Steam & Excursion > A well-written, detail rich #4014 news story

Nice work by the Victor Valley News...

https://www.vvng.com/union-pacifics-big-boy-no-4014-is-stopping-in-victorville/

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

Very well written but the picture is priceless, they put a point helper on the train? I could certainly believe it
after seeing that Big Dog uphill through Ivanpah. But then the point unit might be to address the dynamics
issue.

Out

callum_out Wrote:
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> Very well written but the picture is priceless,
> they put a point helper on the train? I could
> certainly believe it
> after seeing that Big Dog uphill through Ivanpah.
> But then the point unit might be to address the
> dynamics
> issue.
>
> Out

That picture is from the trip to Cheyenne before the rebuild. SD70 4014 is leading and you can see the people riding in the tender



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/19 11:48 by Spoony81.

Really misplaced timing for the current situation...with 4014 being operational..

People riding in the coal space really dates it ...the 3985’s tender ( now behind 4014) has the oil bunker in that ‘well’ ...

In this clip, the 4014 is dead as a door nail...

​W.

callum_out Wrote:
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> Very well written but the picture is priceless,
> they put a point helper on the train? I could
> certainly believe it
> after seeing that Big Dog uphill through Ivanpah.
> But then the point unit might be to address the
> dynamics
> issue.
>
> Out

That point helper in the video is because the video is from 2014 when 4014 was being transported to Cheyenne for restoration.

-Fred-

Thanks for the correction, seemed like a bit of overkill.

Out

I forgot how goofy looking all those guys looked riding in the tender.

Thanks for reminding me.....

wcamp1472 Wrote:
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> In this clip, the 4014 is dead as a door nail...
>
> ​W.

If it truly was dead as a door nail, we'd be hearing "chugga chugga" as we clean up our 5 o'clock shadows every morning.

I’m probably very dense...but, what does that post by  ‘mrwalsh85’ mean?
What about:  “Chugga-chugga” ?

Anybody got any ideas?

Those pics with the crowd in the tender were taken in 2014.....5 years ago...En route to being returned to service...

​W.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/19 11:07 by wcamp1472.

The girl speaking from the cab ... anyone know who she is?

Thanks
Jim Lee