Big Boy

[cooknsmurf]

i think the only reason they scraped the big boys is because they derailed and because it was so long ago they had nothin to lift them with so they scraped them

[cooknsmurf]

when did the last big boy ever run

[cooknsmurf]

wow i double headed big boy,christ that would of had some puff in it, if only they ran a big boy today. i no all it is is a big slab of metal but she had some history in it and they should keep them running. i get upset because they dont run these.

[lockgnarvangoogen]

in the very beginning of this movie, the first locomotive isn't a big boy. it's thew #3985 challenger. but good video otherwise

[anskaru89]

Now steam engines still at the best! excyting to see and hear, and even more powerful than modern diesels!

[FutureTruckerDennis]

Loved the entire soundtrack. It really set off the cool arrangement of pics and vids. Really well made, no shortcuts taken. Great vid!

[mickeyduvel]

I love Big Boy for their delicious meals at affordable prices!

[ReevesMan88]

I know that 3985 burns oil instead of the wood or coal

[nitrofidok]

can you make a video of a an American 4-4-0

[Mark62886]

Where can I find that very first print in your video with the two little kids!?? I have never seen that one and my dad would freak

[netogrimald]

excelente video, y ¡Creía que la Niagara era grande!

excelent video, in the past i guess that the Loco named Niagara was big!

[marcosc030]

PUTA Q PARIU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Schiggedenhier]

Nice

[warlordx94]

what an EPIC beast

[microblah]

is it just me or is the music at the start the THX theme??

[ffej980]

bigboys had a powered stoker to feed the firebox.. no man could feed the firebox as fast as the engine burned coal...as impressive as this video is...steve lee who is in charge of the union pacific steam program...never expects to see a bigboy run again...too much expense...and logistics problems...the videos will have to do...

[samsomiller]

I really want some mayonnaise right now

[fjbutch]

Badass !!

[keikoandgilly]

I miss the days of steam.

[bigorangetrucker]

i loved these when i was growing up. they are the most magnificent locomotive ever built. How many tons does one engine and coal car weigh?

[hillbillydon1723]

MAN- IS THAT ''LIGHTENING'' (or whatever it is) SOUNDTRACK ANNOYING.

I MEAN, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? IT MAKES THE CLIP UNWATCHABLE WITH THE SOUND UP..

[Rocketboy1950]

I find it difficult to believe that you have not had this removed for the multiplicity of copyright breaches.

[HeliVis]

Thank you very much for the nice collection. I think the people from schenectedy who built these would be amazed that here in this future we still marvel at these.

The image at 3:38 is astonoshing to me. Is that one of the Frank Delano pics? I'd really love it in my office!

[shnimmuc]

The DM&IR Yellowstones were also giants. They had more power then the Bigboys and could pull 180 iron ore cars.

[DEANZO6]

I gotta get down to PA to see this thing.

[tld5500]

I thought it was oil burning?

[burton76]

I take it this baby can pull anything?

[mrslick58]

that thing is a monster

[DanzALCO19]

When did the UP move a big boy like that?

[Complot60]

Me gusta el audio aunque seria mejor si pudieses usar el original en algunos fragmentos

[Kolumbums]

Oh my God, I am from Germany and i dont know what i would do for watching the BIG BOY driving with so many trailers like in USA.......

I love this steam locomotive!!!!

[Titan752]

Gorgeous monsters of forged steel! My dad used to work on the Pennsy railroad, later Penn central and then, Amtrak.

His memory carries on, as I have inherited the better part of his HO train collection...including the famous GG1, the K4 and the "Daylight"...but,the real gem is my Dad's Union Pacific "Big Boy" , No. 4005 and matching coal tender! Love this classic train!

[savatheaggie]

The Big Boys were not the largest locomotives manufactured in the United States - the Allegheny class steam locomotives outclass the Big Boys in weight, width, and horsepower. The only dimension the Big Boy's surpassed them on was length.

[melling1]

the last picture, where the two big-boys's connected... =O I'd pay to se that live! Cant imagine the long freight train =D epic

[pearlwhitewing]

I had a chance to follow 3985 along US Hwy 80 in north Texas a few years ago. The Big Boy can pick 'em up and put 'em down!

[magicalmachines]

I discuss how the steam engine works on my site, feel free to take a look and let me know what you think

[tomescuadi]

I wonder how qualified one must have been to be allowed to drive one of these engines...

[tamiasthechipmunk]

Awesome! If the word "power" were define in a physical object, the Big Boy would surely be it.

[GoldsLifter]

what a friggin beast!

[Beerli310]

this is a verry nice video of the old steam locks. 5*****

[5000TRAINS]

are there any bigboys still running

[Audiman159]

audio perfecty matches video. Great slidshow!

[arkansastrash320]

Big Boy 6000 horse power double header 12000 Hp I can't believe the disels now pull more cars?If they do i don't want to be told about Big Boy is my king and going to stay the king of rails...

[fonephat]

We will most likely have to bring back the coal burning steam locos because of the oil shortage.

[gtarz38]

what an awesome machine! i just bought a lionel o gauge big boy engine.. thanks for vid!

[murrayrs5]

Awesome!!!!! I've always been a fan of steamers. But look at that thick, black cloud of smoke, it makes a shadow darker than night itself. Than a large electrical storm overhead. Pollution is a big thing now, and still I would like to see one of those babies in real life.

[murrayrs5]

Awesome!!!!! I've always been a fan of steamers. But look at that thick, black smoke. It makes a shadow darker than night itself, steamers were very pollutive. But still I'de love to see one in real life...

[themovimaker]

I don't know much about this but i have a passion for all steam engines ect. Is this 'big boy' still around? if so where is it? how old is it? reply back, thanks.

[mytubejah]

Este tren llamado Big Boy parece tener vida cuando sus ruedas se mueven y su vapor llena el ambiente. Me imagino cuán bueno, capaz y fuerte pudo ser y cuantas toneladas acarreó.

[iceman050890]

I get the spirit when the music starts

[pauldrake2511]

the big boy could pull a 5 mile long train.

[tanner93]

ive sat in the cab of a real big boy befor and it is amazing the engine is so large compaired too a human

[themodeltrainguy]

not to rain on anyones parade,but the allegheny was bigger

[kidshare]

This video has too much baggage car attached, just get to the subject

[maxime987654321larou]

I compare this locomotive with an DDA40X...

[bigboy4016]

very true same here

[n7275]

The big boys were much more powerful though.

[a44468]

In my eyes its the diesel equivilent.

[SteffanLlwyd]

These locomotives are so tremendous that it would bankrupt our language to try and find adequate words to describe them...

[WhyAyeMann]

darn tootn'!!!

[BIGfart7]

tell me about it!

[Dockshund]

Don't say that! Our government will say our language will need a 20 billion dollar bailout!

[Pac3steel]

You got that right!

[tencents6]

I Know. Aren't Big Boy Locomotives awesome? That's why there my favoriete steam engines.

[ehhjeep]

All I can say is WOW.I have loved the trains all my life.One of my favs is the SP 4449, now I have to add the Big Boys to my list.I live just outside of Chattanooga Tn and ride the TVRM every year.I wish we had one of these BIG BOYS here.

[DanielVolker]

You should come out to Portland soon and see the '49. Trust me, she doesn't dissapoint

[SSSSJE]

Run another Big Boy!

[fonephat]

we will have to re-use the steam locos because of the oil shortage.

[34002salisbury]

the problem is that they are now two big for the usa railways and it would cost a fortune to get one running but it would be nice

[wildhunter666]

Amazing machine, lots of history, i think that some countries - elsepcially those one where electrification of rails is complicated and expensive (usa, russia, china, india) would use steam locomotives again

[turboslag]

Never gonna happen !! Russia went Diesel & electric years ago , India & China are in the process of. Steam is just way inefficient , 4-6% !! Just too expensive in both fuel and labour intensity.

[TROLL51]

we really enjoyed the video,

thank you for sharing...

daylightguy & troll51

[patana07]

Look, I would neutered myself to drive one of those Big Boy, yeah, you've heard it, I would! LOL.

[PoporKnot]

There is a front cab model Big Boy in the museum in Sac. Calif. The info placard says the front cab model was made for the runs that had long tunnels. The cab and crew had to be in front to keep from being overcome by fumes. It also stated the western engines were oil fired due to a lac of coal out west. There is also a big boy in a park in Cheyenne Wyoming.

[Hyce777]

Also known as the SOUTHERN PACIFIC cab forward 4-8-8-2...

[UnionPacificBigBoy]

The SP Cab Forwards were no Big Boys they were turned Yosemites.

[hjebone]

Largest locomotives IN THE WORLD in terms of weight on drivers. The C&O 2-6-6-6's had a larger grate area.

[gypsylink]

what a great video!!i took my daughter down to the tracks this morning to watch #844??U.P.she is three and thought it was awsome.i have never seen one run.we chased it for 20 miles.can you still see a big boy run,or are they all in moth balls.i would go anywhere in the country to see one.

[TECHKLEC]

I wonder how long a full head of steam pressure would take from a cold firebox?

[maximtagie]

An average size locomotive took 3 or 4 hours to steam up. So, A BigBoy, should take approximativly between 5 and 7 hours.

It was probably a huge task to build the coal fire into a 150 square feets firebox !

I Wonder if the were starting the fire with a conventionnal wood fire ?

[DanielVolker]

From a cold start (no steam in the bioler whatsoever) it can, and should take about a whole day (and night!!) to properly bring a big engine's bioler up to operating pressure.

[DanielVolker]

It's a good idea to heat the engine SLOWLY so a BB should take at least a full day.

[rhysicus]

i heard somewhere about 7-8 hours, but i dont know how accurate that is

[vf4000]

Wonder how many drawbars got pulled out and knuckles broken... seems silly to place so much horsepower in one place- better two locomotives, one at the front and one in the middle.

[kiwigeo2006]

They didn't have Multiple Unit Control or radio communication between locos in the days of Steam Locomotives. If you were running two locos you stuck them at the head of the train unless the second loco was banking and needed to be cutoff the train. The Big Boy was effectively two locos sharing the same articulated chasis...surely more cost effective than running two locomotives with two crews.

[fmichaelb]

They have one of these, #4018, at a museum in Dallas, Texas.

[mythicky]

I like the big boy, but it looks so mean. I am sure in person its better looking, beside, it was not ment to look pretty, it was ment haul massive amounts of freight. Anyone know how much coal it took to fire up those giants?

[ffej980]

the 611 is not rusting away..it is preserved very well...along with 1218...there maybe a time when either or both of these locomotives will run again...just wait and hope...i visit the museum every year...the engines are kept in great shape...

[mangmangmang]

You know, I had no idea the 611 and the 1218 weren't still actively running until I checked that out! I rode behind the 1218 when I was a kid in the 80's. I'm sure they'll run them again, it's only a matter of time and available funds.

[psilvester]

Great combination of 2 american greats- The Big Boy and Garth Brooks!

I love that vid!

Great!

[LeamingtonSteve]

when did the last big boy run?

[JJ4H340]

I believe they last ran in either 59 or 61.

[micahthatrocks]

they last ran in the 70's.forsure....

[denisxx61]

UP won the publicity battle for "Biggest Locomotive" but the Virginian Railway ran a fleet of 10 mighty 2-10-10-2's from 1918 until the 1940's. These brutes had a boiler almost 10' in diameter and low pressure cylinders 4' in diameter. Tractive effort, working simple, was 176,600 pounds. And don't forget the experimental 2-8-8-8-4 and the Erie's three 2-8-8-8-2's

[mangmangmang]

The Big Boy is arguably NOT the largest reciprocating steam locomotive... It's the longest, but it's not the heaviest, or the most powerful. The heaviest is another articulated, the C&O / Virginian Allegheny type 2-6-6-6.  You can see one in the middle of a mall in Virginia. It is also awesome.

[nytewolfusa]

There are only 2 left in the world, 1 in the B&O museum in Baltimore, It was moved inside a few years ago and the other in in the Ford museum in MI, That is the best preserverd,. it was opertated to the museum shut- down pulled inside and been there ever since. I think there are Approx 10 of the Big Boys still on display which is neat since they only built 25

[whatihave2do]

I had a thing for trains all me life. I moved here about the time they stopped the yearly run of the old 611. Now it sits at the transportation museum rusting with the other trains. Our cooked city will donate 3 million dollars to a art museum but won't give the struggling transportation museum one dime. They have a very small staff and couldn't even afford to fix their heat this winter.

[stoomstarinfo]

super video, beautiful machine!

[megatwingo]

Very nice!

Greetings from Germany

[NickRatnieks]

Let's not worry about efficiency- leave that to the Bunny-Huggers and rejoice that there was someone crazy enough to design and build the beast- there was a war on.

[swatcaty]

nice video man

[swatcaty]

nice video man

[Madblokey]

Excellent vid, cool soundtrack. We don't got loco's that big in the UK, Seriosly awe inspiring. Put them down as one of the modern wonders....

[nushnik]

These are not the most powerful steam locomotives. The blue ridge/ allegheny model produced by lima locomotive works holds the record.

[Beaver456]

May sound crazy but Union Pacific has to bring one back and put it on excersion duty like the Challenger. That would be GREAT to see one at a grade crossing going past at speed!!

[dude76ryan]

R.I.P big boy

[a44468]

This was my first fave on youtube. I love it! Also i know the first picture is challenger 3985, but what is the one at 4:54? Is it a mallet? Or an allegheny?

[N330AA]

When did the last 4-8-8-4 ride? It would be great to see all of those wheels furiously going around again.

[6060steamfreak]

The steam locomotive will always be by far, the most fascinating piece of machinery in the world.Thank You Mr. Richard trevithick!

[Artanisred2]

that first picture is a challenger lol

[dude76ryan]

yep challenger 4-6-6-4

[lvanciel]

the most famous one 3985

[apeppink]

Too bad the old Great Northern etal electrification wasn't retained. No romance whatever to electrics but they're by far the most efficient, reliable and cost effective (once the horrendous electrification 1st cost is paid back) way to run a railroad.

[apeppink]

They were something. I have a video (old movie actually, formatted to video) of a Big Boy(s?) running, and specifically showing the articulation of the engines as they negotiate a crossover switch. I'll have to see if I can find it and figure out how to post it.

Those old steamers were beautiful. But the maintenance! And the lousy efficiency. They were fuel hogs.

[ChronoStorm]

I wouldn't mine having a copy of that video you mentioned !!!

[apeppink]

Like I say, I'll have to find it when I get back. I work on ships and am usually gone for a few months at a time. I think I bought the video from a 'Trains' ad or some such, quite awhile ago.

[mjkft22]

actually until very recently, three or four diesels were needed to pull a train that could have been pulled by a single Big boy

they were designed to pull 5 mile trains up the Wasatch mountains in Utah

but they did require alot of maintance and frequent water stops

but if the 3985 manages, someone with some money should step forward and at least take steps to preserve a bigboy

[AbeZ2]

Nice work! Keep it up. Don't you wish that you were around to watch? Me, too.

[DASCO2136]

Somebody outta restore one of the 8 surviving bigboys back to operation. Everyone in America wants one of these babies back

[kav442s5]

nice work, i understand that the song is there because there wasnt sound, and its a good choice, just a pity not to hear more of the big boy's....i have a DVD here with NSWGR AD60 4-8-4 4-8-4's double heading...ive been on them in museums, just a pity im too young to have seen the giants of steam actually running....my HO scale Garratt with sound is a good consolation tho' lol

[chevydodge85]

the big boy is was and is still the world largest steam engine and UP still have one DD40X the World largest diesel ever built

[chevydodge85]

i heared someone was making a movie with a UP Big Boy 4018 to go from coast to coast with in a movie starting filiiming in April 2007

[britoca]

will someone please post long, unedited clips of big boys running? That'd be great

[ChronoStorm]

If I had such clips I would ... but the most I have seen is what is included in my videos.

[britoca]

those are the longest you could find?? man.. I wish someone old find longer footage, but thanks!

[ChronoStorm]

I do not recell exactly where ... as I have had the footage and images for quite some time now ... and only recently decided to share them in a video.

[PoWeRsLiDz]

Where exactly did you get this footage?

[a44468]

Big Boys rule! I want one.

[a44468]

Awesome video! Big boys rule and the song is perfect

[wyldewynd]

love the video.

[papafirst]

Thank you!!A Big Boy could pull a five mile long train up a steep grade!!