The Big Boy is getting close! You’ll hear the whistle blow for the first time in 60 years!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3-hGabZ3pPY
Of course, if for some reason 844 does have to push, it won't be the first time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU9uEwSGp9M
A Mary Tyler Moore moment - Looks like they’ll make it after all!
And, for $2,500, you can man a handcar coupled to the back end and help push over Sherman Hill!
It is going to be a site to behold for sure!
My word - just the size train I'd expect a 4-8-4 pushing a 4000 to be able to handle comfortably...
Thanks for getting that info. out...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The consist of the Union Pacific steam special leaving Cheyenne May 4 and heading for Ogden, Utah, and the 150th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad will include water cars for each of the steam locomotives, a st...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/25-big-boy-no-4014s-first-passenger-train-will-be-nine-cars-long
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
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