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Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam
Author: MP 97.7
Date: 10-08-2013 - 15:25

Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Just a friendly reminder that when the
> UP 4014 moves to West Colton, and then
> to Cheyenne, he will NOT be under steam.
> That momentous event will not occur for
> a number of years.
>
> Drew:
> BEAUTIFUL prose describing your reaction
> to seeing the SP 4449 under steam for the
> first time as an adult. I had the same
> reaction to seeing her for the first time
> in Daylight paint -- in Eugene, OR, in 1981.
> Tears of joy streamed down my face. I will
> never forget that day as long as I live.
>
> A HUGE "THANK you!" goes out to Ross Rowland
> and the entire American Freedom Train crew,
> and to Doyle McCormack and his crew for restoring
>
> and operating the most beautiful locomotive in the
>
> world.
>
> And a BIG "THANK you!" goes out to the Union
> Pacific
> for having and keeping their Steam Program, and
> for
> running the 844/4, 3985, and, eventually, the
> 4014.


The locomotive will not be under steam but there will be enough "foamers" in attendance to raise the local humidity several points in the immediate area.

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  Re: Big Boy Move MP 97.7 10-08-2013 - 15:22
  Re: Big Boy Move Curtis R. Milburn 10-10-2013 - 13:04
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam Margaret (SP fan) 10-08-2013 - 13:11
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam MP 97.7 10-08-2013 - 15:25
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam Drew Jacksich 10-08-2013 - 16:38
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam Margaret (SP fan) 10-08-2013 - 17:27
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam P. Kepler 10-08-2013 - 17:43
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam Drew Jacksich 10-08-2013 - 17:49
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam SamSpade 10-08-2013 - 17:46
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam Drew Jacksich 10-08-2013 - 17:57
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam HUTCH 7.62 10-08-2013 - 19:12
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Will NOT be under steam Bill 10-08-2013 - 20:41
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Drew's photo conductorbill 10-08-2013 - 20:52
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Drew's photo DickDorn 10-08-2013 - 21:24
  Re: Big Boy Move -- Drew's photo Drew Jacksich 10-08-2013 - 23:01
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