Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Moving 4014


They are using "panel track", which are full-scale track pieces. The workers pull 4014 along, unbolt the panel behind it and then leap-frog that panel ahead. They'll do this until they make it to the nearest rail line.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope there not taking it in for just a cosmetic restoration. It would be fun to see a Big Boy operating under it's on steam.

11/28/2013 9:21 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

UP is going to fully restore it and run it. Actually, it's more than a full restoration, as they have to bring it into compliance with current FRA rules.

11/29/2013 10:01 AM
Murphy's Law said...

Ooooh. The 4-8-8-4 was just an incredibile machine in it's day.

Interesting that they're bringing this one all the way from California to Cheyenne, wyoming when there's another 4-8-8-4, #4004, sitting in Holliday Park right there in Cheyenne already. I actually got inside the cab of 4004 and also 4005 in Denver about 12 years ago because they were both was unsecured, unattended and sadly neglected. The boiler faces are amazing in their own right. Would have been something else to run one.

12/01/2013 3:42 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

Murph, I imagine that UP determined that 4014 was in better condition. They did mention that the CA museum guys had been keeping the bearings greased.

12/01/2013 8:46 PM

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