The Great Race to Ogden: The Big Boy and The Living Legend

The Tower 137 137 Subscriber Special

In May 2019, UP 4014 returned to steam to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad. It and 844 doubleheaded to Ogden and back, and we took a trip to Wyoming and Utah to see the Big Boy conquer the Wasatch once again. Enjoy and thanks for 137!

0:39 An EB manifest passes 4014 and 844 in Rock Springs
1:29 A WB grain train passes 4014 and 844
3:05 walking beside the steam engines
4:08 pictures from Rock Springs
4:38 4014 and 844 at sunrise in Granger
6:59 pics at Granger
7:09 An EB Salad Shooter/Intermodal combo passes 4014 and 844
8:57 4014 and 844 blast off from Granger
11:43 4014 and 844 across the plains at Carter
14:46 an EB manifest miles in the distance
14:58 4014 and 844 departing Carter
16:28 4014 envelops a tree in darkness and meets the EB
17:36 the EB meets a WB stacker
17:50 4014 and 844 arriving Evanston
25:35 The WB stacker passing 4014 and 844
27:00 4014 and 844 through the scenic Echo Canyon. The text should say 5/8/19, not 5/8/22.
31:44 Echo Canyon wide view
32:44 A WB manifest shows us why it's called Echo Canyon
34:18 4014 and 844 at Uintah
36:40 4014 and 844 have a whistle duel at Ogden Union Station
39:21 Central Pacific's Jupiter and Union Pacific 119 put on a show after the reenactment. I got no footage of the actual reenactment...
43:42 4014 and 844 emerge from Tunnel 3 in Morgan
44:39 4014 and 844 climb the Wasatch grade with ease at Castle Rock
48:10 Fanfare and Ending

Music-
Grieg's Piano Concerto, 1st Movement
Dvorak's 9th Symphony, Finale

This footage is from 2019, and my videography skills have improved compared to these shots. I have edited this heavily to enhance the viewing quality, leaving out most of the motion sickness and jerky shot changes. I also added a fanfare at the end to commemorate this channel reaching its "numbersake" subscriber count. But now, it's almost at 150, so this could be a 150 sub special for the 150th anniversary. Might as well be, because there are exactly 150 files that I edited here. Blame channel growth and editing difficulties for that delay.

Nope, we're keeping it as the 137 special. Thanks for the channel growth, and we'll see you again at 1037!