what we do when we restore the locomotive, it will be restored the locomotive, it will be restored to the same functionality when it was brand-new. he will take it down as far as we need to, assess everything we need to, and dismantle and make new and replace with new where needed. it will be a massive undertaking. when the locomotive is restored, it is going to be a fully functional machine that will function in every aspect just like it did in the days of operation. the big boy is an articulated locomotive. it is two in one. we are looking at the front edge and or the front engine bed. all of this you see is one. this is a cylinder, this is a valve -- this is all cast as one integral piece, and it goes all the way back to that second cylinder that you can see. that is the foundation of the front part of this engine. when we started to work on the big boy, we had to identify various lubricator lines that you can see up here. many of those lubricator lines were still good. they just looked old. we went through, and there is a process, and we rehabilitated a lot of those lines. we took

there were a whole series of circumstances in the lifecycle of the locomotive that made the locomotive available, but in the back of my mind, it makes me think that this locomotive was a good machine. so far, that has borne itself out. we came here without incident. the locomotive set of museum for 52 years. my crew and i dismantled certain parts of it. certain parts we couldn't. we could only climb underneath and clean and change the oil. we came 1300 miles without an incident. i take that back -- one of the windows fell out. we picked it up. it wasn't broken. we are inside the cab of the big boy where you can see we started to take off or take apart some of the steam valves. we are just taking those off, inventory. we are going to use those as a pattern to make new parts. a lot of the steam valves and everything, they are becoming a little bit rare today. that particular design of steam valve. when we duplicate those, it's nice to have a component in pretty good shape that we can use for a pattern. the air brakes -- this is where the engineer operates the locomotive. the firemen wher

those two locomotives have become two of the most famous locomotives in american railroading so being able to run those is a cool way to commemorate that. after the ceremony, a lot of pictures were taken and then the operation of the railroad became huge throughout the country. because they were trying to increase time and efficiency within these companies them, eventually the line that was passing through this area was bypassed. they built a trestle bridge and causeway from the nevada-utah border straight across the point of the promontory mountains that are just behind us straight into ogden. that cut about 80 miles of extra travel time, money, all of that, off of the operation of that transcontinental line. ogden became a huge hub for transporting troops and materials and supplies all across the country and would just have trains every hour coming in just unloading huge amounts of supplies or people and it became a major city, major thoroughfare for moving across the country. >> we continue our look at westward expansion here on c-span. the national historic trails interpretive cen

thousands and thousands of people love locomotives. what better public relations vehicle could a railroad have been the world's largest steam locomotive? >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring cheyenne, wyoming. team recentlytour traveled there to learn more about its rich history. learn more at c-span.org/localcontent. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend and c-span3. >> 200 years ago this summer during the war of 1812, british soldiers invaded washington, d.c. and set fire to the white house and the u.s. capitol building. president james madison and first lady dolly madison fled the city. next, andrew lambert, author of "the challenge: britain against america in the war of 1812." he spoke at a symposium hosted by the white house historical association, u.s. capitol historical society, and james madison's montpelier. this is 45 minutes. lambert, challenge, naval war of 1812. >> my name is stewart mclauren, and i'm the president of the white house historical association where we are priv

so where where are all train locomotives, they're out in the midwest hauling oil trains.he oil boom in the north dakota shale fields are causing a fracking problem. and sam, don't let anybody tell you that that beige book is boring, it's chalked full of good stuff. >> how can it be boring when that you have lit ration? thank you very much. >>> the unofficial end of summer means that flu season is on its way right now. there are new recommendations that could change the way your kids get their flu shots. the new guidelines which were just released by the centers for disease control suggest that children ages 2-8 get the vaccine through their nose instead of through a needle. doctors say a nasal spray may be more effective for children because it fights the virus when it enters the body through the nose. the cdc is recommending everybody else get the shot as soon as possible. >> my kids are going to be happy about that, because i usually get the shot. you have to pay extra for the nose. >> 5:55 on your thursday morning. frugal. >> spresks of flu shots, not necessarily the m

. >> we have operate a puspull system so the locomotive is on the southernost end of the train, and ifhe train is going north, you will not hear the train until it's rig on top of you. >> we ha a video, an example of the pedestrian gate. the trains go by fast, so as we watch the video, i want to kp talking about the fact that these -- the train arm comes down for jus a short amount of time. >> right. we are authorized by the feral railroad administration to operate our trains at 79 miles per hour. they do go that fa. if a train is not scheduled to stop at a station, it could be going as fast as 7 miles per hour. the train gates come dn 29 seconds before the train enters the crossing. >> doesn't seem like a ng time, and folks try to bea that. i just don't understand it. >> it's really a foolish thing to do. there's nothing more imptant than your own life, and it takes minutes for the train to pass. we have pestrian gates at all the crossings, wait behind the gates until the train has passed. >> u offer a free safety education program. >> yes. cal train's a member of operation lifesaver,

locomotives have become two of the most famous locomotives in american railroading so being able to run those is a cool way to commemorate that. ceremony, a lot of pictures were taken and then the becameon of the railroad huge throughout the country. because they were trying to and efficiency within these companies them, eventually the line that was through this area was bypassed. a trestle bridge and the nevada-utah border straight across the point promontory mountains that are just behind us straight into ogden. extraut about 80 miles of travel time, money, all of that, off of the operation of that line.ontinental ogden became a huge hub for transporting troops and materials and supplies all across the country and would have trains every hour coming in just unloading huge or people supplies and it became a major city, movinghoroughfare for across the country. >> we continue our look at westward expansion here on c-span. the national look at theue our american westward expansion. through casper, wyoming. 19th century, migrants on the oregon trail, the mormon trail, the pony the califor

they got the locomotive back on the tracks.started from a good start but it has moved a long way and he continues to move. >> if you look back at the in americanecord, history, the post-depression era, what could we be on the cusp of? >> we are on the cusp of continuous growth. we have been having that now for five years. had 16 months or so -- we have 60 months or so of growth. >> that was hathaway chairman warm profit -- warren buffett, rick snyder, and michael bloomberg speaking with erik schatzker in detroit. tonight, how china's booming luxury market could mean more business for alibaba. don't miss two special programs, a documentary, "crocodile in the yangtze, the alibaba story." for a bloomberg west special look at alibaba's business only here on bloomberg. bloomberg is on the markets. here's julie hyman. >> let's take a look at where stocks broadly are trading right now. withe seeing a rally financials leading the way after economic data coming putting jobless claims, beat estimates this morning. people looking at the f

. >> we should worry, and as you point out germany slowed, and the locomotive slowed. not only has europe as a whole stalled, but the three largest economies showed significant weakness. we should worry. where does it come from - three sources. first, structure reform to improve competitiveness. secondly, more action by the european central bank, and thirdly. you need to rebalance aggregate demand, another way of saying where there's a will to spend, there isn't the wallet, were there isn't the wallet there's the will, europe needs to combine both. >> let's talk about europe again. an issue - you didn't mention energy, we talk about growth and energy. europe has a problem on its doorstep, russia. they have taken a more aggressive stance, but the bottom line is as the winter months approach russia controls europe's natural gas, 30 or 40% of it. what does europe do to get more aggressive with russia, given energy. >> europe has to do something to counter russian aggression. it tried to do that through sanctions. on the other hand, the more it implements sanctions, the mo

when will the union pacific restore a big boy locomotive?

up my has been kind of jumped over us and it sounded like a locomotive train. >> darya:the national weather service says tuesday's tornado was an e-f-one with 1-hundred mile-per-hour winds. >> darya:hurricane norbert gained strength overnight. >> darya:right now, the storm is headed west-northwest. located about 200 miles south of mexico's baja california peninsula. >> darya:norbert is packing sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. >> darya:its expected to reach the southern tip of the peninsula sometime today and run parallel to the coast friday. >> james: we have here on the satellite's radar perspective. i just checked the wind speeds it's sustained at 80 m.p.h.. that friday or so it should be making beat eggs at the baja peninsula. this is a live view at the golden gate bridge camera. all this could leave for visibility. 59 san jose 63 in oakland, a perfect piece to low 60s. >> james: temperatures will actually be warmer by degree or two. but a leak in length. i'm looking that 65 at the coast but three in the afternoon which see the '90s, and the delta and the livermore valley. in the so

steel versus the l&n and the locomotive union and charles hamilton houston wins.n that particular case, if you look at justice frank murphy's writing the majority opinion, it is a blistering condemnation of the rule of law in alabama. he says when it comes to the negro, there is no justice there whatsoever. but that case is important in 1944 case because that's a part of the body of laws that charles hamilton houston uses in his assault against plessy versus ferguson. he dies and doesn't see the result. that's a case one of his students thurgood marshall uses. i often said if page only had a crystal ball. he would have known that the reform school is going to be good for him and that reform school lists two people as his great claim to fame, lonny holly, a well-known artist, and satchel paige. i say there, too, i say the same for babe ruth. babe ruth went to a reform scho school outside of baltimore. it was an industrial of sorts. that school when it lists its two most successful cases, george herman ruth, baby ruth, and olson who was a jewish kid who later change

is the locomotive. us l strategies, he joins in this hour, i guess as we look at hong kong. how disruptive can this be to some form of asian economic growth, that's been obviously evident? >> i think hong kong, if that was a window to which china looks at the rest of the world, tom. from the rest of the world, china is actually a magnifying glass. hong kong is what you're looking through when you look at china. so the things that magnify and even though as adam said before, china and hong kong have been together and in the last 150 years, hong kong has not had free press. keep in mind, those that are protesting, many of them were not born in 1997, so they've seen a fairly smooth movement towards democracy and there's dissatisfaction because the chief executives who have been nominated by china since 1997 have not been much to the liking of the public. >> does hong kong and the others change the strategy, rob? >> well, i think from our protective what we're looking in hong kong is to see what the reaction is by the chinese government in the developments in hong kong. very imp

they got the locomotive back on the tracks.om a dead start, but it has moved a long way and it continues to move. >> if you look back at the historical record, what would you liken this time to in american history? the post-depression era? what could we be on the cusp of? >> we are on the cusp of continuous growth. we've had 60 months of growth and it will keep going. >> i got out of graduate school in 1978. big malaise in the country. high unemployment, high inflation at the same time. we were soul-searching. iraq, iran, the russians invade afghanistan, real malaise, and everybody is writing off the united states, and we ride on the threshold in the bull market and nobody even knew it. >> the germans and japanese will totally eat our lunch and all we will do is have hair cuts and eat our hamburgers. [laughter] >> the same thing is true. people worry about china. china has got its own problems. china is a great market for us to sell to. we want them to give us products that we cannot manufacture or prices we cannot compete with

. >> it sounded like a locomotive train. you could see and hear things getting pulled up.prayed. >> get an early look at the forecast now with chad myers. >> good morning, guys. good evening, hawaii. decent weather across the country. the same stickies we had yesterday across the east. cool across the north and northwest. that's the next system that is going to come down. a noticeably cooler middle week next week. cooler than 91 in chicago, that's for shower. 94 in kansas city and 95 in memphis. it will feel warmer than that with the humidity stifling. it could slow down the airport especially in the afternoon. a couple bumps in the central part of the country. scattered showers for florida. here is the cooler air from the north. 69 is the high for tomorrow in minneapolis. it will feel more like fall. 95 in memphis. the air is hot and muggy. 95 in dallas and 88 in tampa. enjoy your day. back to you. >>> happening now, pope francis meeting with perez. we are live in rome after the break. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should

they got the locomotive back on the tracks.t started from a dead start, but it has moved a long way and it continues to move. >> if you look back at the historical record, what would you like in this time to in american history? the poster depression era? what could we be on the cu sp of? >> we are on the cusp of continuous growth. we've had 60 months of growth and it will keep going. >> i got out of graduate school in 1978. big malaise in the country. high unemployment, high on inflation as a thing time. we were soul-searching. invaderan, the russians afghanistan, real malaise, and everybody is writing off the united states, and we ride on the ferris will in the bull market and nobody even knew it. wille germans and japanese totally eat our lunch and all we will do is have hair cuts and eat our hamburgers. [laughter] >> the same thing is true. people worry about china. china has got its own problems. china is a great market for us to sell to. we want them to give us products that we cannot manufacture or prices we cannot imped

because if you had let the locomotive engineers on it they would say we can never lightweight it enoughd landing on a track is incredibly hard. right? so you need to start from first principles if you want to do things. and going from standard separation technologies to air capture does not work. you have to rethink it. all right? and the inspiration ultimately comes from nature. and i can't resist this airplane analogy. back then people were very happy to tell you that heavier than air flight isn't feasible but all they needed to do was look out of the woind and see a bird. now they tell me capturing co-2 from the atmosphere is impossible, but i think that's what that tree outside is actually doing. right? so you have to do it differently. there's no question about it. but there is an example out there in nature which managed to solve this problem. and so we need to figure out how because they are not -- nature is not impervious to the loss of nature and it will abide by it. the argument that we cannot make it within the laws of nature is probably wrong. but let me summarize up the cha

it was selected to handle freight switching and locomotive repairs. that was the beginning of the cheyenne boom. shops. improved the that building was completed in 1919. even during the depression the man-hours of shops across the union pacific, cheyenne exceeded all of the shops with the man-hours. the railroad was a big employer. at one time the union pacific was the largest employer in cheyenne. railroad that , over the in cheyenne years it has been such an important history to cheyenne and wyoming. how you could think about it any other way. it still is. -- run 100 trains a day through here. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring cheyenne, wyoming. the team recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about cheyenne and other stops on c-span cities tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> next on american history tv, author william kristol discusses the advice gleaned from founding fathers' personal correspondence, and it's relevance, particularly advice past b

it was selected to handle freight switching and locomotive repairs. that was the beginning of the cheyenne boom. as time went on, they improved the shops. like the shop building we have over here. it used to be a lot larger. they have reduced it. that building was completed in 1919. cheyenne had the largest shop on the system. even during the depression the man-hours of shops across the union pacific, cheyenne exceeded all of the shops with the man-hours. the railroad was a big employer. at one time the union pacific was the largest employer in cheyenne. i think the railroad that originated in cheyenne, over the years it has been such an important history to cheyenne -- important industry in cheyenne and wyoming. i don't know how you could think -- look at it any other way. the importance of the railroad it still is. , we run 100 trains a day through here. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring cheyenne, wyoming. the team recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about cheyenne and other stops at www.c-sp

it was selected to handle freight switching and locomotive repairs. that was the beginning of the cheyenne boom. it they improved the shops. that building was completed in 1919. even during the depression the man-hours of shops across the union pacific, cheyenne exceeded all of the shops with the man-hours. the railroad was a big employer. at one time the union pacific was the largest employer in cheyenne. i think the railroad that originated in cheyenne, over the years it has been such an important history to cheyenne and wyoming. i don't know how you could think about it any other way. it still is. we run 100 trains a day through here. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> all weekend long american history tv is featuring cheyenne, wyoming. it was the home of the democratic governor nellie taylor ross, the first female governor in the united states. governor for two years from 1925 to 1927. our charter cable partners worked with c-span's city tour staff when we recently tr