UP Big Boy 4014 coming to Texas next month

[UTCzech III 2903]

Just a reminder, Big Boy is in Texas now, maintenance in Dallas today, then leaving tomorrow morning heading south to Hearne.  Friday will leave Hearne and head to Houston.  Southwest Railcams on Youtube has a camera at the depot in Hearne, so you can watch it pull in sometime tomorrow afternoon.  I've already seen it in person twice, so not sure if I will take time off to catch it again.  But definitely see it in person if you never have.

Schedule:

https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

[Da Fino 2745]

42 minutes ago, UTCzech III said:

Just a reminder, Big Boy is in Texas now, maintenance in Dallas today, then leaving tomorrow morning heading south to Hearne.  Friday will leave Hearne and head to Houston.  Southwest Railcams on Youtube has a camera at the depot in Hearne, so you can watch it pull in sometime tomorrow afternoon.  I've already seen it in person twice, so not sure if I will take time off to catch it again.  But definitely see it in person if you never have.

Schedule:

https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

Quick heads up. It's staying in Hearne for a couple of weeks for maintenance and for some of the crew to travel home on break. It will leave hearne on Friday Oct.4 

Edited September 18 by Da Fino

[UTCzech III 2903]

Good: lots of inside info on Big Boy

Bad:  Jay Leno

 

[Da Fino 2745]

Should be pulling into Houston this afternoon. 

[elfenix 34205]

chances i'll still be on a conference call i really don't need to be on when it passes less than a mile by?

[elfenix 34205]

Out of the call and got to a decent viewing spot just a few minutes before it came into view. 'mericuh.

 

 

 

[UTCzech III 2903]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

Out of the call and got to a decent viewing spot just a few minutes before it came into view. 'mericuh.

 

 

 

Nice.  Good clear shot down the tracks without a bunch of yokels blocking your view.

[deter 314]

Go to Marlin. Eye opening experience for numerous reasons. 

[elfenix 34205]

29 minutes ago, deter said:

Go to Marlin. Eye opening experience for numerous reasons. 

[Evil Bill Obrien 3221]

Managed to bike over to the Amtrak station to see 4014 yesterday early right at 9 and place was already mobbed, glad I was on a bike…

 

 

 

kinda neat to see all the original name plates and such up close, plus the plaque they got honoring the people who preserved the locomotive well enough for it to be refurbished is very cool.

 

[Da Fino 2745]

We managed to get out of carpool line and over to Washington/Yale area right in time on Friday. 

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

Big Boy is in Kansas now. We were going to see it in Salina but  I see that it is going to go through Grainfield, Kansas on Sunday. That is where YGIFS's in-laws live and he and I had several conversations about the desolate nature of the area and general rubelike populace. I figure we will mosey up that way on Sunday and I'll pour one out for Lobo somewhere around the tracks.