Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
It was just pulled into the shops for asbestos abatement and cleanup. It will never run again, but it will look much better and be available to get closer to. I use the never run again because that's what people said about 4014 and hope that my reverse logic works on 4012 too!!! On 10/02/2019 07:32 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: At the Steamtown museum in Pennsylvania they have an engine like that on display out front. It hasn't run in a long time, but they said it was moved to it's current position under its own power. If you're ever in that area the locomotive shop tour is awesome. They have the biggest lathe I'd ever seen. They demonstrated changing the steel tires on a train car.which involves a lot of fire and hammering. On 10/2/2019 12:46 AM, Nate Burke wrote: I went when it was just here in west Chicago. I was not prepared for the size of it when you stand next to it. Unfortunately I didn't get to see it running. It was also leaking like a sieve sitting on the siding, and you could feel the heat coming off the boiler at 30'. On October 1, 2019 10:28:49 PM CDT, Chuck McCown wrote: Yes, but they did not seem too impressed. Not nearly as much as me. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2019, at 9:15 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Did you take any grandkids? What was their reaction? Impressed, or thought it was some lame dinosaur from the past? When my kids were little, we would take them to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. I thought when he was old enough my son would volunteer there, but then he discovered computer games and Reddit. https://www.irm.org/ -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 9:50 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014 Yes. Twice actually. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? Robert -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
At the Steamtown museum in Pennsylvania they have an engine like that on display out front. It hasn't run in a long time, but they said it was moved to it's current position under its own power. If you're ever in that area the locomotive shop tour is awesome. They have the biggest lathe I'd ever seen. They demonstrated changing the steel tires on a train car.which involves a lot of fire and hammering. On 10/2/2019 12:46 AM, Nate Burke wrote: I went when it was just here in west Chicago. I was not prepared for the size of it when you stand next to it. Unfortunately I didn't get to see it running. It was also leaking like a sieve sitting on the siding, and you could feel the heat coming off the boiler at 30'. On October 1, 2019 10:28:49 PM CDT, Chuck McCown wrote: Yes, but they did not seem too impressed. Not nearly as much as me. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2019, at 9:15 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Did you take any grandkids? What was their reaction? Impressed, or thought it was some lame dinosaur from the past? When my kids were little, we would take them to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. I thought when he was old enough my son would volunteer there, but then he discovered computer games and Reddit. https://www.irm.org/ -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 9:50 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014 Yes. Twice actually. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? Robert -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
I went when it was just here in west Chicago. I was not prepared for the size of it when you stand next to it. Unfortunately I didn't get to see it running. It was also leaking like a sieve sitting on the siding, and you could feel the heat coming off the boiler at 30'. On October 1, 2019 10:28:49 PM CDT, Chuck McCown wrote: >Yes, but they did not seem too impressed. Not nearly as much as me. > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 1, 2019, at 9:15 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> Did you take any grandkids? What was their reaction? Impressed, or >thought >> it was some lame dinosaur from the past? >> >> When my kids were little, we would take them to the Illinois Railway >Museum >> in Union, IL. I thought when he was old enough my son would >volunteer >> there, but then he discovered computer games and Reddit. >> >> https://www.irm.org/ >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown >> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 9:50 PM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014 >> >> Yes. Twice actually. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: >>> >>> Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? >>> >>> Robert >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >-- >AF mailing list >AF@af.afmug.com >http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
Yes, but they did not seem too impressed. Not nearly as much as me. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2019, at 9:15 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Did you take any grandkids? What was their reaction? Impressed, or thought > it was some lame dinosaur from the past? > > When my kids were little, we would take them to the Illinois Railway Museum > in Union, IL. I thought when he was old enough my son would volunteer > there, but then he discovered computer games and Reddit. > > https://www.irm.org/ > > > -Original Message- > From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown > Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 9:50 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014 > > Yes. Twice actually. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: >> >> Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? >> >> Robert >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
Did you take any grandkids? What was their reaction? Impressed, or thought it was some lame dinosaur from the past? When my kids were little, we would take them to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. I thought when he was old enough my son would volunteer there, but then he discovered computer games and Reddit. https://www.irm.org/ -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 9:50 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014 Yes. Twice actually. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: > > Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? > > Robert > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
Not sure. Maybe. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2019, at 8:55 PM, Robert wrote: > > Pictures? > >> On 10/1/19 7:49 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> Yes. Twice actually. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: >>> >>> Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? >>> >>> Robert >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
Pictures? On 10/1/19 7:49 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Yes. Twice actually. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? Robert -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
Re: [AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
Yes. Twice actually. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Robert wrote: > > Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? > > Robert > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
[AFMUG] Big Boy 4014
Any chance anyone in Utah went over to watch it go by? Robert -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
