Lonnie UtahI told him, he from now on, he had to work up orders for all of his runs on the layout. He just gave me a look. lol.
I would too! That's too much work, I just run trains. Train orders? switch list? work orders? track warrents? WAAAAYYYYY too much work.
Mike.
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mbinsewi Lonnie Utah I told him, he from now on, he had to work up orders for all of his runs on the layout. He just gave me a look. lol. I would too! That's too much work, I just run trains. Train orders? switch list? work orders? track warrents? WAAAAYYYYY too much work. Mike.
Lonnie Utah I told him, he from now on, he had to work up orders for all of his runs on the layout. He just gave me a look. lol.
I love the horn sound haven't anything that for like forever. Plus the neat caboose.
Lonnie UtahThe best part of the day? My son getting a set of Engineer's orders from a very nice UP employee who had an extra set.
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That sounds like quite a thrill.
I hope you get them laminated for safekeeping.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
The cost to rebuild and operate 4014 is "chump change" in the grand scheme of things for the UP. The revenue geneated by the good will and PR of this whole project will far exceed its costs to the UP. As to the rod bearing noise, when working with this type of bearing, a little loose is better than a little tight. As if it was tight, it would only get tighter at track speed when bearing temps increase. As to the sound like its coasting, thats because towing two tool cars and the back up diesel is "chump change" to the Big Boy's power. Tack on a hundred or so PFE Reefers with friction bearing trucks like she used to move over the mountain, and she will bark. It was amazing to see such a great machine moving under steam again. My hat is off to the UP and their steam team for bringing 4014 back to life including the successful conversion to oil firing. Now to get her tender converted and back with her so that 3985 can come back to life and join 4014 on the road in another year or two. Just wait till UP puts the 4014 on the head end of a hot stack train like they would do with 3985. That will be a sight to behold! Mike the Aspie
Silly NT's, I have Asperger's Syndrome
They left Utah yesterday on their way back to Cheyenne.
A few videos from the event.
The coolest thing about events like this is the people you meet. Yesterday we met a 95 year old gentlemen who was a retired engineer for the UP. To the best of the family's knowledge, he's one of, if not the oldest living steam engineer for them. They had a photo of him driving the 4014 back in 1957. He's driven many of UP's steam locomotives including 844.My son has a vest with a collection of hat/lapel pins that he has collected to remind his/us of all the things we seen and places we've visited. The other day in Ogden, he bought a 4014 shield pin to add to his collection. For yesterday's event he took a few of his pins off his vest and put them on his shirt. When we met Mr. Transtrum, he saw the 4014 pin on our little guys shirt, he perked up and asked where we found it. When we told him, he said "I wish I had one of those, to go with the others on his hat. In a proud parent moment, our little guy told him he could have his. It was great listening to his stories. It's living history. This is exactly the reason why many of us here are attracted to this hobby. It's preserving history in our own little way.
Derailed in Rawlings a few days ago.
https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/05/16-big-boy-stubs-its-toe-with-derailment
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Here is a sequence of pictures I took west on Morgan, UT on May 12. ... Notice the traffic backed up on the Interstate highway because of the special train with 4014.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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