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Union Pacific "Big Boy"
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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
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~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.
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#2
isn't roseville west of winnemucca (not east) ?
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(2024-07-09, 12:28 PM)netllama Wrote: isn't roseville west of winnemucca (not east) ?

Good catch. Corrected.  Shy
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~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.
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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.
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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
Link to my DV trip reports, and map of named places in DV (official and unofficial): http://kaurijacobphotography.yolasite.com
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Here's a 12 minute video taken on board the locomotive between Elko and Carlin, Nevada.

1001972 (youtube.com)
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