I recall standing next to the Big Boy in Scranton, PA. Even though I am a Navy man (used to really big machines) that Big Boy was the most awesome thing I have ever seen. I love how it wears it's mechanical nature on the outside for all the world to see. All wheels, levers, pushrods, combining into the soul of the beast. Who says computers are the pinnacle of mans creative genus? I say this is, fully created in the mind of mem who had to do the math and the work themselves. Their blood literally becoming part of the machine.

@steven-nb6rt

2 жыл бұрын

The nice thing about these type of trains is you can SEE their power.

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

Hehehe scranton, hehehe Dunder Mifflin

@anniegifmaker6434

4 ай бұрын

I'm in love with this Big Boy

LOVE the sound of that deep bass whistle!

No matter how old I get I still love steam engines they play an important role in history and I’m glad that steam engines are making a return ❤️❤️ I live in PA and there’s an area called Steamtown and I have my picture taken right by a Big Boy ❤️❤️❤️

That whistle is the voice of a spirit from the great beyond.

It has to be a big thrill for the Big Boy engineers! -To experience the awesomeness from inside as well as hearing it outside, not to mention seeing all the Americans and others capturing the moments from roadsides and fields. 🚂

What a beautiful monster to see highballing down the main line again. I read somewhere that a common nickname for the Big Boys were "iron dragons" and listening to the whistle, I can hear why. One of the most complex and powerful machines ever built, and seeing one running full tilt is the sight of a lifetime.

@jimfairchild2093

2 жыл бұрын

The big boy wasn't particularly fast. But it could pull anything. It's 4-6-6-4 predecessor had a higher top speed. But nothing has th3 pulling power or tractive force of the Mighty Big Boy

What a awesome sight to see a Big Boy running again!

After flying the Boeing 747 for 22 years I can say this old gal gets your heart throbbing every bit as much as a night takeoff on an icy runway in the night in a snow storm.

@janetsmith2600

4 жыл бұрын

Ronald Hollmer He's not an old gal! He a big old boy!!!!$

Brought back wonderful memories of me and my grandpa standing right next to a monster like this while it departed Everett WA station. Made me cry..

OH! What a POWERFUL machine he is! He appears to be speeding down, down, down the tracks of time, down through history! Truly takes my breath away. Thank you.

@whitemonkey7932

3 жыл бұрын

She....it's a she

Love the chase footage. So awesome to see 4014 choochin' along at speed. I'd seen it many times when it was a museum piece out in Pomona.

I lived in Provo from 1993-2005 and for me, this was a great experience. Being the train nut that I am, I could watch this over and over and never get tired of it. It is some excellent videography. Thank you.

Absolutely love this segment !! In the wide open country this old girl really pours on the steam !!!

Thank You for fliming this I live in Provo Utah now days. However I grew up in the small town of Hinckley witch is 5 miles West Of Delta and when I saw the Train enter my Home Town County Of Millard County ( The Town Of Leamington ) I Started crying . Even as I wote this I cried.

Magnificent ! One of man's greatest creations - the steam locomotive.

Your support for the free world will be remembered forever. Congrats on Big Boy's reappearance.

Thank you, thank you, for the great video. A wonderful tribute to the steam engines of the past. And the great future of the USA.

Anyone who would fly out from Vermont to chase the UP 4014, can't be all bad...I chased one from Denver almost to Cheyenne years ago, nothing to compare with driving alongside that engine...GREAT video.

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions

3 жыл бұрын

thanks! yeah it was totally worth it!. hope to chase again next time they run.

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

@@Island_Line_Rail_Productions Hell you should charter a helicopter and front pace it from 500 feet up with a telephoto lens.

The giant comes alive. And look how happy she is to be back in steam, and on the tracks. This is where all steam locomotives belong. Not rusting away as static exhibits in museums. In that state you can never get the feel, the smell, the look, the sound, or the beauty of motion that a steam locomotive represents. Excellent work UPRC. You understand the need and the feelings the public have for magnificent steam locomotives. Thank you for bringing her back to life, and allowing her to stretch her legs once again on the main line where she belongs.

@telsport

3 жыл бұрын

great comment I.M.

@jeannizet3073

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Joseph! you have once more find a wonderful vidéo - have a nice week end - Jean

@myriaddsystems

3 жыл бұрын

It is alive isn't it. Living, breathing. Come on -Big Boy? it.s gotta be a He hasn't he....

@rogerflorance1607

3 жыл бұрын

is it running on coal--or--oil..?

@AngryProtoBoi

3 жыл бұрын

@@rogerflorance1607 UP runs their steamers on fuel oil.

Took me 9 months to rebuild engine and firebox. At 6’5” 312 pounds I was brought to tears when I fired her. What ah beast. 1,250,000 pounds 14’2 tall 7, ooo horsepower. 135 feet long 11 feet wide. No joke here. Long live BIG BOY.

@PatriseHenkel

4 жыл бұрын

I wish my dad were here to see this. blessings!

@telsport

3 жыл бұрын

Envy you. I got to play on them in the Clincfield yard as they sat prior to scrapping. Made one last human happy before the torch. Yeah, Clinchfield had em tool

@demontwashington5388

3 жыл бұрын

Here's something I've always wondered - how come she blows steam out of the cylinders non-stop for about a minute when she's starting off? Seams like a waste of steam, but I know nothing about how they work.

@lazarusmagellan2367

3 жыл бұрын

Demont Washington warm um the cylinders, I do the same with my g scale live steam locos. Looks cooler to crack the throttle and let it shoot out, but it does waste steam.

@chaosdemonwolf1

3 жыл бұрын

@@demontwashington5388 Pressure equalisation between the boiler and cylinders . Hence the term ''blowing off some steam''.

Wow, what a beautiful piece of history, very fascinating, I love the sound of the whistle

A truly marvelous piece of human engineering, great to see it on the rails again!

@jeanroger7866

2 жыл бұрын

Yes impressive machine !!

A awesome engine. Great background with the mountains. If I ever holiday in the USA, this is a must see for me.

Recipricating beauty on the rails. The steam heartbeat goes on and on and on and on :-))

What an incredible machine, it looks huge on camera so I can only imagine how big it is in person!, an amazing feat of engineering.

@cmdrw0lf708

3 жыл бұрын

I've Stood next to one and been inside of one at the museum of transportation in Missouri Its fucking huge

Amazing video thank you from South Africa . Well done .

A beautiful locomotive.

This is pure raw power i love it .....from South Africa

Can you imagine watching one of these monsters climbing the Rockies?

@dundonrl

3 жыл бұрын

We no longer have to imagine it! We were able to see it in person, and in August 2021 we'll be able to see it again!

I love how it almost looks like the engine itself is happy to be alive

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions

4 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@RetailThrone

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah :)

@Sangopadraji

4 жыл бұрын

Swami Sangopadra fre 14 feb. 12:27 (för 2 dagar sedan) till info this seems to get around rather fast with mail. Contribute to this evolution. No trains to Giraltar for 100 years, I read on a taxi. Why?= to costly. what? The wood for the steam loomotive. Even today the fuel for the loco is expensive, a mayor reason for closing railways. The best solution is ........tested through all, inluding I make 10 year batteries. even if they work they will not pay. Because the live steam and the rods on the driver wheels, makes steam with hot metal increase passengers by 40%. 1/5 th of that to pay for the extra complication for the show that steam power is.-

@DeanClarkHall

4 жыл бұрын

Great observation. 4014 is the closest any machine comes to being living and breathing. You really DO "get it"!

@aimee2014

4 жыл бұрын

Right and when the horn blows like it's saying get out of my way

Thanks for the great videos! Thanks for sharing, too! Much appreciated!

Some beautiful videos of the train and the countryside. I especially liked Big Boy passing the windmill farms. Quite a contrast. Well done.

I'm 79 go great to have grown up to steam trains

Fantastic! Steamer has a soul.

Steam locos were really works of art, I'm glad a few of them are being maintained

I was watching the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon" recently, talking about how the lunar landers aren't just machines, but have a soul. How we give these machines names and treat them like they do. They have the collective soul of all her built her. I think the same might be true here with 4014. You can just see something when she's running at full tilt, and feel something in that whistle. This engine is happy to be at it again.

American engineering at it's best WOW!

Amazing video. I can't get enough of watching this ridiculously awesome locomotive. Thanks!!

Really super when the 2 engines are in time during pacing!

Great video well done. Can't get enough of 4014...

Nice! A good thing to see the BigBoy allive again.

I agree with Ian , Nothing at all like that Smell and Sound of a Steam Engine

I can’t get enough. Those steam whistles are soothing to the soul. Love it thanks for your time and energy for capturing this awesome Big Boy

I worked at Steamtown in Vermont in the early 1960s and we had sister locomotive 4012 On exhibit there. I towed it in with a big bulldozer.

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, very cool! it sucks that SteamTown left Vermont. I have seen 4012 at Steamtown in PA a few times. when they moved, did 4012 get towed on the railroad like 4014 was from CA to WY? or was it a truck?

@NERRP2017

4 жыл бұрын

Island Line Rail Productions towed to PA in a freight being trucked in between gondola cars

The drive mechanism is just an incredible piece of engineering.

I've always loved machine and trains and always get excited about them but hearing this one roar alive is something else entirely. Pardon my French but holy shit that's an absolute *unit.*

Such an AWESOME site to see! Thanks for bringing this WONDERFUL piece of our history back to life! :) Back in the early 90's there was a coal fired locomotive traveling from the east, to the west coast. Can't remember the name of it, but man, was it moving when it came through the little town of Sumner Illinois. Was soooo glad I was able to experience it with my two kids! It's something you never forget! :) :) :) :)

*Just Amazing, trains are my favorite transportation*

That's one massive hunk of Iron Horse...

I LOVE it when they show the Big Boy highballing later on in the video, that is one AWESOME steam locomotive, sure glad it's back on the tracks running again, you CANNOT KEEP A BIG BOY DOWN BABY!!!!!! :)

This brings me to tears! Am so proud to be an American!!! He's the most beautiful man ever built by man

@wideawake914

4 жыл бұрын

I reckon that has the best horn of any train in the world.

@MrBryansseals

4 жыл бұрын

@@wideawake914 The whistle on Gresley A4's in the UK is superior .

@prudenciomangaoangiii403

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrBryansseals agreed

If i ever visit the US i definitly want to see this Locomotive, Its a Monster.

33:15 .... I could listen to the sound and watch the mechanics for an hour.

The most beautiful steam locomotive in the world, unfortunately in this life I will no longer have the opportunity to drive on and with it

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions

3 жыл бұрын

I would honestly disagree about being the "most beautiful". It is an amazing locomotive however to me, most beautiful locomotives are the Streamliners. The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha F7, NYC J3a Dreyfuss Hudson, SP GS4 Daylight, and of course the Russian Class P36 (Green & Red scheme)

Together with the tender it weighs about the same as three 747's. That's pretty insane!

@Der_Yoloist

2 жыл бұрын

woooooow, how's that possible? are u sure?

@klaasklapsigaar1081

2 жыл бұрын

@@Der_Yoloist No I'm not sure, I just made that up. 😉

@Colls716

2 жыл бұрын

@@klaasklapsigaar1081 a big boy does actually weigh more than A SINGLE 747 which is still kinda crazy

@steven-nb6rt

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it weights close to a million pounds. Give or take a thousand pounds.

@vishnu79

2 жыл бұрын

@@steven-nb6rt Locomotive and tender, which typically come as a unit, weigh in at 1.2 million Imperial pounds with no fuel or water loaded aboard. 600 Imperial Tons. The tender has a capacity for about 25,000 gallons of water. A gallon of water comes in at a bit less than 10 pounds. She holds a little over 6000 gallons of fuel oil. Figure that comes in at a bit less than 8 pounds per gallon. Fully loaded and ready to roll, the #4014 clocks out at about 1.5 million Imperial pounds. 750 Imperial tons.

an incredible piece of pure mechanical engineering beauty

George Gershwin was a classically trained composer who also loved the blues. He said he was inspired by the train he was riding to write a lot of the fiffs for "Rhapsody in Blue". The rhythm of the engine and the clicking of the rails sets up a groove that a good musician can improvise with and use to actually create great music. How many cool country songs have that same beat? These things are not just transportation, they're also big musical instruments. They are cool beyond anybody's ability to adequately describe, and on many, many different levels. A smart guy could probably write a doctoral thesis on all of the different levels of appeal that they have. They really are multi-dimensional. "For those who understand, no explanation is necessary, for those who don't, none is possible."---Lao Tzu

4014 is the most amazing loco I say old pal, it’s been a long time May you live long sir

This is such a great train! I use to wonder why my dad loved steam trains so much! After seeing a few, I completely understand! I saw the American Freedom train when I was a kid! I have been hooked ever since! Great video, thanks for sharing!

@timothykissinger4883

4 жыл бұрын

Steam locomotives are not boring compared to Diesel locomotives.

19:16 that’s me in the yellow vest! Great vid

@dannydorito9815

4 жыл бұрын

wayne goff judging by the content on their channel and the fact that most of it is 4014 related, yes, they probably are going to be able to see it again.

@esahamesdrake3541

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

Great Video and a great locomotive.

TRUELY a magnificent Engine of beauty and strength from our past thank you Billy PJ LI N.Y.!

Excellent Union Pacific Big Boy Video! Thumbs up!!!

I saw him coming up the UPRR Wagoner Subdivision from Van Buren Arkansas in the city of Claremore Oklahoma. He was a beautiful beast of a locomotive. I hope to see him running the High Iron again.

Wow! Amazing! Love it! Good job!

Hello new friend, nice video I like it very much, thank you for sharing.

Breath the steam, On again 4014, the welcome sounds as the sleepers are pressed into the North-South run of the Wasatch Front. Sleep sweet the traveler’s dream, the engineer’s at the gauge and whistle. He knows the break and valve, on press, press on.

Thank you very much for this super video.

Ya just got to love steam power.

THANKS YOU FOR THE VIDEO..SALUDOS FROM NEW YORK.

Great video beautiful thank you

Thanks for this video.

Great work !

Its a thing of beauty.

SUPER LOCO. 4014 Greetings from Türkiye I.R.S.

I love watching steam locomotive, based on my grandmother's story, my country Indonesia has many steam locomotives

The bigboy is number one in the World is a gold piece of the museum y like this train. 😎👍

Beautiful locomotive. I miss seeing 3985... :(

Thank you!!

was able to catch this beast on video when it rode into navasota, texas!

Great video! Amazing! Very beutifull!!!

great footage!

Egyszerűen csodás ez a csodabogar.

You see? There are locomotives.....and then there is BIG BOY!!

What a ride it would be to be the Engineer just once !

Wonderful Vid and Thank you Deeply. As an engineer The wear due to normal use would be extreme... As Human beings we did alright back then hey!!... Wonderful ..... Either way Very satisfying vid... the side by side of this Goliath is so deeply perfect. I've followed the restoration as much as I could online and completely Adore this beast of a locomotive and what she did back in the day.... and all Steam Loco's.... Mind blows every time I watch these vids and again... HUGE Thank You!! God Bless!! Hope you and your family are doing well!!! Huge cheers from Sydney Australia!! To the deadshit 200 that thumbed down this vid....keep losing and die.... This is history!!!

You have no idea how fortnaute you are to be able to stand on the side of the road let alone being able to drive this treasure of American History. People do not realize where we live in this time in History

you just dont get the same emotions as when watching a modern diesel

Fantastic Footage, I Subscribed 😎👍

Anything capable of motion has a soul and certainly ,a personality. Observe the dignity of true power.

Many Thanks mike Holz for you information!

nice to see excellent bit of filing

Love how this steam engins all alone. No need for new deisel behind steam engin for dynamic breaks so awsome up did restore one know at one time in 90s it was out of question

BEAUTIFUL ! NAIS VIDEO!. THANKS YOU, sal.des.new yorkc!.

nice work & thumbs UP

the chimney on the train was missing, it looks beautiful!👉🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions

2 жыл бұрын

Not missing, just not as tall as old steam locomotives

Great video

This modified product is really estontioning also very interesting.perhaps shall be a show piece of museums.no words to praise while utelisation steam locos.

What a cool shot @18:30!

spectacular machine,