We had the Big Boy pass through our city a few years ago. It's a very impressive thing to see. At that time, they only built enough pressure to blow the whistle. There was a diesel locomotive behind it to push it around. The diesel was painted in a way to make it less obvious who was really driving.
Same here the 4014 I believe. Burning oil so no real black smoke. Was a shame but still cool to see. I was within 15 feet as it was pulling out. Wheel height was what stood out to me.
My kids and I go see where they are on that beautiful beast twice a year at the TVCR Museum's Railfairs. Amazing. I wanted to offer what meager skills I have to help restore it, but there is just not room in my life for something like that right now. Go 576, go. -Just A Chemist
Nothing's as big as UP's Big Boy! I've seen it a couple of times up there in Cheyenne. They have another big engine up there too. And occasionally they use them to help some of the freight trains pull the grades west of town. I love those things!
I think it was Pres Ford that rode one from DC to Charlottesville Va. I waited for the prez and crowds to disperse so's I could see the locomotive. I remember it had deep green paint and was beautiful. That damn thing was alive I tell ya. She would rumble and gurgle real slow then a hiss of steam. Ya could feel the ground vibrating. Just amazing.
I took my mother on the trip to Cookeville & back on the Tennessee Central Railway Museum excursion train. If they get this beast going, I'll do so again. It's 3 years older than she is. --Tennessee Budd
Yeah Im older than dirt. Every summer from about 1947 to 1955 my mother and sister would travel from Boise to WVA for a couple of weeks. I can still recall the coal cinders in my teeth.
Nice. Nice Mountain (type of locomotive.) Not as huge as the UP's Big Boy, but it's always good to see the old steamers moving.
ReplyDeleteI understand a steam engine can actually go as fast as your nerve allows.
ReplyDeleteWe had the Big Boy pass through our city a few years ago. It's a very impressive thing to see. At that time, they only built enough pressure to blow the whistle. There was a diesel locomotive behind it to push it around. The diesel was painted in a way to make it less obvious who was really driving.
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Same here the 4014 I believe. Burning oil so no real black smoke. Was a shame but still cool to see. I was within 15 feet as it was pulling out. Wheel height was what stood out to me.
DeleteMy kids and I go see where they are on that beautiful beast twice a year at the TVCR Museum's Railfairs. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to offer what meager skills I have to help restore it, but there is just not room in my life for something like that right now.
Go 576, go.
-Just A Chemist
Nothing's as big as UP's Big Boy! I've seen it a couple of times up there in Cheyenne. They have another big engine up there too. And occasionally they use them to help some of the freight trains pull the grades west of town. I love those things!
ReplyDeleteHard to tell from the photo, but ain't a 2-8-4 wheel arrangement called a Berkshire?
ReplyDeleteI thought a Mountain was a 4-8-2.
I think it was Pres Ford that rode one from DC to Charlottesville Va. I waited for the prez and crowds to disperse so's I could see the locomotive. I remember it had deep green paint and was beautiful. That damn thing was alive I tell ya. She would rumble and gurgle real slow then a hiss of steam. Ya could feel the ground vibrating. Just amazing.
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ReplyDeleteAnd I served on the *Nashville* train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came
And tore up the tracks again..."
Biden only if solar or wind creates the steam.
ReplyDeleteI took my mother on the trip to Cookeville & back on the Tennessee Central Railway Museum excursion train. If they get this beast going, I'll do so again. It's 3 years older than she is.
ReplyDelete--Tennessee Budd
Yeah Im older than dirt. Every summer from about 1947 to 1955 my mother and sister would travel from Boise to WVA for a couple of weeks. I can still recall the coal cinders in my teeth.
ReplyDeleteA steam engine runs in East Texas on a regular basis
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