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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 01:22 AM
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i am kinda disappointed i did not make time to get down to colton to see 4014.....
 
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 05:33 PM
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Bob, Steve, did you guys make it out there? I expected pics. Still do.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 05:59 PM
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I wasn't able to go.
 
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Old May 1, 2014 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by bpounds
Bob, Steve, did you guys make it out there? I expected pics. Still do.
Bill,
I should have followed up. After Steve couldn't make it I decided to wait to see some good you tube video's and get some other chores completed.

Thx Pop's for sharing.
 
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Old May 7, 2014 | 08:53 PM
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Interesting thread. Guess it's repairable


A train engine derailed up the road from me. This is whats left.
 
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It will buff out.

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Old May 12, 2014 | 01:22 PM
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Big Boy 4014

A pretty neat video up at Victorville. Amazing the fan turnout.

It looks like a Ford pushing that train up the hill!

 
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Old May 12, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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Awesome video.

Jim
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 11:49 AM
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Big Boy 4014 made it home.

The 4014 made it back to Cheyenne on Monday.

Big Boy arrives in Cheyenne | WyomingNews.com
 
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Reviving.


 
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Old Aug 7, 2015 | 12:41 AM
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Only three men in the whole process.

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Old Aug 7, 2015 | 09:39 AM
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These are pics of the caboose we rented for the weekend and the geared logging steam locomotive that hauled us out to the middle of nowhere and left us on a siding for 3 days. 30th anniversary trip. Other than the steam excursion that passed occasionally, no contact with the outside world for 3 days.
 
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What an awesome thread. I also love steam trains
and cars. Got to crawl all over a Stanly Steamer in
a museum in 2000. They are hugeish as hell. Ya
almost need a ladder to get in the seat. So whats the
plan for the 4014? Is it still under restoration? Up and
running? IDK. Anybody? There is a lot of info in this
thread and I will prolly spend a few hours watching all
the vids. mostly the ones that come up after the ones
ya all post. Questions like when did Big Boy last move
under it's own power? Does it now? Or can it? I plan
to do the Alaska train trip in the next couple of years.
I need to pick ND Bills brain some abut it as I think
he has been there and done that. What say you Bill?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by arctic y block
What an awesome thread. I also love steam trains
and cars. So whats the
plan for the 4014? Is it still under restoration? Up and
running? IDK. Anybody?
This summer we stopped into the UP train yard in N. Platte, NE ( largest in the world). The docent indicated that the Big Boy will be in Cheyenne another 1-2 yrs minimum, changing from the original coal as fuel, to fuel oil feeding this beast.

If you're into trains and nearby, you've got to stop in.


 

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Originally Posted by r2millers
This summer we stopped into the UP train yard in N. Platte NB ( largest in the world).
Bob, I suspect you meant North Platte, NE, not NB, which is the code for New Brunswick.

Of course, New Brunswick has trains, so maybe.....

Just funnin'! Yes, I would like to see Bailey Yard someday!!

Pop
 
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