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Bob Krug's Collection
 
5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:Alco 4-8-8-4Built As:UP 4012 (4-8-8-4)
Serial Number:69583Order No:S-1844
Frame Number:23¾X32 cylinders, 68" driversBuilt:8/1941
Notes:Schenectady 08/1941, retired 02/62, donated 08/64 to Steamtown
Other locos with this serial:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
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Grandpa and Grandson pose beside the Big Boy
Title:  Grandpa and Grandson pose beside the Big Boy
Description:  'It has TWO pistons, Grandpa!"
Photo Date:  4/19/2015  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 9:23:29 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Alco family portrait
Title:  Alco family portrait
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2015  Upload Date: 10/27/2015 4:41:41 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNJ 1554(RS3) UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  186   Comments: 1
UP 4012 recently cosmetically restored by Steamtown NHP is displaced at the park entrance on a curved section of track
Title:  UP 4012 recently cosmetically restored by Steamtown NHP is displaced at the park entrance on a curved section of track
Description:  Curved track display allows visitors to see the articulation between drive wheel sets, and the yaw of the boiler/smokebox on a curve.
Photo Date:  5/22/2021  Upload Date: 5/22/2021 2:45:55 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  681   Comments: 2
Steamtown NHP's Big Boy; UP 4012 in profile
Title:  Steamtown NHP's Big Boy; UP 4012 in profile
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2021  Upload Date: 5/22/2021 2:47:26 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  276   Comments: 1
Displayed on a curved section of track which shows off the boiler/smokebox yaw (lateral offset)  on this steam giant
Title:  Displayed on a curved section of track which shows off the boiler/smokebox yaw (lateral offset) on this steam giant
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2021  Upload Date: 5/22/2021 2:46:43 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
Backhead - Engineer's side of the UP Big Boy at Steamtown
Title:  Backhead - Engineer's side of the UP Big Boy at Steamtown
Description:  New visitor feature this year is a set of stairs that allows park visitors to climb up into the cab
Photo Date:  6/9/2023  Upload Date: 6/11/2023 10:05:42 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
UP 4012 Big Boy in late afternoon light at Steamtown NHS
Title:  UP 4012 Big Boy in late afternoon light at Steamtown NHS
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2023  Upload Date: 11/14/2023 2:22:16 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
UP 4012 front end view in late afternoon light at Steamtown NHS
Title:  UP 4012 front end view in late afternoon light at Steamtown NHS
Description:  I liked that Steamtown positioned their Big Boy on a section of curved track to show off the articulation between the boiler/smokebox barrel and the frame.
Photo Date:  11/10/2023  Upload Date: 11/14/2023 2:26:01 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  53   Comments: 1
UP 4012 at Steamtown National Historic Site
Title:  UP 4012 at Steamtown National Historic Site
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/10/2023  Upload Date: 11/14/2023 2:37:52 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  44   Comments: 0


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