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UP Big Boy 4014 restoration almost done...


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On 4/29/2019 at 9:41 PM, iamsuperdan said:

But how many chuggas before the choo choo does it make??

Here's part of the answer to your question...though she's being helped by a diesel on these first shakedown runs.

 

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Thanks for posting these great videos. The sight and sounds of those steam trains brings back some great childhood memories of growing up in the 1940's. I lived about four blocks from  station and would ride my '48 Schwinn bike there and marvel at the shear power and massive size of those engines. Good stuff for those here of a certain age.

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This Big Boy is in town this weekend, with Dad being a retired railroader, I've spent a good bit of time around trains, but this monster couldn't be more accurately named:o

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Then here is one of the pictures I shot on Friday from the Metra Station on the other side of the Tracks to the north of this lot.

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