Motorized Freak of the Week: The Union Pacific "Big Boy" Locomotive

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[BigBlockMopar]

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I've read and seen pics of this baby years ago in some book. I used to be into model-trains and such back then and was amazed at the size of the machine.

Awesome piece of work!

Check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8f9VFlNyDQ

8)

[ecniv]

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I live about 3 miles from this place:

http://www.psrm.org/

I have yet to go check it out, I should go and snap a bunch of pics. From what I hear, they have some cool old stuff there.

[HoosierGTA]

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Makes you wonder how many cars of coal it alone needed to start/finish a run !

[TheSilverBuick]

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Something about steam trains. We have two here in Ely, not nearly as large though. Both unfortunately are currently down. One was taken off line as planned to clean out and rebuild the boiler's, then about two months after that one was taken off line the other ate two bronze wheel bearings and went off line. The rail road museum that does the train rides is a volunteer crew that's only revenue is donations, train ride tickets and gift shop, so repairs are slow. Hopefully one of them will be up and running early next year. I've been on the Steam train ride to the mine and back twice. They are currently running what I think is a 50's era diesel locomotive in the mean time.

Those heavy haulers were the last to go, finally finished off by the diesel electric. Awesome machines.

[Scott Liggett]

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I don't know now, but when I lived in Omaha, there was one of these Big Boys sitting in UP's yard on the north side of town. You could easily see just driving down the freeway as they had it lit up at night. UP's main headquarters is in Omaha and they have a museum there as well.

[AllenK]

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I grew up less than 1/4 mile from a Union Pacific railroad line. I would've loved to have seen and heard one of those things go by!

[Blazerteam]

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I've read and seen pics of this baby years ago in some book. I used to be into model-trains and such back then and was amazed at the size of the machine.

Awesome piece of work!

Check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8f9VFlNyDQ

8)

Thanks for sharing..What a great trailer for a movie 8).Wish one for christmas ;)

[DanStokes]

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If my fuzzy old memory is working correctly, there's one of these monsters at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI. Awesome machine. See one if you can.

Dan

[Brian Lohnes]

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Dan, your memory is 100% correct!!

Brian

[Barry_R]

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http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM298Y

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/allegheny/

The one at the Henry Ford is possibly even bigger - if you can imagine that....

[ch1ll]

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I'M ON THAT BIGGER IS BETTER. AND THESE LOCOMOTIVES ARE TRULY IMPRESSIVE .....BUT FOR SPEED AND ELEGANCE CHECK THESE HIAWATHA'S OUT THAT RIPPED THRU WISCONSIN FROM CHICAGO ON THIER WAY TO ST. PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS AT SPEEDS WELL IN EXCESS OF 100MPH STARTING IN 1935. GRUNTING HUGE LOADS AROUND (HAHAHA-CHAD-HAHAHA)IS COOL BUT THE THOUGHT OF AIR BETWEEN THE WHEELS AND RAILS GOT TO BE TWILIGHT ZONE SH!T. CHECK IT OUT.

https://WWW.MINNESOTAJONES.COM/HIAWATHA_PAGE.HTML

[Freiburger]

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NO CAPLOCK please.

[Scott Liggett]

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Coincidentally, the History Channel is now showing a show on the big steam engines.

[chryco]

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Thanks for posting the article , loved it !
Chryco ;)