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Union Pacific Railroad Acquires Big Boy Locomotive No. 4014

http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2013/0723_4014.shtml

Gee I have a sense of deja vu…

Bart Salmons said:

Gee I have a sense of deja vu…

Me too when I first put this up there where no other posts today on this

richard

It just shows you that great minds think a like. Great news!!!

Excuse me while I slip into geeky fanboy mode for a moment…


OMG!!! This is SO AWESOME!


Seriously, I am thrilled that this is happening. It’s very difficult for me to get away from home these days but I will do my best to go wherever necessary to see this thing run!

Whoooohoooo!

Great…ish.

Me, I’d like to see the stuffed and mounted GN S2 running again. Glacier green class act.

tac

Tac’s GN S2 reference:

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/?page=gn

Quote: “There is only one surviving GN “Northern”(4-8-4), number 2584 (Class S-2) at a depot in Havre, MT.”

http://www.gngoat.org/havre_2584.jp g

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I think Amtrak’s Empire Builder stops there for refueling/restocking.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Joe Satnik

An opperatrional BIG BOY . . . WoW . . . . ! :slight_smile:

They said 3-5 years to get it up and going.