Western Railroad Discussion > Big Boy crowd pleaser

In a scene surely repeated many dozens of times in the past two months, UP 4014 rolls over Main St in Oakley*, KS. Right into an aura of mass-adulation. It's cinch that the passage of this Big ol' Boy is a first time/last time, once-in-a-lifetime event for most of this crowd! And the collective excitement must have pushed the ambient temperature up a degree or two... :^)

1. UP 4014 crosses Main St in Oakley, KS on November 22, 2019.
(Picasa photo-editing. *Location originally thought to be Grainfield, corrected to Oakley)

Thanks for looking!
Lance Garrels
santafe199

(posted at Eaton, CO from inside the friendly confines of the ATSFSuperChief home for wayward KS railfans... ;^)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/19 17:29 by santafe199.

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Grainfield, Kansas looked a lot like Oakley, Kansas that day.

Pump

Yeah... I took a quick look and skedaddled right on up the road... 🚦

Posted from iPhone

Lots of Happy people in the snow watching the Big Boy roll by, ah the fun of it all!

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/27/19 18:07 by Ritzville.

santafe199 Wrote:
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> Yeah... I took a quick look and skedaddled right
> on up the road... 🚦
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> Posted from iPhone

Your photo is listed as Grainfield...it was taken in Oakley.

Pump

Big_Dude Wrote: > ... it was taken in Oakley ...

Aha... so it was. Thanks for the correction. So much for keeping notes, on the run, with one hand on the wheel... :^)

Lance