Steam & Excursion > Next Big Boy Tour December 8, 2017

UP 4014 restoration continues on the four-cylinder articulated 4-8-8-4 Big Boy-type steam locomotive November 13, 2017 at Cheyenne, WY.

Tour of UP steam shop
Trolley transport to steam shop
Admission to Cheyenne Depot Museum

$20/person. 12:30 PM. Tours begin at the Cheyenne Depot Museum. Visitors must wear sensible closed-toe shoes. Hard hats will be provided. Liability forms must be signed before touring.

2017 - Fridays
December 8

2018- Fridays
January 12
February 16, 2018

Note: Union Pacific does not charge for the tour. The fee goes to the Cheyenne Street Railway and Cheyenne Depot Museum.
Phone 307-778-3133 for tickets or email info@cheyenne.org

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I will get excited when the UP decides to rebuild GTEL 26 that is sitting in Ogden!

Batman?

DRGW5502 Wrote:
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> Batman?


Think they're referring to 4014's firebox as a Belfry? Maybe The BatCave?

Sharp eye you have there sir...

Cheers, Dave

Maybe they need help and are flashing the bat signal....

When I was a young horse wrangler, an old cowboy once told me..."Talk is CHEAP!...Takes money to buy GOOD Whiskey!"

Where's the 250 ton overhead crane?

on a flatbed probably

Is there any news out of The Shop about how they are going to configure the oil burner?

Not trying to start a flame war....

Posted from iPhone

CPRR Wrote:
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> Not trying to start a flame war....
>
> Posted from iPhone

Good pun, though.....

Oldtyme Wrote:
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> Where's the 250 ton overhead crane?

I was there the day the UP scrapped the old 250 ton crane. It was when the were remodeling the backshop and just before they set the new precast north wall. They had the electrician go up and set the crane in motion and literally ran it off the end of the rails and crash down onto the concrete floor below where the loaded it up and hauled it off. Then the precast walls went up.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> Oldtyme Wrote:
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> > Where's the 250 ton overhead crane?
>
> I was there the day the UP scrapped the old 250
> ton crane. It was when the were remodeling the
> backshop and just before they set the new precast
> north wall. They had the electrician go up and set
> the crane in motion and literally ran it off the
> end of the rails and crash down onto the concrete
> floor below where the loaded it up and hauled it
> off. Then the precast walls went up.


Wow. I bet that was something to see. Kind of like watching a building implosion.

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> Oldtyme Wrote:
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> > Where's the 250 ton overhead crane?
>
> I was there the day the UP scrapped the old 250
> ton crane. It was when the were remodeling the
> backshop and just before they set the new precast
> north wall. They had the electrician go up and set
> the crane in motion and literally ran it off the
> end of the rails and crash down onto the concrete
> floor below where the loaded it up and hauled it
> off. Then the precast walls went up.


Wow! Wish I coulda seen that!

What I meant was where's the "new" 250 ton overhead crane that DL said he was getting?? I mean wasn't that the real reason the false ceiling was torn down?

According to this UP Tweet a few minutes ago they got the crane installed

https://twitter.com/UP_Steam/status/931276624527536129

Spoony81 Wrote:
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> According to this UP Tweet a few minutes ago they
> got the crane installed
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> https://twitter.com/UP_Steam/status/93127662452753
> 6129


Boy, what a waste of money!

HotWater Wrote:
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> Spoony81 Wrote:
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> > According to this UP Tweet a few minutes ago
> they
> > got the crane installed
> >
> >
> https://twitter.com/UP_Steam/status/93127662452753
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> > 6129
>
>
> Boy, what a waste of money!

Not your money.

needles_sub Wrote:
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> HotWater Wrote:
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> > Spoony81 Wrote:
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> > > According to this UP Tweet a few minutes ago
> > they
> > > got the crane installed
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://twitter.com/UP_Steam/status/93127662452753
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> >
> > > 6129
> >
> >
> > Boy, what a waste of money!
>
> Not your money.

It is if he's a shareholder.