• You do not need to register if you are not going to pay the yearly fee to post. If you register please click here or log in go to "settings" then "my account" then "User Upgrades" and you can renew.

Big Boy Train World’s Largest Operating Steam Locomotive

TFrazier

TFrazier

Meme or Gif
15 Year Member
I hope to visit it when it arrives/departs Kansas City in July. It is the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. Checkout its schedule/location this summer.

www.usatoday.com

Giant 'Big Boy' train begins a rare trip East. Here's where to see it

Historic Union Pacific locomotive is pulling a small train of cars from Wyoming across the Mississippi to Philadelphia for America's birthday party.
www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com

Big Boy No. 4014’s Schedule | Union Pacific

Union Pacific connects 23 western U.S. states, providing safe and efficient railroad transportation, freight shipping and logistics.
www.up.com www.up.com
 
Last edited:
TFrazier said:
I hope to visit it when it arrives/departs Kansas City in July. It is the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. Checkout its schedule/location this summer.

www.usatoday.com

Giant 'Big Boy' train begins a rare trip East. Here's where to see it

Historic Union Pacific locomotive is pulling a small train of cars from Wyoming across the Mississippi to Philadelphia for America's birthday party.
www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com

Big Boy No. 4014’s Schedule | Union Pacific

Union Pacific connects 23 western U.S. states, providing safe and efficient railroad transportation, freight shipping and logistics.
www.up.com www.up.com
Click to expand...
seen it at the CWS home plate. its impressive every time it comes. will be stopping in Omaha at the Durham museum. i think it should come in over the omaha sub right down next to i80. if you want to see it while moving you'll need to be in west omaha to fremont. 192nd & blondo (old lincoln highway side of tracks) will be the last place once it reaches omaha that its easy to see at track level. also its the first time its going on foreign rails since it was built.




PS. remember to stay back 25ft if your catching it on the mainlines.
 
FB_IMG_1778453288464.jpg
 
MiniDisk said:
UP only owns one line in the tip there. the lines to the south would not host 4014 as they are not mainline routes which up usually requires mainly for insurance purposes.
Click to expand...

Yeah it's mostly BNSF through Amarillo, but my goodness, do we have a bunch of traffic coming from and going through KC. The early architecture in downtown Amarillo is quite similar to old Kansas City - the cities were closely linked back in the day due to rail.
 
WestTexasHusker said:
Yeah it's mostly BNSF through Amarillo, but my goodness, do we have a bunch of traffic coming from and going through KC. The early architecture in downtown Amarillo is quite similar to old Kansas City - the cities were closely linked back in the day due to rail.
Click to expand...
UP does have trackage rights in Amarillo thru the mergers over the year, but they would never be allowed to run steam over another railroads tracks. some of that is pride, some is insurance, some is technical (steam has special handling issues and could jam up a line). only reason they are going east is the pending merger with ns.
 
MiniDisk said:
UP does have trackage rights in Amarillo thru the mergers over the year, but they would never be allowed to run steam over another railroads tracks. some of that is pride, some is insurance, some is technical (steam has special handling issues and could jam up a line). only reason they are going east is the pending merger with ns.
Click to expand...

Sounds like you are in the industry! My grandad retired as national sales manager for Missouri Pacific Railroad in the early 1980s. He started out as a clerk in their Nashville offices when he was a teenager! Spent time in Cincy, Amarillo, Winston-Salem, Springfield Mo, and finally Indianapolis, where he retired.
 
WestTexasHusker said:
Sounds like you are in the industry! My grandad retired as national sales manager for Missouri Pacific Railroad in the early 1980s. He started out as a clerk in their Nashville offices when he was a teenager! Spent time in Cincy, Amarillo, Winston-Salem, Springfield Mo, and finally Indianapolis, where he retired.
Click to expand...
haha, nah, im a IT guy, but im a hard core railfanner. i can be found on the Virtual railfan youtube channel for kearney. whatever computer im at will have a window up with that feed.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

GET TICKETS





Back
Top