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Union Pacific 4014 is a preserved 4884-1 class 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Union Pacific (UP) as part of its heritage fleet. Built in November 1941 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York , it was assigned to haul heavy freight trains in the Wasatch mountain range .
A close-up of No. 4014's running gear in 2019. A Union Pacific design team led by Otto Jabelmann, the head of the Research and Mechanical Standards section of the Union Pacific's Mechanical Department, worked with ALCO (the American Locomotive Company) to re-examine their Challenger locomotives. [6]
4014: November 1941 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) 4884-1 4-8-8-4 Operational Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming [13] 4017: December 1941 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) 4884-1 4-8-8-4 Static display National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin [9] [14] [15] 4018: December 1941 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) 4884-1 4-8-8-4 ...
ALCO: 1941 Steam 4-8-8-4: 540 tonnes (595 short tons) 602 kilonewtons (135,375 lbf) 4,690 kilowatts (6,290 hp) Several on static display. No. 4014 in service with the UP Heritage Steam collection [3] 4884-2 Big Boy: Union Pacific: 4020-4024 ALCO: 1944 Steam 4-8-8-4: 548 tonnes (604 short tons) No. 4023 on static display. EQJ1: China Railway ...
A Big Boy locomotive.This example is Union Pacific 4014. 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement. A 4-8-8-4 in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a locomotive with a four-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck.
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
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UP "Big Boy" #4014 on display (in Pomona, CA) July 4 – In Tokyo, Japan, the Teito Rapid Transit Authority is established. [7] July 7 – Deutsche Reichsbahn accepts delivery of an experimental "V-8" steam locomotive from Henschel & Son's works. Nominally a 2-8-2, the locomotive has four sets of two cylinders in a 90 degree "V" shape on the ...