Union Pacific "Big Boy"

[DAW89446]

Union Pacific's historic steam locomotive, X4014, came to Winnemucca July 8, 2024 to tie up overnight. X4014 is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world. It's currently heading westbound to Roseville, CA via the Feather River line, then return to Cheyenne, WY later in the month. A friend of mine - a retired lifelong railroad employee for first Southern Pacific, then later UP - and I went to see it. Here is a 3.5 minute video I took of the train at Winnemucca.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fym5rHL...drive_link

More info on the schedule of the train is at https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

[netllama]

isn't roseville west of winnemucca (not east) ?

[DAW89446]

isn't roseville west of winnemucca (not east) ?

Good catch. Corrected. 

[Bluegreen kayak]

Very impressive, thank you. I liked the part where the diesel engine went by; looked like two diesels were the length of the one steam engine.

[Kauri]

Here's a video of "Big Boy #4014" that a friend took as it passed through Oroville, CA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G67C7mW6Pwg

[DAW89446]

Here's a 12 minute video taken on board the locomotive between Elko and Carlin, Nevada.

1001972 (youtube.com)