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Retired 60 years ago the worlds largest locomotive has been resurrected. Moved under his own power today. 1.25 million pounds of machine.
Union Pacific bought him back to get ready for the 150th of the Golden Spike. I was standing next to the Director responsible for the project in 2013 when they first moved him with a tractor. Hope to see him this summer again.
You probably saw 844, a smaller but still impressive locomotive.View attachment 259127
Retired 60 years ago the worlds largest locomotive has been resurrected. Moved under his own power today. 1.25 million pounds of machine.
Union Pacific bought him back to get ready for the 150th of the Golden Spike. I was standing next to the Director responsible for the project in 2013 when they first moved him with a tractor. Hope to see him this summer again.
Was this the one that was in the park in Cheyenne? I think UP made a few of them as in two or three.
Railfans be likeYou probably saw 844, a smaller but still impressive locomotive.View attachment 259127
Retired 60 years ago the worlds largest locomotive has been resurrected. Moved under his own power today. 1.25 million pounds of machine.
Union Pacific bought him back to get ready for the 150th of the Golden Spike. I was standing next to the Director responsible for the project in 2013 when they first moved him with a tractor. Hope to see him this summer again.
Was this the one that was in the park in Cheyenne? I think UP made a few of them as in two or three.
You probably saw 844, a smaller but still impressive locomotive.View attachment 259127
Retired 60 years ago the worlds largest locomotive has been resurrected. Moved under his own power today. 1.25 million pounds of machine.
Union Pacific bought him back to get ready for the 150th of the Golden Spike. I was standing next to the Director responsible for the project in 2013 when they first moved him with a tractor. Hope to see him this summer again.
Was this the one that was in the park in Cheyenne? I think UP made a few of them as in two or three.
OK I looked it up. A total of 25 were built. Of those 8 remain of which 7 are on static display one of those #4004 is the one on display in Holiday Park in Cheyenne Wyoming. #4014 is also in Cheyenne in the Union Pacific workshop being restored for the Golden Spike ceremony. This is the one you're talking about.
I've only seen the one in Cheyenne and the one in Denver. I was always impressed with their size and total mass, truly big boys.
While they were still in use, they operated out of Cheyenne at the end, between Cheyenne and Laramie WY when they were all eventually retired from service with the last run in 1959.
