Big Boy steam engine, now near Colton, to visit Vegas, Salt Lake (2 return to action!!!)

[Omaha Steve]

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The UP Challenger is one size down from the Big Boy. The Challenger travels the rails in UP territory and always draws a huge crowd. Big Boy will probably be converted to oil like the Challenger was. Coal is a fire hazard in dry areas.

I have a Big Boy in my model rail collection. I run central to western N America flags.

OS

I take my grand-kids to this display at least once a year. The view of Big boy (largest steam locomotive engine ever built) and Centenial (largest diesel locomotive engine ever built). Here is the Big Boy on permanent display in Omaha as viewed when entering Nebraska on I-80:

The view of Centenial # 6900 (largest diesel locomotive ever built) & Big boy # 4023 (largest steam locomotive ever built)

Park info: https://www.lauritzengardens.org/About/Kenefick_Park/

Park photo gallery: http://www.lauritzengardens.org/About/Kenefick_Park/Park_Photo_Gallery/


Story> http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-big-boy-steam-locomotive-las-vegas-salt-lake-city-20140127,0,355793.story#axzz2rozvt2me


By Mary Forgione Daily Deal and Travel Blogger
January 28, 2014, 8:15 a.m.

The behemoth steam locomotive known as Big Boy that rolled out of Pomona's Fairplex on Sunday morning will stop later this year in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City when it resumes its more than 1,200-mile journey to Cheynne, Wyo., for a huge restoration project.

The 600-ton locomotive known as No. 4014 left the RailGiants Train Museum, made a brief stop at the Covina Metrolink Station and continued as far as Bloomington, Calif., an unincorporated area just west of Colton, this weekend. It will remain there until late March or early April until a schedule is finalized for the rest of the journey, which includes stops in Nevada and Utah, Union Pacific spokesman Aaron Hunt said in an email Monday.

Union Pacific bought the locomotive from the museum and plans to restore it at its Wyoming facility so it can once again travel the country. The restoration is expected to take about five years. It was one of 25 monster engines used starting in 1941 to pull heavy freight freight over the Wasatch Mountains and other steep grades.

Until the train leaves Southern California, the public can see it from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and Feb. 8 and 9 at the Union Pacific rail yard site at 19100 Slover Ave. in Bloomington.


FULL story and photos at link.

[snooper2]

1. technically that's not the largest diesel engine ever built

more like this

[srican69]

4. I was a merchant marine engineer .. I have worked with both the Sulzer RTA and B&W SMC engines ...

but that was many moons ago

[upaloopa]

2. I've seen it at Pamona quite a few times

Nice that they are going to restore it.
I almost died in Omaha just after looking at the trains there last August. Some guy in his car came head on at me while I was in a cross walk across from the train station.
He was turning left and luckily for me we moved on opposite directions.

[srican69]

3. you need to correct

'Largest Diesel Engine' to 'Largest Diesel Locomotive'

The 14 unit RTA 96 C ( marine diesel engine) can crankout about 82 Megawatts is the currently the most powerful diesel engine that has ever been built commercially ... just look at the guy standing near the camshaft units ... to realize how big this engine is

[Omaha Steve]

5. Done :-)

Thanks to both of you on the info.

OS