#up4014

[synthogears]

@railroad-critter this is all your fault. i’m gonna steal him away from you now lol

anyways look at him, i love him. go give my friend some love too while ur at it pls 🩶🩶🩶🩶

[powellparker]

The first thing a man does in the morning is to find out where the train is, and the next thing is to find out where he is~Mark Twain

We obsess over the 'right track' because it feels safe. It’s predictable. But predictability is the death of creativity. When your only concern is keeping the engine moving, you stop seeing the opportunities that exist off to the side. Sometimes, the best move you can make for your business—and your head—is to let the train go on without you for a while

Being on the right track is vital, but stay there too long and you'll miss the horizon. The 4014 'King of Steam' is a powerhouse, but it's a slave to those iron rails.

In life, pulling a heavy load every day might feel like progress, but it eventually stalls your creativity. To keep your vision sharp, you have to step off the steel. Reconnecting with nature isn't a distraction—it's a reset. Don't let the track define your view. Step off and find the beauty that only happens when you're willing to wander. That’s why I enjoy wandering on horseback to see the beauty of nature between two ears.

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

probably the single greatest big boy video of all time // UP 4014 @ Kedd...

[route56]

#up4014 #bigboy at Swamp Angel Road east of Manhattan. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVLYdCJ_zU/?utm_medium=tumblr

[marmarinou]

Union Pacific “Big Boy” #4014 flying through Highland Park on its way to West Chicago this morning

[americanimperium-blog]

Union Pacific “Big Boy” #4014 

UP 4014 is an 4-8-8-4 series locomotive that has been restored to operational condition by Union Pacific, it is currently the only operational 4-8-8-4 out of eight surviving examples from the original twenty-five built.

The 4-8-8-4 Big Boys were made by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, NY at the request of the Union Pacific Railroad to haul freight over the Wasatch mountains between Ogden, Utah and Green River, Wyoming. In the late 1940s, they were reassigned to Cheyenne, Wyoming where they hauled wartime freight and troop cars over Sherman Hill to Laramie, Wyoming.

The 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” series locomotive along with its tender weighed about 604 tons and measured more than 132 feet in length. It had a maximum power capacity of more than 6,000 horsepower and could haul a 3,600-ton train unassisted up the Wasatch Mountain grade and had an operational speed to 80 MPH.

The 4-8-8-4 series was the largest expansion steam locomotive ever built.

The last Big Boy operated on July 21, 1959. Most were stored operational until 1961.

[mike13mt]

Fire in the Morning by erikclindgren

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Biggest-Ever Built: Facts About the Historic Big Boy No. 4014

Apparently I'm a grumpy old man on the internet, ranting into the void...