OMAHA, Neb. – Where is Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 headed next? The UP Museum has confirmed that its fund-raising trip of July 15 from Omaha to Boone, Iowa, will be pulled by the newly restored 4-8-8-4 that returned from its inaugural run ...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/05/22-next-stop-for-big-boy-no-4014-iowa-from-there-eastbound
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
For those in the know, and/or those who know steam well, is it at all likely that 4014 will be given some needed inspection and maintenance...say to the stuffing boxes/packing? I dunno why I should have been surprised, but it seemed unusually clanky for a newly released rebuild. Maybe it's just that video and microphones are better these days....
Did it seem the cab had a slight backward tilt to it? There are some photos where it seemed the slide support that accounts for the firebox expanding has some unusual angles, reminiscent of 844 before it had one of its early 2000 overhauls and they beefed up support for the cab somehow, which fixed that issue for 844. Or maybe it is just an optical illusion caused by telephoto lenses.
Re 'Eastbound?': Does anyone know where to find schedules for UP 4014 and 844 tours this year?
/Mr Lynn
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