Re: UP 4014 fired up today
Author: Hail the 4014
Date: 04-30-2019 - 13:49
Pactrail Wrote:
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> I don’t get it. Not too long ago every
> existing Big Boy was stuffed and mounted never to
> be
> heard from again. Now we at least got to hear
> 4014 talk on her own. To me that alone is a vast
> improvement over stuffed and mounted. As to the
> rest lets wait and see.
The 4014 isn't talking on her own. She wouldn't even be this far along if it wasn't for the 3985. Most steam restorations are done on their own merit, not stealing parts off another locomotive that would operate to get another going for their own ego. That's kind of counter productive.
AHT