Anyone know where some streaming video will be somewhere along the trip? I was going to check out the Laramie camera, but they went off-line about a week ago and never came back.
gunrunnerjohn posted:Anyone know where some streaming video will be somewhere along the trip? I was going to check out the Laramie camera, but they went off-line about a week ago and never came back.
Hi John:
We now have camera & boots on the ground….. Live streaming will start at: 9:30 MDT - Saturday May 4th
On Trains Magazine, Facebook Page. Jim Wrinn Editor & Steve Sweeney, Digital Editor.
If you are going to chase the 844 or 4014 - look for these vest.
Click here for live streaming. On Trains Facebook Page - Scroll down until you see the live streaming.
Time Zones: Starts Sat. May 4th thru Sun. May 20th
11:30 EDT = New York, Detroit & East Coast States
10:30 CDT = Chicago & Central States
9:30 MDT = Cheyenne, Wyoming & Rocky Mountain States
8:30 PDT = Pacific Coast States
* These times are all Daylight Savings Times
Gary: Rail-fan & Model Railroader
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I knew things were happening with the Big Boy when I logged on and saw this:
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Looked like a dragon coming out of its lair, after a 50 year snooze and not having its first tank of coffee yet
I hope people do not do what I saw riding behind Amtrak AFT 4449 Special and SP 4449 World's Fair Daylight. Fans were converting US Alt 90 from a bidirection 2 lane road to 2 lanes westbound Rosenberg to Eagle Lake TX. Thank goodness no one got killed. I felt safer on the train.
The Highway Patrols of the states involved have been forewarned for several months now, and they are ready and prepared to deal with the onslaught of chasers ("train nuts") to them!
Dominic Mazoch posted:I hope people do not do what I saw riding behind Amtrak AFT 4449 Special and SP 4449 World's Fair Daylight. Fans were converting US Alt 90 from a bidirection 2 lane road to 2 lanes westbound Rosenberg to Eagle Lake TX. Thank goodness no one got killed. I felt safer on the train.
I watched a car go sailing off into a culvert while chasing a NS steam trip many years ago as nobody in the car was watching the road. I never heard what happened to the people in the car.
Also watched people do insane things trying to get ahead of 4449/700 for the NRHS Portland convention trip, going down Hwy 14 on the north bank of the Columbia, along the old SP&S to Wishram. I never heard of any head-on collisions on that 2-lane road but wouldn't be shocked if any had happened that day.
When we went eclipse chasing two summer's ago, we were north of Boise on a state route and there were big electronic signs all along the edge of the road for 60 miles saying: "Don't even think about parking here during the eclipse..."
I would dearly love to see 4014 on its inaugural run, but the timing doesn't work for me and I suspect that everywhere will be packed. So I'll wait for the film at 11...
After working the midnight shift for 30 years in my industry, there are some advantages to it, this being one of them for those guys. They get to move it out, no fifty million people standing outside and around and getting in the way. Just them and the locomotive, all quiet and being able to say "We moved it first!" Now that's what I call priceless!
ALAS, most of the US east of the Mississippi plus the rest of the world will have to watch this landmark event via various video venues, but it will be no less entertaining!
Nice post from Ed Dickens on the UP Steam Facebook page.
“Trevor Heath great post. Thank you for sharing. It is very heartwarming for us seeing you and everyone waiting and watching from afar. Soon we’ll be seeing everyone as we take the Locomotive out for some more “break-in ops”.
A minor correction to your post. This work has been completed by our small group, only the 2 person father son contractor team to work on the monumental cleaning effort of the water space on the tender and many other tasks to help us with water softeners and the like. And recently we have enjoyed the support of Dan from a local sheet metal shop. Dan fabricated and and fit up those nice looking cylinder jackets, and of course very importantly, our close friend Paul from RailGiants has been here helping us since we were in LA back in 2013.
This work has been all UP Steam. We have enjoyed the enthusiastic support of our executive team and all the thousands of men and women of this great company helping us and pulling hard to provide us the support we need. Naturally there are the various suppliers, machine shops etc that have provided much material and custom machine work at their facilities.
This is a proud UP product.
Best regards
Ed, Austin, Ted, Kirt, Bruce, Don, Jimmy , Garland, and Troy.”
eldodroptop posted:Nice post from Ed Dickens on the UP Steam Facebook page.
“Trevor Heath great post. Thank you for sharing. It is very heartwarming for us seeing you and everyone waiting and watching from afar. Soon we’ll be seeing everyone as we take the Locomotive out for some more “break-in ops”.
A minor correction to your post. This work has been completed by our small group, only the 2 person father son contractor team to work on the monumental cleaning effort of the water space on the tender and many other tasks to help us with water softeners and the like. And recently we have enjoyed the support of Dan from a local sheet metal shop. Dan fabricated and and fit up those nice looking cylinder jackets, and of course very importantly, our close friend Paul from RailGiants has been here helping us since we were in LA back in 2013.
This work has been all UP Steam. We have enjoyed the enthusiastic support of our executive team and all the thousands of men and women of this great company helping us and pulling hard to provide us the support we need. Naturally there are the various suppliers, machine shops etc that have provided much material and custom machine work at their facilities.
This is a proud UP product.
Best regards
Ed, Austin, Ted, Kirt, Bruce, Don, Jimmy , Garland, and Troy.”
Interesting.
There is a video on The Official Union Pacific Steam Club Facebook page. #4014 backing out on it’s own power, May 1st.. This is the inside view, from the above videos. Click link below.
https://www.facebook.com/group...Club/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
Gary: Rail-fan & Model Railroader
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I'll be in Boise next week but sadly won't be able to make it down to see it running. 4018 is at a local museum here, but I have yet to make it out to take a look at it
https://instagram.com/wahsatch...igshid=1c1grtp139hvy
They will be live streaming from Cheyenne shortly.
eldodroptop posted:https://instagram.com/wahsatch...igshid=1c1grtp139hvy
They will be live streaming from Cheyenne shortly.
Thanks: great tip & a cool group of people on the bridge
Unbelievable work to the UP Steam Crew. I had doubts they'd get the engine ready in time, but even if she only moved slowly for a short distance, it's still an impressive milestone. I'm sure there's still quite a bit left to do, but I'm proud of the Steam Crew for completing these tasks in a major time crunch.
eldodroptop posted:https://instagram.com/wahsatch...igshid=1c1grtp139hvy
They will be live streaming from Cheyenne shortly.
Nothing shows up when I look at this link. Maybe it crashed from all the viewers?
p51 posted:eldodroptop posted:https://instagram.com/wahsatch...igshid=1c1grtp139hvy
They will be live streaming from Cheyenne shortly.
Nothing shows up when I look at this link. Maybe it crashed from all the viewers?
Working well on my end.
p51 posted:eldodroptop posted:https://instagram.com/wahsatch...igshid=1c1grtp139hvy
They will be live streaming from Cheyenne shortly.
Nothing shows up when I look at this link. Maybe it crashed from all the viewers?
Do you have an Instagram Account ?
trainroomgary posted:p51 posted:eldodroptop posted:https://instagram.com/wahsatch...igshid=1c1grtp139hvy
They will be live streaming from Cheyenne shortly.
Nothing shows up when I look at this link. Maybe it crashed from all the viewers?
Do you have an Instagram Account ?
I do, and do several friends of mine, and none of us can get on, it says there's no such page.
Photo by Trevor Heath from Facebook.
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Trains magazine has a live steam going on Facebook.
what happened to the feed?
Trainmaster04 posted:what happened to the feed?
Jim said he was going to pause to save battery.
k thanks.
is there any other live feed available?
Trainmaster04 posted:is there any other live feed available?
Not that I have found.
ok
Live again. 4014 Is moving.
For those of us who do not subscribe to Instagram or Facebook, will there be some u-tube postings of the Greeley trip? Did the Greeley trip go off without a hitch? THANKS!
Nothing happening on that feed.
Vas ist los? 
I see cars, but not trains. 
...and there we go--thanks, Terry!
They did it, thank you Union Pacific!!!
Side Rod. 🚂
Thanks for the video, super cool! Just came up from the basement running my 4014!
Why is there so much steam coming from the steam chest/ piston area, is that normal?
Trains is still live on FB chasing it.
