I just got this email this morning:
Union Pacific Steam Club Update No. 15 - May 10, 2021
We know you missed seeing our steam locomotives last year nearly as much as the UP Steam Team missed operating No. 844 and Big Boy No. 4014. We have great news, the Steam Team is busy planning an excursion for No. 4014, likely kicking off August.
Stay tuned to the Steam Club for more information in the coming weeks as we finalize all of the details.
Big Boy (Coin) In Space<
I’ve heard rumors that 4014 has actually gone to the moon and back but NASA asked UP to keep quiet about it, seems they’re a little upset at being upstaged by 1940’s steam technology.
[:-^] [;)] [swg]
Great news!
That first photo is awesome! And the one with the two guys in the smokebox really shows how massive a Big Boy is.
Smokebox, not firebox?
The smokebox is at the front of the locomotive where exhaust steam directed by blastpipes up those twin stacks pulls a vacuum that draws combustion gases from the firebox at the cab end, through the boiler tubes and up those twin smoke stacks.
Yes, I meant smokebox, of course! Thanks.
I corrected it.
