Union Pacific 4014 return to steam - PowerPoint Presentation

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Union Pacific 4014 return to steam

Journey from Pomona California to Barstow CaliforniaSlide2

Union Pacific Big Boy’s

Were manufactured by the American Locomotive

Company (ALCO)

They were numbered the 4000-class

4-8-8-4

articulated BY the union pacific Railroad (only Railroad with the wheel arrangement).

coal-fired

, steam locomotives manufactured between 1941 and 1944 and operated

until 1959 by the Union Pacific Railroad

Average weight for a big boy (Engine and Tender

) was 1,250,000

lb.

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were built and

primarily ran in

the Wyoming Division to haul freight over the Wasatch range between Green River, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah

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According to Ed

Dickens,

Union Pacific's senior manager of heritage operations, the legendary name was coined by an unknown worker who scrawled "Big Boy" in chalk on the front of one of the engines as it was being built. It became the nickname thereafter

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Big Boys that are preserved

4004: Holliday Park, Cheyenne,

Wyoming

4005: Forney Transportation Museum, Denver,

Colorado.

4006: Museum of Transportation, St. Louis,

Missouri

4012

: Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton,

Pennsylvania

4014

: RailGiants Train Museum,

(Pomona Fairplex),

Pomona,

California-Cheyenne, Wyoming

4017

: National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin

4018

: Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco

,

4023

: Kenefick Park, Omaha,

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Union Pacific 4014

Built in September of 1941 by ALCO

Was delivered to the UP IN December 1941

It was retired on December 7

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1961. even though the last run was in December of 1959

It traveled 1,031,205 miles

for

Union Pacific during its 20 years in service.It was donated to the Railgiants Train Museum in January of 1962Slide5

Timeline following the arrival in Pomona

In

late 2012, Union Pacific announced that it was interested in obtaining a Big Boy and restoring it to operating condition

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On

July 23, 2013 Union Pacific announced that it has reacquired 4014 from The Southern California chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, with the goal of restoring it to service.

4014 was selected because of the condition it was

in was very good compared to the others

January

26, 2014, UP

4014 (The Big Boy)

was pulled out of the Los Angeles County Fairplex by the Southern Pacific liveried diesel locomotive UP

1996 Part

of UP's Heritage Series of

locomotives. UP

4014's destination for restoration to full operating condition was the Union Pacific Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming under the guidance of Heritage Fleet Operations director Ed Dickens. On May 8, 2014,

UP

4014 arrived in Cheyenne

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When 4014's restoration is completed, the engine will join the railroad's never-retired 4-8-4 #844 and the 4-6-6-4 Challenger #3985 in excursion service and will officially be "the world's largest operational steam locomotive," displacing the

3985Slide6

After leaving Pomona

Was moved from Pomona on January 26

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to Colton where it stayed for about 2-3 MONTHS on display behind a protected fence

replacement railroad equipment for display in Pomona were announced to be UP 3105, an EMD SD40-2C, an insulated boxcar and bay window caboose UP

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Towards the end of April, they would start a 2 ½ week journey to return it to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Stops where people can see the engine and take photos: Las Vegas, Ogden, Denver, LARAMIE.It went over Cajon Pass and over Sherman Hill!Slide7

How it was transported

Two Sd70Macs (4014 & 4884)

Bunk cars and dining cars for the crew to live on during the move

Flatcars for braking at the end of the train.

They were going at speeds of 40-45 mph leaving Victorville going to BarstowSlide8

3-Rail Models

Picture 1 :Lionel Legacy Vision Line Big Boy

Picture

2: Mike’s Train House Big Boy with Oil Tender