Rayman4449 Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Steam Update: 5/7/18 https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-05-07-2018.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 Facebook video of local news station at the UP steam shop. Get a view of the newly tired Big Boy drivers (Thanks to Chuck for sharing the link ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-can-i-see-big-boy-steam-locomotive.amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Thanks for the info! I hope to get my Big BOys running on my new layout sometime this summer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Photos from May. Big Boy drivers with brand new tires and front pilot work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 UP Steam Update: 08/29/18: Looks like they have made brand new steps on the front pilot and completely 100% sandblasting clean the cylinder castings. This thing is going to look incredible when it's done. https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-08-29-2018.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rayman4449 Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/october-steam-update-10-31-2018.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 A Railfan's update video. Big Boy is apparently mostly together and in primer. From what I have read they will be using the 3985's tender for the trip in May with restoration of 4014's tender to be done afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Good to hear, be nice to see some current pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Recently taken image that will be published with soon to be released formal UP update: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Latest update: https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-1-29-2019.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Update 2/6/19: Big Boy has passed its hydrostatic tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Photos of 4014 taken on Jan 1, 1962 as it passed through Salt Lake City, UT on its way to Pomona, CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Trains (Kalmbach publishing) has 2 DVDs they will be publishing on the Big Boy: https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/dvd/15209 https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/dvd/15109 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 The UP is attempting to get a waiver from the FRA from being required to equip their engines with PTC on their Steam locomotives. (Thanks to Chuck for the info) FTC just responded: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FRA-2018-0070-0004 Summary from the letter: - FTC said UP is currently covered for the 2019 operating year under previous waivers granted. - For overall long term waiver, UP needs to provide full technical (and/or legal) reasons on why PTC isn't feasible to equip on steam locomotives. So a second application/reply will likely be sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 The 150th Transcontinental Railroad anniversary schedule has now been released with the 4014 leaving for the event on May 4th. https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm Photo inside 4014 cab: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Photo from 3/15/19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 New photo: New Eccentric link and Trunnion forgings, all machined and ready for the installation of new needle bearings custom made for the UP 4014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 It will be like new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Posted by Scott G online: Much of what has been written about the 4005’s brief time as an oil burner speaks of problems with uneven heating in the firebox and broken staybolts. The Steam Crew has made an important change during the 4014 restoration that was not part of the 4005’s configuration when it burned oil in the 1940’s. When the UP converted a steam locomotive class from coal- to oil burning, they removed the firebrick arch and the circulator tubes that supported it. In the case of the FEF Northerns like the 844, that meant the arch tubes were removed. In the case of the large Challengers like the 3985 and the 4005 Big Boy, they removed the security circulators. Security circulators were large tubes that connected the water spaces along the side of the firebox with the water space above the crown sheet. They had several functions, one of which included promoting water circulation between areas filled with relatively cool water and the area above the crown sheet, where the most vigorous boiling occurred. During the steam era on the UP, oil burning power did not use security circulators in the firebox. This practice was not unique to the UP. Southern Pacific cab forwards also didn’t use circulators (you can see this in the firebox of the SP 4294 cab forward preserved in Sacramento—no circulators in its oil-burning firebox). On the other hand, the Santa Fe did use a type of circulator tubes in its large oil burning Northerns and 2-10-4’s. For the 4014’s conversion from coal to oil firing, the Steam Crew elected to keep the security circulators in the firebox to improve water circulation, and therefore reduce the uneven heating of the crown sheet that can excessively strain the boiler structure and lead to broken staybolts and leaks. You can see the 4014’s circulators in the photo captured during an Ed Dickens update video. Compare it to the photo of the 844’s firebox, which has no circulators or arch tubes. 4014: 844: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Interesting fact. The current tender on the 4014 was from 4015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Big Boy 4019 is in the lead and 4014 as the road engine pulling double-head a freight in August 1958. 4014’s tender in this photo was originally engine 4015’s tender. To make the change, workmen simply painted a 4 over the 5. 4014 was retired with this tender and is still paired together to this day. Another photo: Three other general photos of 4014: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stubbs Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Hi Ray and everyone, Just wanted to say thanks to all that contribute to this thread. It's a lot of fun to see how the Big Boy is coming along as well as all the history. The photos are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I would think they were doing some test runs of this pretty soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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