UP 4014 on the Rails Again

Tails · **Joined:** Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:14 pm **Posts:** 139

Nice to see the local gangster wanna-be's have already tagged the box car being donated....go figure...

Reading 900 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:27 pm **Posts:** 118

Thanks for posting the video. You're right, 3105 sounds tired, good amount of exhaust smoke and carbon when she throttles up. But she'll be quite an asset to the Rail Giants
Museum.

Alan

Mark Z. Yerkes · **Joined:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:47 pm **Posts:** 486

Was anybody else kind of hoping they would've sent 844 to move it?

Bulby · **Joined:** Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:45 pm **Posts:** 258

They might send 844 to pick her up from Colton.

I can definitely see why they didn't bring 844 to pull 4014 out on to live rail. For the move to Colton, well, I'm told high-capacity/extended range dynamic brakes are nice to have with a big load in tow at low speeds.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:19 pm

UP 844 is down at the Nevada State RR Museum. No, really.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopi ... x?id=34916

davew833 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:00 pm

According to former UP steam crew member Bob Krieger, currently 4-8-4 844 has the tubes and superheater units removed for inspection and repair. No chance it would have gone to California to retrieve #4014.

p51 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:30 pm

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

UP 844 is down at the Nevada State RR Museum. No, really.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopi ... x?id=34916

Yep, if you drive between Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, you drive right by her. I was shocked to find UP 844 as I was driving past that location back in 2008 on my way to ride steam to 'the big ditch'...