Mike Boucher Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Found this update out on the web today. Be sure to watch the 3 minute youtube video (uploaded yesterday) embedded in the middle of the article https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-01-03-2018.htm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Amazing quality engineering. Who knew a Nathan D7 Lubricator was a thing of beauty? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2018 (edited) Amazing quality engineering. Who knew a Nathan D7 Lubricator was a thing of beauty? Those cast steel engine beds were absolutely brilliant pieces of foundry work. I can't wait to see 4014 in steam again. I'll have to save up modelling tokens and bucket full's of brownie points. Jamie Edited January 4, 2018 by jamie92208 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 4, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2018 Would be good to see it in 2019 if it’s out on an excursion at the same time as the Salt Lake NMRA convention. I would gain brownie points taking my other half with me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Encouraging update, after an apparently slow start to the project. I'll definitely be going across the pond if they manage to pull it off for the 150th celebrations next year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Seeing it run is definitely a bucket list thing. Maybe not next year, but at some point - looks like they're doing the job so that it'll be serviceable for quite some time. And I'm not really a fan of UP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Those cast steel engine beds were absolutely brilliant pieces of foundry work. .... The SNCF 141Rs have them as well, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2018 The SNCF 141Rs have them as well, I think.That would make sense. They were developed in IIRC the late 20's, early 30's as a way of coping with the enourmous forces the superpower locos developed. IIRC the firm was General Steel castings. As they had the technology they obviously used it. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 That would make sense. They were developed in IIRC the late 20's, early 30's as a way of coping with the enourmous forces the superpower locos developed. IIRC the firm was General Steel castings. As they had the technology they obviously used it. Here's a photo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 And the latest update...http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/03/03-progress-report-on-union-pacific-big-boy-4014They're still targeting 2019, and this quote got my attention: "With work on the front engine largely done, the steam crew is turning its attention to the rear half of the locomotive..." 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Another update from the UP...https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-03-22-2018.htmIt'll be interesting to see all the changes needed to make it burn oil. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimble Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 can you imagine the outrage if the NRM had decided for any reason to do something similar with Flying Scotsman... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 30, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2018 An interesting twist that may affect many steam specials and private cars is that Amtrak are stopping all such moves on its routes. However as this loco is UP, I suspect that it will be ok running on its own tracks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2018 An interesting twist that may affect many steam specials and private cars is that Amtrak are stopping all such moves on its routes. However as this loco is UP, I suspect that it will be ok running on its own tracks. Yes it does help if you've got 31,000 miles of your own track to run your new toy on plus your own fleet of immaculate passenger stock. I can't wait to see it in action. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Uncle Pete posted this. They're using CNC to make new bolts for the crosshead guides. https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-05-07-2018.htmAnd, If I read between the lines correctly, looks like they're pushing to having it ready for the 150th anniversary of the "Golden Spike" next year. (it seems pretty thinly veiled, but they don't say it outright) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 Thanks very much for that link Mike. Is there any chance of you translating 6.30pm CT into UK time so that I can try and catch the live update on 10th May that's mentioned. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted May 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 Thanks very much for that link Mike. Is there any chance of you translating 6.30pm CT into UK time so that I can try and catch the live update on 10th May that's mentioned. Jamie 30 minutes past midnight. Will be a late night or really very early morning! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 30 minutes past midnight. Will be a late night or really very early morning! We are due into Vancouver on the 12th May 2019 and SWMBO has left the booking for the US part of our trip to me. ........... Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted May 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 We hope to be in the area for 2019 but not sure of the dates yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) We hope to be in the area for 2019 but not sure of the dates yet.Better get your skates on, as you have left yourself 1 hour and 22 minutes to sort it out... Edited May 8, 2018 by Regularity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted May 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just watched Ed Dickens announce the worst kept secret. yes 4014 is going to be at Ogden on 10th May 2019 along with 844 to re enact the Golden Spike. It sounds as if they will take several days to get there and then go on tour.so I will have to wait and see exactly where it's going to tour. It would be brilliant if it came over Donner Pass to Sacremento first as we will be in the bay area from the evening of the 12th. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Followers of this topic may find this of interest: https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/join-an-rm-trip-to-see-union-pacifics-big-boy/ Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Here's more details. D19xxBIG v1.0.pdf Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 UP has uploaded a short, boring video about the big boy restoration 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted August 29, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2018 That's a wonderfully boring machine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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