Working rail roads and their tracks.

[BravoXray]

Union Pacific 3985 & "Full Throttle" Steve Lee, UP Engineer​

He definitely had the wick turned up.

 

[oliver1555]

3985 is an awesome machine to see! It's too bad UP has decided to pull it from the Steam Fleet, but it was going to be a very expensive and extensive rebuild. It will probably end up on display somewhere - some speculation is that it will go to the museum in California where 4014 used to be.

 

[Williy]

If you really want to get gassed up spend all day
eating swiss cheese, bread sticks, german mustard
and drink lowen brau beer for over 8 hours no body
will let you get within 20 feet of them! Or you could
eat pickled eggs and beer for a day

willy

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Saw these old rail cars tucked away today. A nice chessie caboose.

And a nice long train went by, these were mid engines.

 

[MossRoad]

Some kind of rail museum?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Some kind of rail museum?

Didn’t look like it, place looked closed off from the public. Would have liked to look.

We missed the depot, will have to go back.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

History of cass RR

 

[ArlyA]

From the big boy tour list.

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Union Pacific Steam Club Update No. 17 - July 7, 2021 ​

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We know you've been anxiously awaiting the details of where Big Boy No. 4014 will be stopping during this summer's 2021 tour, and now Steam Club members are getting the first look at the schedule: Thursday, Aug. 5: Cheyenne, Wyoming to Sidney, Nebraska Friday, Aug. 6: Sidney, Nebraska to North Platte, Nebraska Saturday, Aug. 7: North Platte, Nebraska Viewing Sunday, Aug. 8: North Platte, Nebraska to Fairbury, Nebraska Monday, Aug. 9: Fairbury, Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri Tuesday, Aug. 10: Kansas City, Missouri Viewing Wednesday, Aug. 11: Kansas City, Missouri to Parsons, Kansas Thursday, Aug. 12: Parsons, Kansas to McAlester, Oklahoma Friday, Aug. 13: McAlester, Oklahoma to Fort Worth, Texas Saturday, Aug. 14: Fort Worth, Texas Display Day Sunday, Aug. 15: Fort Worth, Texas to Hearne, Texas Monday, Aug. 16: Hearne, Texas to Houston, Texas Tuesday, Aug. 17: Houston, Texas Display Day Wednesday, Aug. 18: Houston, Texas to Beaumont, Texas Thursday, Aug. 19: Beaumont, Texas to Livonia, Louisiana Friday, Aug. 20: Livonia, Louisiana to New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, Aug. 21: New Orleans, Louisiana Display Day Sunday, Aug. 22: New Orleans, Louisiana to Livonia, Louisiana Monday, Aug. 23: Livonia, Louisiana to Shreveport, Louisiana Tuesday, Aug. 24: Shreveport, Louisiana Viewing Wednesday, Aug. 25: Shreveport, Louisiana to Prescott, Arkansas Thursday, Aug. 26: Prescott, Arkansas to North Little Rock, Arkansas Friday, Aug. 27: North Little Rock, Arkansas to Poplar Bluff, Missouri Saturday, Aug. 28: Poplar Bluff, Missouri to St. Louis Missouri Sunday, Aug. 29: St. Louis, Missouri Display Day Monday, Aug. 30: St. Louis, Missouri to Jefferson City, Missouri Tuesday, Aug. 31: Jefferson City, Missouri to Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday, Sept. 1: Kansas City, Missouri Viewing Thursday, Sept. 2: Kansas City, Missouri to Salina, Kansas Friday, Sept. 3: Salina, Kansas to Hays, Kansas Saturday, Sept. 4: Hays, Kansas to Sharon Springs, Kansas Sunday, Sept. 5: Sharon Springs, Kansas to Denver, Colorado Monday, Sept. 6: Denver, Colorado Display Day Tuesday, Sept. 7: Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming All of the details for whistle and overnight stops can be found on the official Union Pacific Steam Schedule at Union Pacific Steam Schedule . Some of the times listed are still subject to change, so be sure to review the schedule as the date gets closer. Ride Along on the 2021 Union Pacific Museum Special! ​ As part of the 2021 Tour, the Union Pacific Museum will be hosting a fundraising excursion on Sunday, August 22, from New Orleans to Plaquemine, Louisiana. Museum patrons will get first access to purchase tickets; to join, please visit Become a Patron for more information. Ticket information for the excursion can be found at UNION PACIFIC MUSEUM. Break-In Run on July 8 and 9 ​ The Steam Crew will be performing a break-in run with Big Boy No. 4014 down to Denver on July 8, returning back to Cheyenne on July 9. No schedule or location information will be available on this break-in run, but if you happen to be out in the area, be sure to wave from a safe distance if you happen to see No. 4014 out and about! 2021 Tour Photo Contest ​ We LOVE seeing your photos of our steam locomotives, and during the 2021 tour, we're going to be giving away Big Boy T-shirts to people who post the best photos during the tour to their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds using the #BigBoy2021 hashtag! Make sure the permissions on your posts are public so we can see them, and watch your DMs on each platform to see if your photo has been selected as a winner! That's all for now. Be safe, and we'll see you trackside (at least 25 feet away) starting in August!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Trial run

 

[the old grind]

Bothers me when people knock on diesel power being included on a steam run. It's rarely if ever for pulling power/banking. You want heat or AC in the coaches you're going to need more electricity for them than steam engines provide. The benefit of extra/reliable air for braking is a safety perk.