Rayin"S" posted:It would be great to keep this thread for updates on the UP Steamshop.
Ray, now you're just being silly! 
UP steam is a very polarized subject among rail preservation and fan types.
All I know are the facts that can't be disputed (such as when a locomotive is or isn't running or when it obviously is in a condition where it can't run, such as being taken apart for whatever reason). I have no opinion as I have no actual facts.
There are clearly agendas in both directions, and I'll never know for sure who was right about any of it.
The only sad part in my opinion is that even when (and I believe it's a 'when' at this point, not an 'if') 4014 starts running, a moment that should leave each one of us in child-like amazement, there'll still be haters and lots of them. Don't forget all the people who thought that 844 was 'ruined' by the removal of the mars light on the head end...
Ed and the boys might be the ultimate source of evil in the universe as they're accused of being. I have no clue either way. I just want to see 4014 on the road in steam and hopefully someday alongside a running 3985 and 844 at the same time!
