http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nati ... 5582.story
4014's slightly older brother at Steamtown
Big news for the train geeks
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Grand_Wag_85
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Big news for the train geeks
Union Pacific RR to restore Big Boy #4014, biggest steam loco ever built. It's the RR equivalent of putting a man on the moon.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nati ... 5582.story
4014's slightly older brother at Steamtown
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nati ... 5582.story
4014's slightly older brother at Steamtown
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
YES!!! Thanks for the link. /trainnerd
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
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I'm ahead of the Union Pacific! I have three big boys running on my railroad...
Have a good one.. Don S..
I'm ahead of the Union Pacific! I have three big boys running on my railroad...
Have a good one.. Don S..
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
Remember, safety first around trains.
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
I would SO love an O gauge Big boy. I just wish they weren't so darned expensive!
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
They have one of those at the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver. Massive. I can stare at it for hour, trying to get my head around how they engineered it, built it, and maintained it.
http://www.forneymuseum.org/Featured_Exhibit.html
http://www.forneymuseum.org/Featured_Exhibit.html
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cone
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
I'm glad to see Union Pacific do these kind of restorations. I've seen thier Challenger a couple of times and it's awesome. Never thought I would get the chance to see the Big Boy in action. As soon as the restoration is done I'm packing the grankids in the truck and taking a trip to see it.
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The PIG Smith
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
I am happy for those UP enthusiasts.
There has been a lot of people wanting to see a big boy roam the rails.
However, being a member of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, I am most proud of our locomotive, the Nickel Plate Road 765
This weekend we had our annual open house.
Here is a very short video of it moving today (I did not take this video)
Here is a video I took last year:
There has been a lot of people wanting to see a big boy roam the rails.
However, being a member of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, I am most proud of our locomotive, the Nickel Plate Road 765
This weekend we had our annual open house.
Here is a very short video of it moving today (I did not take this video)
Here is a video I took last year:
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
- 75th Anniversary Edition - 1941 Trim Package - Recon Green --Daily Driver
1986 Jeep J20
- Super clean rig from the AZ/CA state line -- Current Project
1982 Jeep J10
- Has become a Long Term Project.
1981 Jeep J20
- Commercial flat bed - Lost in a Divorce --gone
1987 Jeep J20 Pioneer
- Former Rick Bielec aka Ricbee plow rig. Major rust!! --gone
IFSJA Member #1933 Joined November 30, 2001
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Re: Big news for the train geeks
That's a sweet locomotive Bryan. I got all up and personal with it and the engineer one day a long time ago.
I had pulled into a parking lot to crash in the middle of the night while out running around. I was awaken by the train. It was in Noblesville, IN or somewhere around there. Nice rail yard with treasures in it as well.
We have a yard a mile or so from the house here. When I went by the other day they had a new set of Pullman cars I've not seen before.
I had pulled into a parking lot to crash in the middle of the night while out running around. I was awaken by the train. It was in Noblesville, IN or somewhere around there. Nice rail yard with treasures in it as well.
We have a yard a mile or so from the house here. When I went by the other day they had a new set of Pullman cars I've not seen before.
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1980 J20 Utility truck. Replaced above project.
1977 Honcho getting turned into a 1977 J20 Gladoncho.
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We're on a road to nowhere.....