UP Big Boy 4014 restoration almost done...

[Ace-Garageguy]

 

[Joe Handley]

I saw that, I think a Turbine is getting repainted too.

[Kit Basher]

What an awesome machine!  Thanks, Bill.

[bamadon]

I saw one of these on display at Steamtown in Scranton PA. You don't realize how big they are until you're standing right next to them.

[Ken Gilkeson]

awesome machine

[iamsuperdan]

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

[ChrisBcritter]

At first it sounded like Godzilla with a head cold, but but it got much better by the end.

[Ace-Garageguy]

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.

 

Edited May 4, 2019 by Ace-Garageguy

[misterNNL]

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.

[Joe Handley]

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

 

 

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.

[Joe Handley]

They're getting it ready to leave for Iowa this morning, already heard the whistle a couple times getting ready for work and I'm a half a mile away!

[Dave Ambrose]

I saw one at Scranton too. You have to see it in person. It will be visiting SoCal in early October. I think a railfan expedition is in order.