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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4014 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69585Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:9/1941
Notes:Big Boy class, UP Steam Program.
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
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Blue flagged
Title:  Blue flagged
Description:  The maintenance people are working on the engine now that it has arrived at its service stop in VanBuren. Each craft has a key in the flag. The engine cant be moved til they are all taken off.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:38:55 AM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  259   Comments: 1
Up in the cab
Title:  Up in the cab
Description:  A view of 4014s cab at Van Buren.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:41:49 AM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
Two 4014s
Title:  Two 4014s
Description:  This Kenworth tractor was parked in the lot next to the UP trains resting place for the night. How bout that for a truck number!!
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:45:25 AM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
A little history
Title:  A little history
Description:  This plaque is on the side of the tender near the gangway. It remarks that the engine was preserved by the R&LHS and on display in Pomona, Calif from 1962 to 2013.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:51:44 AM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
Down the river
Title:  Down the river
Description:  The train has passed under the Ark 23 bridge and is now headed away from me down the Arkansas River valley. Next and last stop for the day will be Van Buren, 33 miles away.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:55:52 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  290   Comments: 2
Arriving across the river
Title:  Arriving across the river
Description:  The 4014 crosses Hicks Creek as it slowly makes its way to the station.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:57:12 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  407   Comments: 4
Observing
Title:  Observing
Description:  Office car Kenefick brings up the rear as the train pulls away. It has a great view out the back, but today the action is all up front.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 5:01:19 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  288   Comments: 1
Making the stop
Title:  Making the stop
Description:  UP 4014 rolls to a stop in front of the former Missouri Pacific station. A large crowd awaits, as was the case at all the stops I attended.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 5:09:44 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  270   Comments: 2
On display
Title:  On display
Description:  UP 4014 has come to a stop at Ozark, and the local throng is now viewing the engine.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 5:11:29 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  304   Comments: 2
Down by the station
Title:  Down by the station
Description:  UP 4014 is still at the station, now seen from the Ark 23 bridge. The crowd is large. I was glad I didnt fight that madhouse to get a photo.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 5:21:02 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  330   Comments: 3
Clearing them out
Title:  Clearing them out
Description:  UP 4014 blows steam out of the cylinders as he gets underway. The folks next to the station are getting a good cleaning!!
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 5:26:46 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  366   Comments: 2
Smoking!!
Title:  Smoking!!
Description:  The train starts up, 4014 blowing a tall plume as it gets underway.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 5:28:01 AM
Location:  Ozark, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  348   Comments: 6
Tied up
Title:  Tied up
Description:  UP 4014 is in the siding at Van Buren while the locals come out to see the train and engine. UP police are keeping everyone off the main track while the crew finishes out their day as twlight falls.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:18:22 AM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  441   Comments: 4
Alemite
Title:  Alemite
Description:  The crew has the alemite gun hooked up, and is lubing the rods at the Van Buren service/overnight stop.
Photo Date:  11/15/2019  Upload Date: 11/18/2019 4:25:51 AM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  306   Comments: 1
Two types of power and canteens
Title:  Two types of power and canteens
Description:  As we rolled into Claremore, the train was on display along the road south of downtown. From the car, Diane caught the diesel protect engine, the canteens, and the 4014 herself. Quite an array, and the flags really make the scene.
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 12/13/2020 5:06:23 AM
Location:  Claremore, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
Coming across
Title:  Coming across
Description:  The 4014 slowly rolls across the ex Frisco now BNSF Cherokee Sub, now headed for its next stop at Nowata
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 12/13/2020 5:11:31 AM
Location:  Claremore, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  153   Comments: 1
Close up
Title:  Close up
Description:  The 4014 draws by, and we got a closer look, even with the large crowd.
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 12/13/2020 5:35:22 AM
Location:  Claremore, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  146   Comments: 2
Big crowd
Title:  Big crowd
Description:  As with everywhere the train stopped on this trip, the crowd at Nowata was big, as just about the whole town turned out. I got this shot holding the camera over my head to get a slightly better angle. We quit the chase here, heading back to Tulsa for a good dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse.
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 11/20/2019 4:25:55 AM
Location:  Nowata, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  327   Comments: 3
At speed
Title:  At speed
Description:  UP 4014 makes good time as he rolls across the SH 88 overpass between Claremore and Oologah.
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 11/20/2019 4:37:46 AM
Location:  Oologah, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  341   Comments: 3
Roadside
Title:  Roadside
Description:  I was going to shoot the train down at Inola, but there is a line of poles between the road and the tracks. We went north on SH 88 toward Claremore, stopping near Tiawah for this shot.
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 11/20/2019 4:40:04 AM
Location:  Tiawah, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
Jammed
Title:  Jammed
Description:  The Wagoner stop posed some space issues, since the train was pulled up south of 5th St, a block from the diamond with the ex MKT, which we see in the foreground. It didnt leave a lot of room to park, and the streets are narrow as it is. We grabbed a shot and took off, wanting to beat him to Inola, a fairly straight shot for the train, but almost 30 miles by road.
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 11/20/2019 4:44:17 AM
Location:  Wagoner, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  291   Comments: 1
Reflecting the sun
Title:  Reflecting the sun
Description:  The 4014 rolls along US 169 near Talala, its train strung out behind in the late afternoon sun as it heads for its next stop in Nowata.
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 11/20/2019 4:54:27 AM
Location:  Talala, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:  339   Comments: 3
Overhead view
Title:  Overhead view
Description:  I had taken the Winnebago as a chase vehicle, given that the Covid pandemic has taken on new life in the past six weeks, and this would give me a fridge and a bathroom that I didnt have to share with the rest of the world. It also made for a good place to shoot photos from. I used the ladder on the back of the RV to get this shot from the roof, getting a commanding view of the 4014 and the entire train.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/17/2021 5:59:16 AM
Location:  McAlester, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 4015(SD70M)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
Straight on
Title:  Straight on
Description:  The 4014 seen straight on from the Stonewall Av crossing, the automatic signal gt stop, protecting the engine as it sits at the station. His day was done here, and I had an almost three hour trip home. Day is done.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/17/2021 6:01:14 AM
Location:  McAlester, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  111   Comments: 2
On display
Title:  On display
Description:  I went out to follow UP 4014 on its 2024 tour, catching up to it at Muskogee, where it had Okmulgee Av blocked completely
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 10/18/2024 6:31:07 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  26   Comments: 2
Steam engine and protect power
Title:  Steam engine and protect power
Description:  This going away shot at Delaware shows the 4014 and its protect power, along with its canteens.
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:09:42 AM
Location:  Delaware, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  18   Comments: 1
Support
Title:  Support
Description:  The 4014 is a little farther along, and we now see the protect engine and tool cars as the engine picks up speed headed north
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:15:27 AM
Location:  Delaware, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  17   Comments: 1
The whole show
Title:  The whole show
Description:  The whole train is now in view as the 4014 rolls toward Coffeyville.
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:20:03 AM
Location:  Delaware, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  9   Comments: 1
By the signals
Title:  By the signals
Description:  The 4014 passes the automatics at Lenapah in my last shot of the day. As the train passed, the motorcade of chasers caught up, and I decided I didnt want to get bogged down in the mess. This was a fitting end to the day.
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:23:38 AM
Location:  Lenapah, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  31   Comments: 2
On the way
Title:  On the way
Description:  After the street shot downtown, I went up to the Arkansas River bridge and set up. Its a good shot, with the railing on the old highway bridge here enforcing a strict photo line. It was one of only a few unobstructed views all day.
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 10/18/2024 6:35:44 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  40   Comments: 2
Panned
Title:  Panned
Description:  The 4014 passing me as it rolls slowly north
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 4:42:41 AM
Location:  Tiawah, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  9   Comments: 1
Over the Frisco
Title:  Over the Frisco
Description:  The 4014 is at a walk as it makes its way through the crowd at Claremore, passing the home signal for the BNSF ex Frisco crossing in Claremore. It did its public stop on the other side of town, playing to a huge crowd.
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 4:46:17 AM
Location:  Claremore, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  14   Comments: 1
Wider view
Title:  Wider view
Description:  A wider view at the same location shows more of the train, stretched out across the BNSF diamond
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 4:49:09 AM
Location:  Claremore, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  9   Comments: 1
Through the trees
Title:  Through the trees
Description:  One of the less appealing things about the ex MP route was the lack of overpasses, and that there were a number of places that were hemmed in by trees, a situation I would largely not have to deal with on a subsequent chase a week or so later in Kansas. Approaching a crossing north of Nowata.
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:02:51 AM
Location:  Nowata, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Open field
Title:  Open field
Description:  The 4014 rolls toward a crossing near Delaware, giving a good look at the train in late afternoon light.
Photo Date:  10/14/2024  Upload Date: 11/12/2024 5:05:07 AM
Location:  Delaware, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  19   Comments: 1
First contact
Title:  First contact
Description:  I went up to Kansas to follow UP 4014 from its overnight stop in Hays to Sharon Springs. The train was back in the yard at Hays, so I went out along the line hoping for a shot that would work for a westbound in the morning. I caught him here at Yocimento, along old US 40, which follows the tracks from Hays to Ellis.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 5:47:59 AM
Location:  Ellis, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  13   Comments: 0
Past the grain bins
Title:  Past the grain bins
Description:  The 4014 rolls past grain bins at WaKeeney.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:21:47 AM
Location:  WaKeeney, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
Passing another Kansas landmark
Title:  Passing another Kansas landmark
Description:  The 4014 rolls past the elevator in the small town of Collyer.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:28:12 AM
Location:  Collyer, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Whistling through
Title:  Whistling through
Description:  The 4014 blasts between a pair of automatics as it whistles through Collyer
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:30:43 AM
Location:  Collyer, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
First one
Title:  First one
Description:  A telephoto shot shows the 4014 passing two elevators here in Park Kan.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:34:55 AM
Location:  Park, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
Then two
Title:  Then two
Description:  The 4014, now a little farther through town, passes the second elevator as he makes his way west to a public stop in Grainfield.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:39:48 AM
Location:  Park, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9625(C44-9W) UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
And a pan shot, too
Title:  And a pan shot, too
Description:  The 4014 passes my position along "old 40" as it heads west.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:42:08 AM
Location:  Park, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
Public stop
Title:  Public stop
Description:  The 4014 made several public stops this day, as it would the next in Colorado. A couple were posted on the website; some, like Ellis earlier in the day, were not. All of them gave the legion of chasers a chance to catch their breath and get some local shots and get ahead. This would not be much of a factor in the chase strategy between Hays and Oakley, where I 70 was the chase road, but would make a difference later on. The train sits at its Grainfield stop, as depicted by the sign.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:46:51 AM
Location:  Grainfield, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
Quite a crowd
Title:  Quite a crowd
Description:  The turnout for the steam train, even in some of the smaller towns along the route, was impressive.Grainfield isnt near much, but there was still a large crowd there.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:54:08 AM
Location:  Grainfield, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
Close up
Title:  Close up
Description:  A close up shot of 4014s smoke box, flanked by the US and Kansas flags, a UP special agent at the ready.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/21/2024 6:58:50 AM
Location:  Grainfield, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
Popping off
Title:  Popping off
Description:  The pressure release valve was activated during its stop at Grainfield, resulting in a plume of steam,
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:24:51 AM
Location:  Grainfield, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
A wider view
Title:  A wider view
Description:  The 4014 rolls west in the morning near Yocimento as the world turns into the browns of winter,
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 6:02:08 AM
Location:  Ellis, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Starting out
Title:  Starting out
Description:  The public viewing has concluded, and the is now getting underway west in a view of the grain elevator area, a common sight in this part of the system.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:26:50 AM
Location:  Grainfield, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
Prairie panorama
Title:  Prairie panorama
Description:  The moves away from Grainfield ina wide angle view that show the ag facilities that mark much of the economic activity in towns such as this.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/22/2024 6:31:55 AM
Location:  Grainfield, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
Smoke box and flags
Title:  Smoke box and flags
Description:  The smokebox and lead truck of the 4014, adorned with the Kansas state flag. The engine flew the flag of each state it was in while it was there.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:13:58 AM
Location:  Grainfield, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  2   Comments: 0


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