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Robert K posted:
What happened to Steve Lee? He retired?
Yes.
Was he a better steam head than Ed?
Yes, Much better, and a far better Engineer.
But, Ed pulled off the Big Boy.
With unlimited funds, ANYONE could have restore/rebuilt a 4000!
Also, did UP operate more excursions for the public in the past?
Yes, when there were many more sponsoring organizations to contract for such excursions.
And about 4449, it can’t pull excursions on BNSF now due to the new Amtrak policy on excursions.
Correct. Neither can any other steam locomotive on any other railroad in the U.S., thanks to the current President of Amtrak.
They’re restricted to a few miles of track in Portland, OR for holiday train rides and such.
Well, 4449 WAS out on the BNSF main line in 2018, for the filming of an iMax movie, with a portion of the BNSF business car train, WITHOUT any diesel in the consist either!

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