Ed Dickens and another member of steam crew sit on the engineers side of the cab of UP 4014. Ed is currently in control of the engine, left hand ready to pull the whistle. The numbers beneath "4014" on the cab indicate the following:
4-8-8-4: Wheel arrangement
1: Production Batch (1st, in this case)
68: Wheel Diameter (68-inch drivers)
24 24 / 32: Cylinder Dimensions
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Ed Dickens leans out the window of UP 4014, looking down the rails ahead, in charge of the 762,000-pound (not including the tender) 4-8-8-4 Big Boy locomotive.
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UP 4014 and train just passed by the Suncor Oil Refinery and is headed into town on the Outbound track. Once arriving at 36th Street Yard, the train will wye and then head to North Yard via the Belt Line.
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