UP 4420 Restoration

bigjim4life · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:14 am

M Austin wrote:

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...so it suggests the practice may have varied by year by railroad.

Confucius once said "IS FAR CHEAPER AND EASIER TO LIFT TENDER FROM TURNTABLE PIT THAN LOCOMOTIVE"

That man was surely ahead of his time...

davew833 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:52 am

News story by my friend and KSL reporter Andrew Adams.

https://fb.watch/2qKhXxp3lN/

Steamengine4420 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:14 pm **Posts:** 4

We now have a website.

https://www.steamengine4420.org/

Rob Gardner · **Joined:** Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:50 pm **Posts:** 576

Crap. I didn't realize the turntable had been removed. Yikes. Looking forward to what you guys do with this product of the Lima Locomotive Works.

Rob Gardner

Steamguy73 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:15 pm **Posts:** 635

Rob, where are you seeing that it was removed?

Utah Josh · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:19 pm

Unless it was a hallucination or hyperealistic dream, I rode that turntable around in circles a few times just last month, August 2021, so can confirm that no, it has not been removed, and is in fact in full operation .

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:49 pm

A little over a week ago:

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Now you can discuss the GE ex-Army/Air Force switchers from the nearby Union Tank Car plant behind it.

Steamengine4420 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:14 pm **Posts:** 4

I can confirm the turntable is there and in working order. It's been restored and repainted and is in use for tours.

Rob Gardner · **Joined:** Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:50 pm **Posts:** 576

I am so glad to be proven wrong! Are there any tracks still going into the various roundhouse stalls? In the pics of 4420 inside, I couldn't quite tell for sure.

Rob Gardner

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:09 am

Rob Gardner wrote:

I am so glad to be proven wrong! Are there any tracks still going into the various roundhouse stalls? In the pics of 4420 inside, I couldn't quite tell for sure.

No; in fact I'm not even sure there's still a track onto the turntable, at least that can be used.

4420 was obviously trucked/wheeled into position in its stall.

David Dewey · **Posted:** Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:59 pm

So this brings up the obvious (at least to me it is) question: any plans to lay track to the table and ON the table so the engine can be moved about and displayed, turned, etc. ? Is there anyplace it can go to run from this location?
Interesting that the table is functioning, but not connected. . .???? Also interesting how far it is from the round house.

Steamguy73 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:15 pm **Posts:** 635

Track as I know has been on the table for a long while now

To the table? I’ve seen plans showing tracks in various places would be laid from a few bays. But I can’t speak for Evanston group.

Steamengine4420 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:14 pm **Posts:** 4

There is track on the turntable and also track from the turntable to all 28 stalls in the roundhouse. Unfortunately, most of that track is not currently usable. When 4420 was put in the roundhouse it had to be pushed on track donated by UP and the track had to be greased because the wheels don't currently turn.

Bob Milhaupt steamy · **Joined:** Sun Jul 22, 2018 2:03 pm **Posts:** 65

Steamengine4420 wrote:

We now have a website.

https://www.steamengine4420.org/

A statement on that web site claims that the State of California has "outlawed" operation of steam locomotives in the state. If that statement is true, I certainly missed the news and the hubbub it caused.

This curious steam fan in the mid-west wants to know: mistake on the web site, actuality, or something between the two?

dlloyd86 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:46 am **Posts:** 6

Bob Milhaupt steamy wrote:

Steamengine4420 wrote:

We now have a website.

https://www.steamengine4420.org/

A statement on that web site claims that the State of California has "outlawed" operation of steam locomotives in the state. If that statement is true, I certainly missed the news and the hubbub it caused.

This curious steam fan in the mid-west wants to know: mistake on the web site, actuality, or something between the two?

A more careful reading would show that it says California has outlawed COAL BURNING steam locomotives, not steam locomotives in general. Think about the amusement park locomotives alone- Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, etc. still up and running, not to mention full size operations like the Sierra and Roaring camp and others. . . While I can't verify the coal ban myself, it certainly wouldn't surprise me considering they just banned new internal combustion engines starting in 2035 https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnic ... e/%3famp=1