The move of the 4014 across to the Metrolink station will begin on Thursday the 14th...you can read about it here.
Also a short video on the panel track.
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Great News, hopefully be heading East soon, I can hardly wait to see her in Utah
Ed Dickens? Any relationship to the author?
Meanwhile, 3985 is waiting for her 15 year inspection.....
Originally Posted by Dominic Mazoch:
Meanwhile, 3985 is waiting for her 15 year inspection.....
Meh the 3985 is yesterdays news, the Big Boy has more all around awesomeness
Originally Posted by cbojanower:
Originally Posted by Dominic Mazoch:
Meanwhile, 3985 is waiting for her 15 year inspection.....
Meh the 3985 is yesterdays news, the Big Boy has more all around awesomeness
It may be "yesterdays news" to YOU, but to some of us, not to mention hundreds of thousands of fans world wide, the loss of UP 3985 will NOT be forgotten.
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by cbojanower:
Originally Posted by Dominic Mazoch:
Meanwhile, 3985 is waiting for her 15 year inspection.....
Meh the 3985 is yesterdays news, the Big Boy has more all around awesomeness
It may be "yesterdays news" to YOU, but to some of us, not to mention hundreds of thousands of fans world wide, the loss of UP 3985 will NOT be forgotten.
And the Big Boy ain't nowhere near done, yet.
Awesome happens when it moves under it's own power.
Rusty
Another video update from the UP.
WOW-CHRIS-THANK YOU-to see a real big boy on the move again-its a national treasure
that symbolizes everything great about the us.the sf f7 is fantastic too-what a sight
to see.thank you joe
Moving ever so slowly, Looking forward to the videos of it moving to it's home base this winter.
move about a foot and lube something behind the right front cylinder. what would that be? has happened several times.
how much panel track did they put down. looks like they may run out soon. has moved about 50 feet, i think.
Originally Posted by Forrest Jerome:
move about a foot and lube something behind the right front cylinder. what would that be? has happened several times.
They're greasing the flanges, I believe Ed said there is a hump there in the track and the weight was coming off the front engine causing the wheel to raise/bind a bit.
The parking lot at the Fairplex is really uneven and lumpy, can they do anything to shim under the panel track?
Originally Posted by TimDude:
The parking lot at the Fairplex is really uneven and lumpy, can they do anything to shim under the panel track?
Look closely,,,,,they already are.
Originally Posted by Forrest Jerome:
how much panel track did they put down. looks like they may run out soon. has moved about 50 feet, i think.
they put down a few hundred feet move the big boy and then move the track and use it over.
the big boy has officially left the rail giants museum never to return again. this is very exciting to watch the big boy move slowly across the parking lot. history in the making.
i am impressed by this: that front loader gives a little yank and she rolls right along creating slack in the tow line.
UP just published this on Facebook "Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 was successfully moved 1,200 feet this morning"
Pretty impressive, was not expecting that much
It was very impressive. They took it slow and she is 1200' closer to life.
and they are not done for today yet!
