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Big Boy No. 4014 Prepares to Leave Pomona
Nov 22, 2013
By Peter De Keles |
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Preparations are almost compete that will allow moving Union Pacific's latest addition to its heritage locomotive fleet from its former home at RailGiants Museum in Pomona, CA, to the roundhouse in Cheyenne, WY
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| Title: | Big Boy No. 4014 Prepares to Leave Pomona |
| Publication: | Union Pacific.com |
| Date: | 11/20/13 |
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| Category | Business Profile |
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Before UP No. 4014 can hit the main line once again it first must
cross the facility's parking lot. The plan calls for the UP Steam Team
to install second-hand track panels, which will be "leap frogged" to
connect to a staging area of the nearby Metro-Link rail line. "We saw-cut the pavement and excavated down 14 inches to install the
initial track panel," Dickens said. The locomotive then had to be pulled
up a gentle 1 percent grade that the Steam Team affectionately called
"Sherman Hill." A CAT 988 wheel loader did the heavy lifting. Plywood
was used beneath the track panels to level out the parking lot's uneven
surfaces. Link to UP Big Boy Photo & Video website
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