Union Pacific Steam Engine 4466 Sacramento

Union Pacific Steam Engine 4466 in Old Sacramento being pulled out of the railroad museum roundhouse.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• railroad
• train
• steam
• engine
• old
• scaramento
• union
• pacific

[mbrandvold]

Sorry I don't know for sure. I am guessing it does operate, since they were pulling various engines out to start them up and let run for a bit.

[NKPBerk779fan]

Theres realy no difference between an oil burning and coal burning steamer. Both blow out smoke. Both create smg. California needs to lear to relax with steam power and realize steam isnt a regular. Its those dang cars and trucks that cause the most harm, not our precious steamers.

[bodukeof08]

i miss that engine i liked no.10 for a while but missed 4466. when i was little i barely remember but i think i rode behind it a few times please bring her back :(

[Strasburg1991]

@Chris9017 i know a place where they can offer grants of over a quarter of a million dollars

[Chris9017]

@Strasburg1991 Right now the Museum is in a tight bind. First 10 litterally wore out and now needs a new firebox. There has been talk of restoring the 4466, and the Museum is accepting donations to fix both engines. 1771 has been on hold for a long time, but maybe when the new Technology Museum is done work might commence on her. As for 1010, there are no plans for her at the moment. Right now the Museum's main goal is to get the funds for 10's firebox replacement.

[Strasburg1991]

@Chris9017 so let me get this straight. 10 goes down for her 1472 day rebuild first, them 4466 gets restored, and then 1010 or 1771??

[Chris9017]

@SierraRailway I was at the CA State Railroad Museum this past weekend and can confirm that 10 is down and won't be back until she has had her overhaul. But given the fact 10 is a much smaller locomotive, she would be less expensive, and is already oil fired, they hope to have her back by 2012.

[SierraRailway]

Chris9017

as I understand it, GR 10 doesn't go down until May of 2012. 10 would be a much faster overhaul, and she's not as old as 4466.

[Chris9017]

@SierraRailway Yes, the UP 4466 does require an overhaul, and Granite Rock #10 just went out of service for the same reason. The Museum needs to begin work on one of them fast so there will be an operating steam engine at the Museum.

[SierraRailway]

Chris9017

You make a good point, but if she had been converted by the UP, I would not consider it a loss of history the same way I would if a museum did it. Its very different, but I do agree, converting her to oil and stacking some coal for display on the tender would be far better than her never operating again. So that's settled, but there is still a matter of repairs to be done. She has an expired boiler certificate, plus she must have a complete overhaul to bring her up to FRA standards.

[Chris9017]

@SierraRailway The engine is a historical artifact as she is so converting her to oil is a small sacrifice to pay if she is to run again. What is worse her staying a coal burner keeping all her history and never run again, or sacrifice a small part of her history by being converted, get her inspection and run again. I would say the greater of 2 evils is for her to not run again, lots of coal fired engines lost their coal history to run on oil, and Granite Rock 10 was one of them.

[WPRR1]

@foughtwolf I'm 12!

[foughtwolf]

@WPRR1

Take a look at your law books, make sure you get today's edition otherwise about 50 things will have changed.