Actually those were brand new covered hoppers that were empty. The reason they're towing them is to save on using the brake shoes on 4014. The brake shoes on 4014 were not replaced during the rebuild. This was told to me by Ed Dickens himself.
Thanks for the compliments. I consider myself very fortunate to live near UP's mainline from Denver to Cheyenne (where UP houses it's steam engines). Cheyenne is only an hour drive from my house.
The 4014 was in Kansas City on the 18th. Awesome Engine. I tried to get some decent pics but the crowd was pretty heavy around the Engine. Nice video & still pics for sure. As far s using the hoppers for brakes the UP did the same procedure when they towed the 4014 from LA to Cheyenne. Sometimes a Steam Engine needs a load in order for it to run properly. UP could have made a revenue run by delivering the new hoppers.
When the graphic was put there, a Canadian company didn't own the site. I'm sure we can replace it if we come up with a good replacement. We went round-n-round on this, but in the end we didn't come up with a better replacement.
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