Display Day in Houston
On Wednesday August 17th, 2021 the Big Boy was on public display from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Houston Amtrak Station. Unlike the display day in Fort Worth…
UP 4014 Hearne to Houston
On Tuesday, August 16th, Troy's and my early start in Hearne was rewarded with an attractive sunrise as we fueled up for the day. When 4014 departed Hearne towards the…
On The Road To Hearne
Troy arrived at our house around 6:00 am and after securing his vehicle we piled into mine and headed to the display site. A few minutes after 7:00 am I…
A Record Setting Day in Fort Worth
I arrived back at the Gauntlet Track and West Ninth Street north of Tower 55 before dawn on Saturday August 14th to spend the day covering the crowd expected to…
UP 4014 McAlester to Fort Worth
Friday the 13th of August 2021 turned out to be a good day weather wise as Troy and I arrived at the McAlester depot before 6:30 am to document the…
Quality and not Quantity
During my advance planning for this trip I was making a list of "wow" photo locations to catch the Big Boy 4014. One on the list was crossing the Verdigris…
North to McAlester
On Wednesday August 11th I began a week long trip to cover the UP 4014 in Oklahoma and Texas for the UP Texoma and Houston Service Units . My first…
Advance Scouting for the “Big Boy”
On Saturday August 7th I did some advance scouting for photo locations between Fort Worth and Richland, Texas to prepare for chasing the UP 4014 4-8-8-4 Big Boy's run the…
Weekend Freight on the TRE
I drove to Irving on the afternoon of Saturday July 31st to visit an old friend. He does not live far from the TRE's West Irving station, so when I…
Four Thoroughbreds
Thursday July 29th offered up an opportunity that does not occur often here on the UP's Baird Sub near the house. An eastbound intermodal train was powered by four NS…