These locomotives are mesmerizing to watch. It’s as almost as if it’s alive. It absolutely warms my heart that this marvelous machine is still in service

@alichatouan3590

2 жыл бұрын

Des.milions.et.des.millions.de.pneus.economisesgrae.a.l'utulisation.du.chemin.de.fer

@gw62112009

Жыл бұрын

no doubt, that was awesome to watch

@skmama759

Жыл бұрын

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@santokhsingh778

Жыл бұрын

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@ankitpal8965

Күн бұрын

Indeed 🎉🎉

What a beautiful beast, the steam whistle gives me goose bumps, I remember that sound as a child...!!

My god, I had never seen such a monstar on the rails, hauling such a long carriages with such an ease and elegance, yet with little smoke from the boilers. The bellowing horn gives goosebumps while viewing this video and one can imagine the mind status of those on board the train and those viewing this unbelievable speedway from sidewalks. Kudos to all those involved and especially to the camera crew speeding along the road without loosing any scene, till the end. Really an enjoyable video. I bow to those engineers and technicians of the UP railways who had achieved their goal in proving that the traditional ways don't die so easily

@kapilsingh2881

11 ай бұрын

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@carlenger9707

3 ай бұрын

UP restored an even bigger locomotive, called the Big Boy. If you haven't seen footage of the Big Boy, I highly suggest you look it up. Ed Dickens, the man in the engineer's seat in this video and the one in charge of the restoration of the 844 as well as the 4014 has described it as two 844s.

Old school is the best school. You can't beat this with a stick! A million thanks.

What a masterpiece of non-throwaway engineering. Man's closest achievement to building a machine which is almost a living being. This one is a truly majestic beast.

@lamportnholt9509

4 жыл бұрын

ALMOST LIVING..?

@sheldondyer871

4 жыл бұрын

@@lamportnholt9509 its sorta a metaphor

@palomino73

4 жыл бұрын

How beautiful you put it. And of course, you're absolutely right; you won't find any (former) steamer personnel who wouldn't claim their loco had a very specific life of it's own - no matter which type they're talking about or which country they come from ! Perhaps there's something to it; maybe it's just the naked truth !

@mewalal4308

4 жыл бұрын

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@prudenciomangaoangiii403

3 жыл бұрын

Union pacific 4014

Our modern engines, Diesel/Electric are fantastic. But the beauty of steam engines is unrivaled in functionality and mechanical execution of a job.

@samsularifin7863

2 жыл бұрын

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@senthurpandi6332

Жыл бұрын

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This fabulous video has jogged my memory back to when I was but a toddler. I recall my dear late mother pulling our coaster wagon, w/me aboard, a few blocks down the street from our upper flat to watch the locomotives switch trains in the rail yard. I remember how immense, black, & smoky they were to a little squirt like me. The engineers even accommodated me & blew their whistles when I'd pump my arm......couldn't have been any older than 5 back then, but it's like I can still hear those whistles & feel the ground vibrate up into the wagon when they started to roll out the yard!

What an awesome piece of machinery! It is both brutish and beautiful all at the same time. I've read that these old steam locos were the most powerful train engines ever built, far exceeding the power of today's modern diesels. It was fun to watch this magnificent beast of a machine pushing full throttle down the rails with a full load in tow!

@r8rdarklord

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the Big Boy 4014 that monster was rated at 6400 HP. One of the most beautiful & powerful steam engines that was ever made.

It's obvious how people say these machines have a soul. It looks alive on the track.

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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I recently saw a video where 844 helped push a stalled diesel train up a grade with an 11,000 ton payload... it is fantastic to see this old gal still workin hard and doing what it was built to do!

That’s not a whistle. That’s the roar of a bellowing monster! God, that must sound AWESOME in real time as it’s hauling by! Congratulations to the team for the amazing work. This is a stunning locomotive.

@rickmiller1429

5 жыл бұрын

Words can't describe it. It has to be experienced in person and if it can, on a cold day.

@sablesaber5930

5 жыл бұрын

@@rickmiller1429 It seems it's a whistle so strong, you could feel it. Steam trains really are alive

@w96725

5 жыл бұрын

The new smokeless engines must not be fueled by coal,

@NEAFarmKid4010

5 жыл бұрын

@@w96725 It is an oil burner, but even coal burners can have very little smoke. It all depends on how the fireman is firing the engine. If he is getting a good, strong, even draft through the firebox, and is putting an small, even layer of coal on the fire, then it won't smoke much at all. It's all about fuel:air ratio. Even the N&W 611 has its original decal laying out one rule that was synonymous with almost all coal burning steamers. "Black Smoke is Waste."

@ziiofswe

5 жыл бұрын

@@NEAFarmKid4010 Nowadays it's "Black Smoke Looks Cool On Video".

Nice video! My cousin drove the Union Pacific 4005 Big Boy from Cheyenne to the Fourney Museum in Denver on it's final run. He was the senior engineer for UP at the time. He said it was not all that complicated. It has 8 driven axles and the cab is enormous.

Beautiful ... beautiful. I am just a few years too young to have any memory of when steamers like this were used commercially. That's why I love seeing this! Hats off to UP for having such a vibrant heritage program! Wonderful video!

I don't know how ANYONE could not like this video with all the action, speed and nostalgia rolled into one! Thanks for sharing this video and let's have more.

There is something hypnotic watching this running gear. She is just beautiful to watch!!

When I was a kid, I used to stand on a bridge over the Toronto rail yard in the 1950's. That used to be one of the highlights of childhood. I stood there and watch them for hours. This takes this back to those memories. What a beautiful engine and video. Guess I'm still a 70yo kid at heart.

@jovetj

5 жыл бұрын

Some of my best later memories of my mother was her and I chasing this train. A few times we caught it going under a bridge, with us right above it. Good times! Nothing wrong with being a kid at heart.

@andynieuwenhuis7833

Ай бұрын

@mikepech1648; That Toronto rail yard, was that up near Maple, by Hwy 7 & Jane st. Our family lived on Jane St about a mile Noth of Hwy 7, back in the late 50's into the 60's.

The UP 844 is a beautiful piece of machinery. Thanks for posting this great vid!

WOW ! ! ! Nothing shy of just pure AWESOME ! ! !

Thank you for sharing your excellent camera work. It's the best I've seen of the 844 at high speed. Those of us fortunate enough to have seen this engine up close fully know how wonderful she is. As others have said, that engineer was living his boyhood dreams, and as I watched, I couldn't help imaging what it would be like to be doing that. Work but also great fun!

Thanks for sharing. I love watching this locomotive. I grew up listening their wistle. What a impressive sound.

Thanks for uploading this vid. It always blows my mind how effortlessly 844 flys down the tracks. Its like it's riding on air

Thank you to all those who worked so hard to build this project. Amazing machine. Outstanding legacy

@moheshkissoondary5734

Жыл бұрын

Ggggg

My grandfather spoke of the days of steam. Now, the craftsmanship of the shop workers meets the UP leadership to retake that time stamp of America. Wow. What a pride in more than a job. Just so well done. McGary

Thank you for posting. This is a great piece of U.S. History and is a joy to see. Every viewer should be right proud of this train and special appreciation of the folks who make it available for us to see.

Thank you Nick for doing this for us. After watching the video, it appeared that Ed looked like that he was having some fun, this had given the crews a short break from working on the "Big Boy." Over a period of time they have been working a whole lot of 12-hour shifts 7 days a week. The next time around, it will be the test runs and the "break in sessions for the "Big Boy."

And UP keeps this legacy alive for another 50 years. Thanks to the Union Pacific, Management, paid, and volunteers that made this all possible. Gregg Ryan, Wilmington, DE.

@rafaelsanchez4429

5 жыл бұрын

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@hharrison2503

5 жыл бұрын

Gregg Ryan next

@ziiofswe

5 жыл бұрын

Soon 4014 will be ready too.

@algrayson8965

5 жыл бұрын

UP management has found that the steam program gives the best and most PR for the buck.

@algrayson8965

5 жыл бұрын

The Tennessee Central Railway Museum is restoring the only remaining NC&StL Railway steam locomotive, a J3 4-8-4 "Dixie" built in 1943 by the American Locomotive Co. The "N&C" was loath to call their 4-8-4 a "Northern" as other RRs. It was on display in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tn. for over 50 years.

Thanks so much. What a wonderfully nostalgic look at America's railroad past. Made my day. Your filming was perfect.

What a beauty. I was a small boy when most of these were out of service. But I do remember seeing them before they were all gone. I grew up close to a very large train yard and I still remember the sounds of the trains at all hours of the day, but especially at night. Trains are in my blood, thankfully.

Very good video. For us foamers who can't view the 844 in person your videos mean a lot. You shots from Highway 85 are much appreciated - viewing the running gear. Thank you.

@davidmartin4010

6 жыл бұрын

The 844 needs to come to dupo il union Pacific fueling yard

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5 жыл бұрын

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@self321

5 жыл бұрын

Loved the video, U P, 844, 4-8-4, oil fired, beautiful, also look at U P, 611, could be S P, 611, not sure!!

@peperoni3939

4 жыл бұрын

It's Norfolk and Western

@patriciajrs46

3 жыл бұрын

These Wyoming shots make me happy. A bit homesick. Love them.

Beautiful loco. Those guys on the footplate must be thinking that life gets no better than this. Thanks for sharing.

@Romans--bo7br

5 жыл бұрын

Alistair Coulson..... Yes - it WILL get "better than this" when the 4014 rolls out of the steam shop about 5 or 6 months from Now (9/16/2018). : )

@abidqamar7844

4 жыл бұрын

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@shaistaali680

3 жыл бұрын

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@peperoni3939

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaistaali680 pp.

A rush of nostalgia going back to my childhood. Born in 1944 and raised in Indiana near a very large RR depot and rail yard with the turntable for re-positing the engines. My dad's meat packing plant was right next to the RR tracks about 15 miles out of town. During the summers I'd spend my days there playing in the woods that surrounded the plant and watching the coal burning locomotives negotiate the curve and go over the old wooden trestle that spanned the creek. That curve would cause some of the newly loaded coal in the coal tender behind the locomotive to fall off. Local people in the small community of Burnett would wait there to gather coal for their heating stoves in the winter. We sold everything and moved to the South West in 1955. Just a few of those old steam trains were still here but left with the end of the 50's in most places.

Great video!!! Outstanding resolution and quality. Love seeing that beautiful steam locomotive running at speed. Thanks for sharing.

Man, I love that these beautiful machines are kept running and in such good condition.

Such a beautiful machine, love its big wheels and mechanical movements. It's magnificent!

Always lived in hearing distance of many train lines and it’s a very distinct sound to hear a horn from the past! Great video!

Lucky enough to be the conductor on this four day Cheyenne Frontiers Day trip

Pure steam power, and a beautiful throaty whistle. What a machine. Love it!

@ianfraser4014

5 жыл бұрын

Too much whistle - Boring!

@BarabooBees

5 жыл бұрын

I think you are sitting in the wrong classroom.

@FanRailer

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like you're in the wrong fucking hobby lol

@evankoren

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you hate whistle blowing,kiss my ass!

@Docstantinople

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Clark uhh what about that diesel locomotive a few cars behind it?

Great video. Awesome job by your driver pacing the train. Wow. I had the privilege to be in the cab while under steam in Portland. That takes a lot of bodies in a relatively small space to make that work. Hooray to all involved.

Awesome train. Beautiful video. Who could possibly give a thumbs down to this incredible piece of history. What a marvelous treat to see and hear this engine in action.

I am envious of few men in this world but the engineer at 10,07 is living the dream,driving one of the best steam trains in the world with a lady sat behind him and pulling the whistle cord.He has got to heaven.Brilliant video and a good looking loco,well done from across the pond.

@jovetj

5 жыл бұрын

He might be living his dream, but he is also the boss over all of the Steam operations for Union Pacific. He's not the regular engineer/driver.

4:40 one of the most memorable and awesome railfan video I’ve seen - so cool!

@TrainLover-wt9ix

3 жыл бұрын

One of the most best train ever. And I want to drive this train when I get older. And also I pretended to blow the whistle. I just love love trains so much.

What a beautiful sight and sound, brings back boyhood memories. may they keep it going for years to come.

That's a superb steam locomotive! And very well filmed. Thank you for posting.

Wonderful video expertly done, for those of us who will never get to see her in person this is pretty darn close! I loved it thanks for sharing!!

It's beautiful and I'm glad it was saved then restored it as well operated too. Thank you!

What a wonderful film and a real credit to Nick Valdez and the engine and crew. Fabulous running shots and really brings it home about the majesty of this engine and how I am sure we all envy the folks on the footplate! Thank you so much, love this.

Oof!! What a beauty! The way she sounds, looks, and moves! This gave me train-bumps! I've never been on a train like that. Great recording, and thanks for sharing.

Some really great moments in this video. One of the best ones I have ever seen.Thanks.

Awesome......thanks for sharing....I love trains and seen many of them in my youth...a good way to travel as well.......HIGH 5

Great job as always! Thanks Nick!

That is one beautifully restored 4-8-4 nice to be able to see it in motion!

The low bellow of the whistle god is that not something. Such an amazing workhorse. My dad was a machinist at the Ogden shop the first time he took me to see the 844. I was six or seven years old. It was just so enormous, and the wheels were way way bigger than I was, and there was steam coming out, and the big cattle guard on the front, and I fell in love.

Unreal footage. 👍 I could watch it all day. ʜᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴛ ʜᴏᴏᴏᴏᴛ ʜᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴛ 🚂 Thanks so much for sharing. 😉👌

@herberhtperez2800

4 жыл бұрын

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@herberhtperez2800

4 жыл бұрын

Iel peerico y yo Dermer.

I’m not a train guy but if I saw this in person, I’d probably cry. It’s so beautiful.

@donnabarnes4461

3 жыл бұрын

I saw it when i lived in Cheyenne Wyoming,

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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Great video, Nick, and great memories. My dad was the Post's Wyoming bureau chief in the '50s and seeing that train arrive was always a treat. In 1973, I interviewed the engineer for channel 5. He would only answer questions by "yes" or "no." Very frustrating, and probably the worst two minutes of television ever presented in Cheyenne.

Excellent footage of this wonderful freight train route!

I mean it just looks beautiful in my opinion it's an engineering Marvel that deserves to be respected restored and shown off like this

@Jedisherm

4 жыл бұрын

No restore per se, since this is the only engine to not be retired. It had a brief respite in '59 in storage before being brought back out in '60 for excursion runs.

Love the drive-along footage! That whistle, too! Just wish I could see 'er starting out.

@ruthgar9753

3 жыл бұрын

I drove on the bridge both the day she and 4014 came out of the service barn there in Cheyenne. Didn't realize at first what was happening seeing what looked like giant billowing clouds of white smoke rising up from the train yard covering everything, but then I saw her pulling out of the barn under her own power, now that was a sight to see, and again a year later when 4014 did the same.

@dmisso42

3 жыл бұрын

The one thing that, sort of, marred my enjoyment of an Amtrak trip Chicago to L.A. was the almost constant horn which is compulsory at ever crossing. But this machine is awesome!

I'm enjoying these videos Bob

I can remember Laying in the bed at our house here in southeasttern KY...In the late 1940's hearing ...That lonesome.....Whistle blowing....Comeing out of Harland Kentucky loaded with Coal....Just after my Mom tucked me in the Bed....An turned out the light..Hanging down from the center of my bed room ceiling...Back then our house had just ben wired for electric lights...One for each room...Anyway....Just at 12 O'CLOCK ..Every night a 12 i could here that old steamer Whistle echoing thru the hill back in that place....When I was a child....Sad to say but all of that is gone now.....And almost me to...For I am old now...Thanks very much...!

Thanks for sharing this great video, I’m a big 844 fan

A 👍great thank you Union Pacific Marvelous ! * 844 forever! ***

@redthepost

5 жыл бұрын

This a true goose bump experience. Thanks to the UP and the crew for the hard work. It’s a beautiful thing.

Its a work of art & a labour of love to the guys who maintain it. Great Video.

@nickbanhidy7262

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently the dearly departed George H.W. Bush had a train dedicated to him in the presidential colours. What's happened to that?. Could you do a video of it next time?.

Many thanks to UNION PACIFIC and all others who made this happening. Tru America. Great drive alongside video. What a 👍great beast. Thanks form 🇭🇺Hungary 424! Also from 🇨🇦Canada.

Thanks Nick for doing this I love the 844 videos and I’m been waiting to see your footage of up 844 are you going to of this trip like last year

I fired steamers in 1952 Marysville Ks. to Hastings Ne. U.P. Coal burners with stockers , 230 lbs of steam 70 + mph. hit some curves that you would have to hang on. no radios, only written orders caught by your arm as you passed stations. 132 mi run, stop for coal & water once per trip. Creeped in for water one time scary, some engines were water hogs. rails were 60 ft each & clicked. Cabs were cold & when you hit big snow drifts you were covered with fine snow w/windows closed. Almost hit a lady with child standing in front seat, she never seen us , Axtel Ks. A hog head (engineer) could board your engine anytime to ride with you , see if any rules were being broken, (drinking etc.) Only approved & checked regulary pocket watches were allowed. Each whistle has a meaning, 3 longs 1 short 1 long at each crossing. I got drafted during the Korean War & that ended my railroad days. Leon Dultmeier Topeka, Ks.

@cellogirl11rw55

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's quite a story! Thank you for your service. :)

@solountipomas8616

4 жыл бұрын

Quite a history.

@patriciajrs46

3 жыл бұрын

I am sorry it ended your rail days. Thanks for them.

Saw the 844 come thru Claremore, OK on the N-S route. Met it by Inola & chased it at 80+mph trying to keep up. What an experience - what an engine.

Beautiful! Great to see UP and UPSP doing such outstand work! Thank you!

Mr. Valdez: Thank you for your splendid camera work in the trips to Denver. It was gratifying that you concentrated on the Engine and running gear for this is the fascinating part of steam engines. I wonder if people understand the enormous amount of power applies to the con rod by nothing more than steam to not just move this monster but pull long trains. I have the thought that this engine could pull many more than 21 loaded cards in revenue freight. Get that damned diesel out of there. This consist has a generator car. Never mind the sick excuse for dynamic braking. This engine has been braking by itself for a damned long time.

@jackterry7664

5 жыл бұрын

I use to see 3 engines pulling 1 mile long freight at 90-100 mph across the NM desert back in the late 40's, early 50's.

man, that is so beautiful!!!!...thanks for the video

OUTSTANDING,!!!!!!!!!! Great video, thanks for sharing!

As a small business owner and supplier for service vehicles we have done repair work for UP for about 10 years on their support and maintenance vehicles. What a beautiful sight to see the steam locomotives. My great uncle was an engineer on the bigboy till it was replaced. Love ❤️ love ❤️ love it❤️!!!

This is amazing beautiful!! In my country ( Netherlands ) They, re long gone!! Keep them rolling!

@floranhupscher272

4 жыл бұрын

er rijden nog stoomtreinen tijdens evenementen zoals Dordt in Stoom op NS lijnen

@kabitadas3191

3 жыл бұрын

Yes,

Cudowny parowóz, kurde tyle punktów smarnych, ten kto to obsługiwał to musiał być prawdziwym mistrzem!

WONDERFUL VIDEO . I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THIS MAGNIFICENT ENGINE AND TENDER HAVE BEEN SAVED !

Beautiful. You never get tired of watching the magnificent machine in motion. Fantastic 😅

You haven't lived until you get the chance to see this beast IN PERSON, with all the sounds it makes and the massive moving parts right in front of you. It's like it's alive or something.

@heyimgayalso6129

5 жыл бұрын

Col. Angus i would really love to actually see it in person this is a true beauty

@billwest7481

5 жыл бұрын

It looks happy gliding along on modern track.

@cc-eh7kq

5 жыл бұрын

Yes that train was amazing saw it in 2010 when it came to Spring Texas

@ranger5309

5 жыл бұрын

My wife and i just got done with the Durango to silverton trip! Such a happy time!

Great Shooting. Fabulous shots of the locomotive. All WELL DONE. At last, someone who knows how to hold a camera steady. Most enjoyable!!

@donpollard9460

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

Fabulous motion pictures of 844. In 1991, my dad and I got to see a consist of the 844 AND the 4014 in SLC with the excursion passenger cars and No Diesel. . They took off out of SLC and I caught up on I-15 toward Ogden where we were riding right along with them for a good ways at about 85 mph (dodging traffic) when they suddenly both the 844 and the 4014 must have opened up, because the were off like a SHOT, hitting WAY over 100 in seconds. Last I saw of either. SO MAGNIFICENT.

Long live The Queen. :) For an 844 fan and foamer, this is as good as it gets. Wow. Thanks for sharing this amazing video. UP844 101. :)

Beautiful job in the filming !!!

Spettacolare video, un caro saluto dalla lontana Italia. Spectacular video, a warm greeting from faraway Italy.

Very fine video despite the problem area you mention. Thanks for posting it. Nice, steady camera work.

Now that's a train! Really excellent vid, many thanks from the UK.

Thank you, Nick! Great pacing shots.

UP 844 is back to her former glory. She is one beautiful Northern!!

Brings tears to my eyes. Stood along the road in January, 1971 and took photos of 844 coming from Cheyenne to the Denver Stock Show.

OUTSTANDING job on the video, THAT was AWESOME, THANK YOU!

So awesome to see this locomotive in motion!!!! Great video!!!

WOW !!! Great to see these giants back on the tracks !!! Great job Union Pacific !!!

I've been lucky enough to see this engine up close, and the Big Boy as well. This engine is my favorite out of the two. Thanks to UP for keeping our history alive and working.

That is truly beautiful , to see apart of American history brought back to life , by the dedicated people who took the time to restore the Engine ... Thank you !!! We need more of that

I love the way the UP keeps it's railroad heritage alive.

Great shots!!! 😊 Beautiful FEF-3... 😊

I sure do love trains and the 844 is such a beauty! It almost looked like a toy train when it was passing the other. Really exciting to watch this, what i wouldnt give to be in the cab! It being a 4-8-4 really adds to its aura of power and magnificence.

That's one bad boy, Thanks you for posting and thanks U.P.for keeping her maintained so beautiful.👍👍

Beautiful locomotive. Perfect restoration. Good job. It brings back memories of my childhood. ! What times those were!

I love the 844, that sd70 looks sharp too.

@NenadKralj

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly - a perfect combo :) love it !!

Cool locoSTEAM🚂, fine operator's work🎥! Thank you, Dude!👋👍

What a mesmerisingly magnificent bit of machinery! 3 cheers to UP for looking after it so well - a fine example of preservation of heritage. Appreciation from the home of Stephenson's Rocket.