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Knowing is Half the Battle |
I didn't see any posts this year on Big Boy 4014. We went out to Omaha today to check out their new kids museum and park, take in the Labor Day Parade, earn the Lewis & Clark Trail junior ranger badge and got to see Big Boy 4014 leave near Union Station. We had seen it parked static before on a previous tour. It was supposed to depart Omaha at 4:45 to hop across the Missouri River for maintenance in Council Bluffs but didn't leave until almost 5:30. The kids were not impressed waiting around that long but they enjoyed the deafening steam whistle and getting to see it puff out of siding back onto the main line. We might go catch it in central Iowa on Wednesday. Its tour this year will take it to Chicago, down to Houston, then to Fort Worth, before going back to Wyoming. Big Boy Schedule Big Boy Live Tracking | ||
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Legalize the Constitution |
It is pretty dang cool, isn’t it _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
Saw it year ago in CB. Very damn impressive!! RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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I saw it a couple weeks ago in Roseville, CA. Um, it's big and the crowds were huge. It's really, really big. P229 | |||
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| Admit nothing. Deny everything. Make counter-accusations. |
My buddy and I are going to hop on our motorcycles and catch up to it in one of the small town Texas stops. Can’t wait! _________________________ "Ladies and Gentlemen - The Fit has hit the Shan!" | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
I am not in Texas anymore but it would be really cool to see it. Dang it is big. This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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My friend whose son is completely obsessed with trains (he's 4), went up to go see it. Now, all he talks about is Big Boy; wearing his parents out and everyone else that visits.  | |||
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I would love to see it, but it looks like it’s a private event the night it’s in St. Louis. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Knowing is Half the Battle |
I bet you can see it from a distance or perhaps catch it chugging along somewhere at a crossing. Its cooler seeing it moving than just sitting there. You can go see the one of Big Boy's brothers (sisters?) parked at the National Museum of Transportation on Barrett Station Road and even climb in it. I don't know where it will stop and what lines it takes in St Louis though, it will be coming south from IL. I can't imagine its going to stop somewhere near the Amtrak Station, I think it did that previously when people could go see it. Maybe somewhere near I-55? | |||
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The railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota has an articulated steam engine that was used to pull iron ore trains from the Mesabi range to docks on Lake Superior. Each of its two segments has eight driving wheels. It was a BIG engine. ETA: The Union Pacific Big Boy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Big_Boy Serious about crackers | |||
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Wish it was coming this way into Arizona. | |||
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Came through here in AZ back in 2019, hopefully it will return again, definitely worth seeing. | |||
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| A man's got to know his limitations  |
Cool, it will be passing thru my town in October, I'll check it out. "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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Pictures on the WWW. Of Jay Leno riding it through honey creek Iowa. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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I saw it back in 2019 when it came through the Twin Cities. It was so impressive to see and hear and was hoping that the trip this year would bring it up into Minnesota again, but the closest it was going to be in Iowa was 3.5 hours away. Would love for the kiddos to see it as I'm sure they'll love it but will probably have to wait and see if there will be any trips in 2025. | |||
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I'm very surprised that Mr Leno doesn't already have at least one of them in his collection... | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Leon’s car collection is for the street, not track. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Prepared for the Worst, Providing the Best |
We've seen the one on display above I-80 in Omaha numerous times when we've driven through there. I'd love to see an operational one in person! | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Jay did an hour in-depth video on this, released today. Very cool! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Parked at the UP railroad yard right behind where I work. Used to run the old Cotton Belt 819 on the UP tracks until insurance got too expensive. | |||
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