA???

[@DeepPastry]

No, that one wound up in New Zealand. EDIT: Plus this one is a larger scale. Why they can sit inside it rather than ride on top.

[@samueldyke5745]

Where is he now?

[@Absolut531kmh]

At cheyenne wyoming

[@joestephan1111]

It would be nice to know where this is at. Thanks.

[@CantleJ541]

If you read the caption of the video and Google it you will have your answer champ.

[@joestephan1111]

@@CantleJ541 I lived in Melbourne for almost a year but never saw anything about this.

[@CantleJ541]

@@joestephan1111 the Diamond Valley Railway has been operating for a long time. Search them. Also this video was taken many years ago.

[@joestephan1111]

@@CantleJ541 Wish I would have known that when I was there. Thanks.

[@CantleJ541]

@@joestephan1111 the test run wasn't made public. It was done on a weekday with workshop crew and owners.

[@BrokenBuffer]

Lil boy

[@aussi3212]

wow that is such a beauty, is it on loan from the USA ???

[@MiRailOfficial]

She is a former dobwalls railroad locomotive which closed in 2006, the engines bar one were sold to Australia. She was built and ran in the uk

[@Harrowder22]

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[@harleypiper]

Wait ....,somethings missing....2 things...little kids and the music from "its a small world after all"

[@jeffkitney39]

Good to no it's here were it belongs 😄😄😄😄😄

[@arealassassin]

All I ever see is these magnificent machines tootling a bunch of retirees around at walking speed... how about organizing a demo of what they're really capable of- get a decent amount of rolling stock behind it, suitably weighted, and show us how much power it really has!

[@AlycidonDeltic]

If I had to bet on it, they'd run out of rolling stock before this monster even came close to its tractive effort limit.

[@eliotreader8220]

@@AlycidonDeltic I understand she could pull 11 passenger coaches during her time at Dobwalls

[@wilks3620]

Ha, I would love to give some speed to a loco I am building once it is done! Probably limited by the motor I put in it but hey it's worth a shot going fast.

[@tanktimeboomtime3507]

Oh it is the big boy sorry 😝

[@sarahgriffin8517]

Wow bb

[@dennishargrove4978]

I have a switch track for sale

[@tanktimeboomtime3507]

That isn’t the big boy that’s the challenger

[@liammatthews5656]

It's a big boy - 16 driving wheels

[@RICKYGT22]

👍👍🤗👏👏🤠🙌🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾

[@GTgyro]

What a horrible shame to have such a magnificent & accurate scale model pulling a string of COMPLETELY WRONG COLORED COACHES! UNION PACIFIC COLORS ARE YELLOW, NOT M-O-W RED. Jeez. It's like watching a spaghetti western with Clint Eastwood in a railroad scene and the damn train is obviously European with round bumpers and two-axle cars. Ugh.

[@CantleJ541]

It was the first time the Locomotive had steamed and running in Australian under it's new owner. The carriages it was hauling was what was available at the time. Feel free to make a string of UP cars to go behind it next time it runs! I'm sure the current owner would be more than happy to see that!

[@rogerwhittle2078]

@@CantleJ541 The William Jeffers spent its not inconsiderable revenue life hauling sit astride coaches around a railroad meant to emulate the Sherman Hill section of the UP. It had a fairly step gradient to ascend 'Sherman Hill', circle it then descend. The trains probably had five or six people to a car and probably twenty cars, but I don't remember the engines even breaking sweat. The WJ just cruised around all day. My question is; WHERE IS THE WILLIAM JEFFERS NOW? Did some cretin do the boiler in? Why isn't it being used like it was built to be used. Big trains, lots of kids (and big kids) up big hills ALL DAY>

[@esteute2640]

Scrap it :)

[@theundertalebriny3871]

NO

[@ArcherMorningside]

Not funny