Big Boy#4014
 

Amazing achievement to bring this back.
Came rolling in here yesterday afternoon,before stopping in West Chicago for Four nights,and will leave us on Tuesday.
https://wbbm780.radio.com/big-boy-40...e-west-chicago

That is some serious torque! Thx for sharing!

949 L displacement by my figures. 6290 horsepower according to Wiki.

It's so long,during initial assembly they had to hinge it's frame to accommodate the corners..LOL

Friend of mine saw it in Wyoming and said the ground shakes when it goes by. He said it was awesome

Video we shot yesterday,and yes the ground did shake.
https://www.facebook.com/jason.c.jar...6549621821048/

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Thanks for the pics Rick!! Very impressive...

Here's it's schedule for some who asked.. https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

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Definitely a moment I'll never forget.I envy you guys out West,as it just left us today.
Love to see it ride the rails one more time in person again.
It will be in Des Moines on Aug 1.
....Hmmmmm :hmmm:

Articulated locomotive usually means a steam locomotive with one or more engine units which can move relative to the main frame. This is done to allow a longer locomotive to negotiate tighter curves.

SIgned "FOAMER" Jim

Foamer, generally a derogatory term used by professional railroad employees who see railfans along the side of the tracks adjusting the focus and shutter speed on their cameras while taking trackside photos,,,,,,all the while wishing they worked on the very subject they capture on film.

:) Taken just before it left us for Des Moines this week...bye Big Boy.

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Mighty powerful machine!
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~ Pete

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Power output
6,290 hp (4,690 kW)
Tractive effort
135,375 lbf (602.18 kN)

Goodcrymineyjeebus!! :drool: That's gotta be the most awesomest anything I've seen ever! It's just incompretudinal!!:hmmm::laugh:

Thanks for sharing. Man...I gotta try and see that cast iron anaconda!!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

What a piece of engineering ...

Most Bodac ious!!!!!!!

How do the tracks support the weight of that thing?

I can only imagine it's no different in overall weight to say a weekly freight train running by here,albeit not as long or as many cars to equal that weight.
Those tracks it's on are used daily/weekly here,so they must have thought ahead & surveyed this route months or years ago and had crews fixing any problem areas to prepare for this journey as well.

More wheels equals less weight per wheel. I didn't go to colledge for nothing..... :headbang:

Awesome