News Wire: Crowds greet Big Boy in Laramie

[Brian Schmidt]

Huge crowds gather at the Union Pacific depot in Laramie, Wyo., to greet the arrival of Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 and 4-8-4 No. 844 as they make the first stop on their journey to Utah for the Golden Spike sesquicentennial. Follow Trains News Wire f...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/05/05-video-crowds-greet-big-boy-in-laramie

[Paul of Covington]

   What must the ROI fanatics be thinking?   A train of 16 units-- the first 13 dedicated to power and support of power, and a "payload" of three cars.

   Judging by the crowds, though, it looks like a successful PR event.

[ATSF2499]

Max and I were there to see 4014 and 844 come into Laramie, from the engineer's side. Later I saw video taken from the fireman's side of the track. It seemed to me that the piston rod packing on that side was leaking again. Has anyone else noticed this?

[Electroliner 1935]

I asked about that yesterday on the video page. Looked like a packing issue to me because the steam (condensate cloud) was from the firemans side front engine cylinder and there was no similar emmision from the rear engine's cylinder.