Wyoming must’ve had a lot more human infrastructure in it back in 1940s when steam locomotives ruled, than it does today

@andrewboyd8073

6 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you need less people to maintain the trains. When the need for those people to live there disappeared, the people left.

@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014

6 ай бұрын

@@andrewboyd8073 Exactly. Same thing happened to railtowns like Altoona, PA and Cumberland, MD when diesels took over. I’ve been to both in person and am doing college in Altoona.

16:54 That’s got to be one of the best early recordings and clips of a Big Boy’s whistle going off. Not just by the sound, but the background. It really gives you the feeling that these monsters were the native machines of the state, a feeling the gives a chilling voice to those lands so empty, one that’ll often give you company for a few minutes filled with awe.

@Henriqueea

11 ай бұрын

I think the best one is from 17:29 ,the Real 4020 whistle

@03dktart

8 ай бұрын

​@Henriqueea that's an audio clip of 3985 wearing 4004's whistle that it has worn since its first restoration in 1981.

Union Pacific had an impressive variety of steam power during the steam era and these locomotives are shown in this film operating in both freight and passenger service . I am very satisfied that the Union Pacific rr has preserved a fair amount of their historic steam locomotives for display viewing as a tribute to the steam era from many decades ago.

Those "Early Challengers" always excite me when I see them. Just recently got one in HO scale and all i can say is WOW.

Wise men , these ; they shot it all . Steam and diesel . What a great vid this !!

15:23, 21:33, and 21:44 showing footage of the UP 9000s in action, It’s great to see there is more rare footage of the UP 9000s I mean I’m sure there’s gonna be more out there

@TylerAmolsch

4 ай бұрын

9000 was her name

Would have been something to see all this steam in action in person, love it!! Sad that all of these magnificent machines were scrapped, but the 844 and 4014 live on. Still not the same as seeing so much steam on mainline operations

@regularguy7266

Жыл бұрын

We also got Challengers 3985 and 3977, some of 844s sisters such as 833, the only 4-12-2 Union Pacific preserved, 9000, and the only 2-10-2 the Union Pacific ever preserved, 5511.

I love the shots of 535 toward the end

Hard to express how much, I miss steam!! Im sure we all know why Diesel replaced steam but... Its kinda like trading a sleek '61 Corvette convertible for a plain Jane Chevy station wagon. There was a great need for the utility but a wagon has no beauty and lacks soul. Thanks guys for all of the time you took out of your lives to record this great footage. And thanks for all of the "cabeese". (I just cant bring myself to say cabooses.) Rewatching: .24:21 Im reasonably sure thats Big Boy 4014 in its youth.

This video was the inspiration for my Sherman Hill layout in the 1950s. Fantastic detail in all of the shots. I lost this video in a move and am grateful that I can see it again.

Like the sound of the steam whistles music to my ears

GREAT FILMS! THANKS FOR SHOWING US.

Excellent video. I never knew it existed. A lot of footage I have never seen before. It was quite refreshing. I'm sure there's more of it from somebody out there somewhere. Keep putting it out.

Dude this is what I'm talking about man one of those steam locomotives are the union pacific bullmoose steam locomotives with the earliest and famous challengers

Union Pacific 535 is preserved at the railroad heritage park at laramie wyoming

17:07 oh my god it’s a bullmoose

Awesome video nice to see how much steam power could pull like the 9000s there all cool

So surely someone has counted how many times this film showed 3985, 4014, and 844? Awesome footage. Such a shame steam reached it pinnacle right before it's shortened life. Perhaps with another decade of steam being the only motive power, new materials and technology would of helped to keep it around but we know now why all that changed.

19:59 LMAOOOO. They knew the memes before they existed!

I remember one of those steam trains where there

Big boy and challenger are hunky

4014 at 24:01 and 33:55

@JessicaKasumi1990

Жыл бұрын

A rare look at the excursion star in her working career as a regular Big Boy.

This is grande, mes amis!

14:40 Early Challenger and a Big Boy doublehead? Good stuff

@nikerailfanningttm9046

Жыл бұрын

Not just any Big Boy, but the ORIGINAL INAUGURAL UP 4000. The very first Big Boy.

@Scrat-hp2wl

11 ай бұрын

It's a union pacific 2-8-8-0 bullmoose

Wow that's epic good job!

15:26 As a result the 9000 series, the locomotive of singular design with 12 coupled driving wheels was a large non articulated engine ever built.

@nikerailfanningttm9046

Жыл бұрын

Lol, no. The Russia Built AA20 still holds the record for most coupled driving wheels under a rigid boiler. That’s 14 in total.

@jamesm6638

6 ай бұрын

​@@nikerailfanningttm9046 The 9000's were still larger locomotives

@jamesm6638

6 ай бұрын

You didn't even manage to get the quote right but alright then

10:37

Steam trains and diesel trains

13:10

Dude one of those steam locomotives of union pacific the challengers are the midlate 3900 series like the challenger 3985 and the earliest and famous the 3900s and the 3800s

Straight off the tape.

Whats the mucic in the intro

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Is that 844? Definitely a Northern type and has the same tender. Could be a different FEF-3. @18:11

@jerry may i please get permission to post this on my youtube

Theodore Lindsay templeton likes union pacific

@T128Productions

6 ай бұрын

What?

UP could preserve 8 of their big boys, but not any of their 4-8-2s or their 4500HP turbines

i wonder what happen to Steam engines in the 80s?

35:11 Not ALL steam activity? What about 844 and her excursions? They were a thing at the time this was released

4014 at 24:21!

I went ahead and got this on DVD. Decent footage but MAN this guy's narration is *DRY* and boring to listen to. It doesn't even sound like he's really "talking" but more like he's reading cue cards in like one take.

@dalecherne5377

Жыл бұрын

Probably on the spectrum

@s3nr1ma

Жыл бұрын

How much of a difference is there in the footage quality?

@FanRailer

Жыл бұрын

Seems like a lot of productions of this type from this time period have this kind of dry narration. Doesn't really bother me. I'm just here for the trains.

@HunterLohseRRVideos

Жыл бұрын

It's the guy who actually shot it, so who cares that alone makes it priceless

@HunterLohseRRVideos

Жыл бұрын

@Harrison Ashley My narration cadence inspiration comes from the old Herron Rail Videos from the 80/90s the Ralph Morse cadence is how I always try to narrate my videos

why you use same sounds over and over again

@T128Productions

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know. They should’ve recorded more sounds during production.

@03dktart

8 ай бұрын

It was 1984. Prolly what they had that was offered at time. Some of the sounds are from their other videos they had of 844 and 3985.

You may need to take this down, and you do not want to wait for whoever owned this DVD to comment. I’ve seen it myself.

@ThatOneBayAreaRailfanDude

Жыл бұрын

who cares man

@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702

Жыл бұрын

Who cares

@ThatOneBayAreaRailfanDude

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 ikr

@FanRailer

Жыл бұрын

lol judging by the age of this program, they're probably already six feet under.

@SPNGLovato18

Жыл бұрын

@@FanRailer lol most likely