Union Pacific Big BOY 4014 blizzard

where did you get the big boy pictures? great pictures!

thanks Alan

Alan Mancus posted:

where did you get the big boy pictures?

Since he is a Professional Photographer, one would think that he took them himself, especially since he lives in Colorado.

great pictures!

They certainly are!

thanks Alan

Erik -- wow, just wow.  I especially like the last one from the side (pacing shot?).  Where/when were these taken?  I thought "she" (aren't steam locos referred to as she - nevermind the big boy part...??) was safely back in Cheyenne on Nov 25?  Terrific photos.

Those would be awesome Christmas cards. I will buy a set

OUTSTANDING!!!  Thanks for generously sharing them here.

Nice!  A true Colorado Rocky mountain high!

REALLY great, Eric!

And, Happy Thanksgiving to you guys, too.

There are some great videos of the 4014 going through Colorado and the snow the last few days on Youtube!

Traveling Tom and ColoradoRailroadProductions are a few who have videos posted!

On the back of the train there are a dozen covered hoppers. What were they there for?

Making a little revenue for the UP?

Yardmaster posted:

There are some great videos of the 4014 going through Colorado and the snow the last few days on Youtube!

Traveling Tom and ColoradoRailroadProductions are a few who have videos posted!

On the back of the train there are a dozen covered hoppers. What were they there for?

For braking purposes, after they removed all the passenger equipment.

Making a little revenue for the UP?

Nope. They are all empty.

Wow, that last shot looks like a modern day courier and Ives print!  All these shots are beautiful.   I hope the UP takes an interest in your work!

Good evening , Eric with all your photo's I am just wowed by your photo placement and content but these photo's are over the top !!!!!!

Fantastic job !!!!

Thank you for sharing these, and all of your photographs that you post here on this forum.

Erik,

  Beautiful shots, each and every one. Thanks for posting.

Tom 

Erik, thank you so much for the great pictures!  Enjoyed them very much.

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful shots Erik! Thank you.

Looking at the smoke it appears that she is getting worked a little harder.  I'm sure an experienced Steam hand would know better.

Looking at these pictures I realized that these are the kinds of scenes  I must have been secretly hoping to see. 

Do you have a website where one may purchase print copies of your photos?

WITZ 41 posted:

Beautiful shots Erik! Thank you.

Looking at the smoke it appears that she is getting worked a little harder.  I'm sure an experienced Steam hand would know better.

Smoke, or the amount thereof, is NOT necessarily an indication of how much throttle (steam) the Engineer is using at the time.

Looking at these pictures I realized that these are the kinds of scenes  I must have been secretly hoping to see. 

Do you have a website where one may purchase print copies of your photos?

Thanks Hot. I figured you would know. 

I wasn't sure if it was just the temperature variance making it more visible in the cold weather or if they were heavier on the oil given the darker color.

WITZ 41 posted:

Thanks Hot. I figured you would know. 

I wasn't sure if it was just the temperature variance making it more visible in the cold weather or if they were heavier on the oil given the darker color.

The only affect that ambient temperature has on a steam locomotive's exhaust color, is the cooler it is the more visible the "white" steam vapor is. Thus, on a nice hot dry day, there is no "white" steam vapor visible, but on a nice cold day, the "white" steam vapor cloud can hang in the air for miles.

That last shot is epic! Just enough of 4014 revealed under a veil of steam and smoke.

These are some of the best steam locomotive photos I've ever seen! #2 looks like a painting. Very professional job, Erik! You certainly know what you're doing behind a camera.

All those diesels sure do a nice job of shoving her around through the snow. 

Rich Melvin posted:

These are some of the best steam locomotive photos I've ever seen! #2 looks like a painting. Very professional job, Erik! You certainly know what you're doing behind a camera.

All those diesels sure do a nice job of shoving her around through the snow. 

 Thanks Rich, you are very kind! I never heard the diesel as of it we’re working hard pushing the train. I don’t know.  But thanks seriously it’s a privilege to hear from you 

Thanks fellas for the nice compliments 

Best in show!

Erik,

Thanks for sharing.  Great pictures.

Larry

Rich Melvin posted:

These are some of the best steam locomotive photos I've ever seen! #2 looks like a painting. Very professional job, Erik! You certainly know what you're doing behind a camera.

All those diesels sure do a nice job of shoving her around through the snow. 

You mean the not needed diesels behind her.I do not think snow is gonna have any effect on her.But other than that a really great picture.

Fanfreakingtastic photos Eric!!!!!!!!  Thanks for sharing with us!

Erik

Incredible photos!

Great work

Al

We expect excellent photography from you, Erik, but these are in an elite group of their own.  I tip my hat.

Absolutely the best steam-in-the-snow shots I have ever seen. Surely, the 4014 could easily handle that snow without a diesel assist?

Wow!  Griff Teller quality in photos!

Jon

Your talent with a camera is so impressive!! These would make amazing poster size prints. Especially the second photo with the blue skies!!! Thanks for sharing these. 

Eric, as stated, your photos are the best in quality and composition of the greatest locomotive.  Quite a difference from when I saw her in Claremore, Oklahoma!  Thank you, sir, for the best photos taken of 4014.

Jesse   TCA

Correct me if I have it incorrect, but, the diesel motive power behind the aux water tenders is primarily for dynamic braking when needed, and perhaps not as much for additional tractive effort.  The pull of 4014 is quite adequate for the consists she has been given.  Just think back to when she was climbing Sherman Hill with those long freight consists of revenue loads.

Jesse   TCA  12-68275

texastrain posted:

Correct me if I have it incorrect, but, the diesel motive power behind the aux water tenders is primarily for dynamic braking when needed, and perhaps not as much for additional tractive effort. 

Nope. Since they didn't get around to installing the Diesel MU Control Box in the cab of 4014, the diesel has an additional operating crew (besides the Pilot Crew in the cab of 4014), and the Engineer of 4014 instructs the Engineer in the diesel how much power assistance (or dynamic brake) to provide, by radio. Thus everybody with a radio scanner hears what is going on. That way the Engineer of 4014 can set the throttle and power reverse settings as desired, and the diesel can provide further assistance.

The pull of 4014 is quite adequate for the consists she has been given.  Just think back to when she was climbing Sherman Hill with those long freight consists of revenue loads.

Jesse   TCA  12-68275

So, HW -- do we know (via the radio traffic, etc.) just how much diesel 'assist' there was?  Certainly when we saw/chased 4014 in early October in UT and NV, the diesel didn't sound like it was working very hard.  When the train pulled out of its stop at Modena (UT), it sounded like 4014 was doing all the work - I didn't hear any change in the pitch of the diesel like it was under load.  I was also under the impression that it was there primarily for dynamic breaking.  Not to further hijack this thread about Erik's stunning pictures, maybe we should take any discussion/complaining about 4014 operation outside to another post.

richs09 posted:

So, HW -- do we know (via the radio traffic, etc.) just how much diesel 'assist' there was?  Certainly when we saw/chased 4014 in early October in UT and NV, the diesel didn't sound like it was working very hard.  When the train pulled out of its stop at Modena (UT), it sounded like 4014 was doing all the work

They try to put on as good a show as possible when departing a stop, thus the 4014 does indeed perform "most of the work". Once on the road, then, as I posted above, the throttle and reverse gear on 4014 can be "set" for comfortable/easy operation (not to mention fuel and water conservation), and the diesel can be called upon for additional power as needed in order to maintain desired track speed, regardless of the terrain.  

- I didn't hear any change in the pitch of the diesel like it was under load. 

See above answer.

I was also under the impression that it was there primarily for dynamic breaking. 

No.

Not to further hijack this thread about Erik's stunning pictures, maybe we should take any discussion/complaining about 4014 operation outside to another post.

Good suggestion, be my guest.

Numbers two and four are my favorites.  Number two because of the Wyoming type landscape, number 4 because its artistically busy.  Thanks for posting these Erik.

Thanks guys glad you enjoy the pics 

Being a part time art critic...i am agog over picture number 2. What does it for me is the ambient lighting; of course the heavy smoke going at an askew(?) angle. But what really pulls it together is the nearly the same yellow colour on the rear cars....same on the prairie grass...and the major sharp angles of the hills and aforementioned smoke. What a symphony of visuals.

For laughs, i would make a copy of this photo,  and photoshop a McDonalds sitting at the piece of fence at the right...