Union Pacific Railroad, Part 1, Big Boy Steam and Freights in Wisconsin

SKU: DVD-PE-UP1

Original price was: $29.95.Current price is: $24.95.

This show is loaded with exciting UP train action in the scenic state of Wisconsin. We begin with Union Pacific 4014, a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, seen pulling a 15 car passenger excursion across the Badger State. Big steam and big freight action!

Earn up to 100 Points.

  • Check Mark Free Post Office shipping over $25!
  • Check Mark Free UPS shipping over $75!
Producer

Plets Express

Run Time

1 hour 50 minutes

Narration

Yes

Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New

Technical Details

No Region Code, NTSC

Exciting UP 4014 Steam Action & Modern UP Freight Trains!
Union Pacific Railroad, Volume One, is loaded with exciting UP train action in the scenic state of Wisconsin. The show begins with Union Pacific 4014, a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, that’s seen pulling a 15 car passenger excursion across the Badger State. The Big Boy was on a five state tour across the Midwest during its 2019 inaugural season.

Then it’s onto Union Pacific freight action including: Winona Local Job LT41 which operates out of Adams and sometimes uses a caboose. Hot Spot Necedah Jct and the Loop Track that connects the UP onto the CN’s Valley Sub. UP road freights that travel from the Adams Yard to Altoona. An Operation Life Saver passenger train that ran out of Altoona and featured a UP Heritage unit “C&NW 1995”.

UP Job 83, a local/transfer, that runs big trains of frac sand and freight. This job is based out of the Altoona Yard and travels north over the UP’s Chippewa Falls branch to the Norma Yard and to a connection with the Wisconsin Northern Railroad. Altoona Local Job 81 & 82 that works on the Altoona Subdivision around Eau Claire and Menomonie and is often powered with GP60s. Diesel power on this program consists of UP’s large roster of Big GEs & EMDs along with older standard cab GPs & SDs. Rail footage era is 2012-2019.

Reviews

  1. rickyfreni

    In volume 1 of the Union Pacific Series, there are not only scenes of the newly restored Big Boy 4014 during its second tour of the final year of the 2010s decade in July & August of 2019, but also lots & lots of diesels with unusual surprises like Patched Cotton Belt, Rio Grande, & Southern Pacific units, other road names like Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, Norfolk Southern, BNSF, CSX, Wisconsin Northern, CEFX, GMTX, GATX & HLCX, Heritage Unit 1995, & even cabooses on freights at locations like: Lake Elmo Minnesota, Roberts WI, Baldwin, the Eau Claire River Bridge in Altoona (Not Pennsylvania), Fall Creek, Merrillan depot while crossing the Canadian National diamond, Millston, Warrens, Wyeville, Adams at MP 202 (referenced to a Western Maryland 4-6-2 on display), Friesland, Clyman Junction with a coaling tower from 1945, Necedah, Winona on the Valley Sub, Shennington, Tomah, Tunnel City, Sprague, the Ocean Spray Cranberry plant at Babcock, Wick, Humbird at MP 126, Eau Claire, crossing the Chippewa River Bridge at Chippewa Falls, the brick built Banbury Place factory, Yucan junction, Hallie, Norma Yard, McDunahue Park, Dell’s Pond, & Menomonie.

    Note: some of Brad’s footage of 4014 were also used in the Newly Released Steam Smoke & Thunder. Not only that, but other producers were also at the Big Boy’s Summer in the Midwest tour: C. Vision Productions, Steve Mitchell of Yard Goat Images, James Parfrey of Steam Train Videos, & even Harold Holmes.

    There is one goof while 4014 is at Altoona: Brad says that the Big Boys are 2-8-8-4s when he should’ve meant 4-8-8-4s, while later at Friesland, he says that 3985 was converted to oil in the 80s, when he should’ve meant 1990.

Add a review

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may also like…