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Steam & Excursion > Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814Date: 03/18/24 04:35 Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: bandob This 4-8-4 is at the Rails West Museum, Council Bluffs, IA. The outdoor location gives many photo angles, but at the cost of weather exposure. Photos taken in 2007.
B&O Bill Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/24 04:36 by bandob. Date: 03/18/24 04:35 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: bandob Date: 03/18/24 06:38 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: ClubCar Nice photos, Bill. Most all museums around the country are faced with the same problems, too much equipment, and no indoor space to maintain them. The B&O R.R. Museum in Baltimore is a prime example, especially with the passenger cars outside on display, rusting away, a real shame.
John in White Marsh, Maryland Date: 03/18/24 08:47 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: BuddPullman Bill, Nice photos, thank you.
I was wondering what happened to the original 6 wheel truck tender from this FEF-1. Utah Rails web site has this answer: "UP 801, 804, 805, 808, and 814 (5 locomotives) received larger 23-C Centipede tenders to replace their original 20-C tenders, which were removed for conversion to 24-GTE tenders for the larger 8500 GTE locomotives delivered in 1960." Date: 03/18/24 11:09 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: tomstp Inside looks a lot better than that of T&P 2-10-4 # 638 given to the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. In 6 months there was not a piece of glass remaining and all the gauges were missing and seat cushions were destroyed. The inside of the cab was totally vandalized.
Date: 03/18/24 11:45 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: refarkas These photos do her honor.
Bob Date: 03/18/24 13:22 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: dan faded a lot since then
Date: 03/18/24 18:10 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: bankshotone She sure could use some tlc.
Date: 03/18/24 18:20 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: BandO946 BuddPullman Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Bill, Nice photos, thank you. > > I was wondering what happened to the original 6 > wheel truck tender from this FEF-1. Utah Rails > web site has this answer: > > "UP 801, 804, 805, 808, and 814 (5 locomotives) > received larger 23-C Centipede tenders to replace > their original 20-C tenders, which were removed > for conversion to 24-GTE tenders for the larger > 8500 GTE locomotives delivered in 1960." > > It is currently used behind 4014 and 844 as water tender Joe Jordan. Date: 03/18/24 19:12 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: bankshotone BandO946 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > BuddPullman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Bill, Nice photos, thank you. > > > > I was wondering what happened to the original 6 > > wheel truck tender from this FEF-1. Utah > Rails > > web site has this answer: > > > > "UP 801, 804, 805, 808, and 814 (5 locomotives) > > received larger 23-C Centipede tenders to > replace > > their original 20-C tenders, which were removed > > for conversion to 24-GTE tenders for the larger > > 8500 GTE locomotives delivered in 1960." > > > > > It is currently used behind 4014 and 844 as water > tender Joe Jordan. Actually the UPP 814 Joe Jordan came from locomotive 807. UPP 809 Jim Adams came from locomotive 816 Date: 03/20/24 08:26 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: LocoPilot750 Date: 03/20/24 17:02 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: rrman6 tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Inside looks a lot better than that of T&P 2-10-4 > # 638 given to the State Fair of Texas in > Dallas. In 6 months there was not a piece of > glass remaining and all the gauges were missing > and seat cushions were destroyed. The inside of > the cab was totally vandalized. Yes, so sad it always is, to see such history vandalized. Vandalization must be an age old thing, but only seems worse with time. It appears in these photos, at that time, the marker lights had survived well, but glass iin reflectors and headlight covers, number boards, etc. evidently didn't. Question: Why, on the smoke deflector are there several dents which seem applied from the boiler side? I've seen such on other photos of such UP engines and even on some restored engines. Date: 03/21/24 14:31 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: dan looks like where welds were from cross bracing
Date: 03/30/24 13:41 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: Goalieman Why do the cylinders on the UP 4-8-4’s look undersized to me? Obviously they were not. Did UP have a superior design or am I just nuts?? DON’T ANSWER THAT!! Ha!!
Markus V. “The Fort in Indiana” Posted from iPhone Date: 03/30/24 15:18 Re: Monday Museum Steam: Union Pacific #814 Author: HotWater Goalieman Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Why do the cylinders on the UP 4-8-4’s look > undersized to me? Obviously they were not. Did UP > have a superior design or am I just nuts?? DON’T > ANSWER THAT!! Ha!! > > Markus V. > “The Fort in Indiana” The FEF-1 class locomotives had 24.5" diameter cylinders, while the FEF-2 & FEF-3 class had 25" diameter cylinders. Do you consider those diameters "undersize"? That said, I would indeed say that the "UP had a superior design". As far as you being "just nuts",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hard to say. |