Big Boy No. 4014 “West Coast Steam Tour.” in July 2022

[TinCan782]

"World's Largest Steam Locomotive 'Big Boy No. 4014' Returns to the Tracks to Celebrate 160 years of Union Pacific"
Visiting: Sparks, Nevada; Roseville, California; Portland, Oregon; Boise, Idaho.

https://www.up.com/media/releases/west-coast-steam-nr-220411.htm

 

[tomfuller]

I'm hoping to see it going through Chemult Oregon around 7/10 or 11. I know how to get to Cascade Summit where it will be moving slowly.

 

[Bob Dylan]

"World's Largest Steam Locomotive 'Big Boy No. 4014' Returns to the Tracks to Celebrate 160 years of Union Pacific"
Visiting: Sparks, Nevada; Roseville, California; Portland, Oregon; Boise, Idaho.

https://www.up.com/media/releases/west-coast-steam-nr-220411.htm

I still remember that after the 2019 Gathering in Dallas, Alice and a friend and I saw "Big Boy " in Luling during its tour of Texas, and Alice chased it to East Texas also.

 

[Cal]

Would love to see it but I’ll be riding the rails elsewhere for much of it.

 

[Alice]

I still remember that after the 2019 Gathering in Dallas, Alice and a friend and I saw "Big Boy " in Luling during its tour of Texas, and Alice chased it to East Texas also.

And will be again this year, too. I grew up with 4014 from when it was welded to the rails at the Pomona fairgrounds.

 

[jruff001]

This is beautiful, I am glad UP is keeping it alive.

 

[gswager]

I hope I get a chance to see it. It's about 45 minutes of country drive to the UP line. I've seen UP 844 up close.

 

[Seaboard92]

I'm hoping to see it going through Chemult Oregon around 7/10 or 11. I know how to get to Cascade Summit where it will be moving slowly.

I am willing to bet Cascade Summit will be a madhouse of railfans. So best of luck to you on chasing that. I'll probably chase it in the Columbia River Gorge. From the Washington side of the river.

 

[Cal]

I am willing to bet Cascade Summit will be a madhouse of railfans

It will be so impressive to see it climb it though.

 

[GiantsFan]

I’m in the Bay Area, so I’ll definitely be heading up to Roseville to see it. Hopefully I can catch it as it arrives/leaves as well

 

[Bob Dylan]

I’m in the Bay Area, so I’ll definitely be heading up to Roseville to see it. Hopefully I can catch it as it arrives/leaves as well

See Alice's Post in another thread about Steamer Trips in 2022, Big Boys Trip is being delayed by UP to concentrate on Freight!

 

[GiantsFan]

Hopefully they reschedule it sooner rather than later!!

 

[dadonatrain]

Nice article and pics in today’s New York Times on UP’s Big Boy 4-8-8-4 on its trip around the south in 2021.

 

[dadonatrain]

"World's Largest Steam Locomotive 'Big Boy No. 4014' Returns to the Tracks to Celebrate 160 years of Union Pacific"
Visiting: Sparks, Nevada; Roseville, California; Portland, Oregon; Boise, Idaho.

https://www.up.com/media/releases/west-coast-steam-nr-220411.htm

Rats. I missed this thread before posting my own elsewhere! Moderator: delete mine and accept my mea culpa!

 

[Devil's Advocate]

One thing I noticed about the Big Boy as it stopped in my hometown was all the labor required to keep it humming even after being converted to an oil burner. It really hit home why diesel electrics took over so quickly despite being far less powerful on a per-unit basis during the steam retirement days.