Kills me that I won't be able to make this one.
College baseball fans will get up-close look at Union Pacific's heavy hitter Big Boy - UPI.com
College baseball fans will get up-close look at Union Pacific's heavy hitter Big Boy - UPI.com
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Nice. That will make the CWS even better. I will watch for ir.
Puller
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I've seen Big Boy and the 844 as they came through Memphis. They are an awesome sight.
Willyboy
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Big Boy
I saw the Big Boy a few years ago when it came through the Chicago area. It was really impressive, and so complex you could see why diesels took over.
Willyboy
I saw the Big Boy a few years ago when it came through the Chicago area. It was really impressive, and so complex you could see why diesels took over.
Willyboy
In 1969, when I was 8 years old, I got to take a railfan trip behind 844 (then-numbered 8444) with my dad. Highballin' so fast the telegraph poles looked like picket fences.
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I went down to Van Buren, Ar to see the Big Boy as it was spending the night on the siding. I was impressed with the size of the drive wheels as well as the engine itself.
I remember when the Kansas City Southern still ran a few steam engines.
I loved the sound of the steam whistles, air horns are a distant 2nd place.
I remember when the Kansas City Southern still ran a few steam engines.
I loved the sound of the steam whistles, air horns are a distant 2nd place.
Big Boy hangs out here in Cheyenne. I have seen and heard those engines leave town since childhood.
The steam whistle still stirs my soul even today.
When we were out on the ranch, if the wind was right, we could hear that whistle 20 miles away.
I won't see it when it leaves this time,but I'll hear it.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYYzhjUzCOU[/ame]
Would you believe they hooked two of them together to pull trains over the Summit between Cheyenne and Laramie !!
The steam whistle still stirs my soul even today.
When we were out on the ranch, if the wind was right, we could hear that whistle 20 miles away.
I won't see it when it leaves this time,but I'll hear it.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYYzhjUzCOU[/ame]
Would you believe they hooked two of them together to pull trains over the Summit between Cheyenne and Laramie !!
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I am afraid that this is as close as I will ever get to one.
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A while back saw 844 when it was making a swing down this way.
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If you enjoy baseball and have never been to the College World Series it is well worth the trip.
Omaha is a great city and if you are a rail fan there are many things to do there centered around UP.
I went up in 2018 and they had George Bush's funeral train on display during the CWS.
Not sure if they do something different every year but just one more thing that made that rip neat.
Omaha is a great city and if you are a rail fan there are many things to do there centered around UP.
I went up in 2018 and they had George Bush's funeral train on display during the CWS.
Not sure if they do something different every year but just one more thing that made that rip neat.
That is something that I would love to see! More than that, I would love to take a trip with it!
Larry
Larry
They have one of Big Boy's siblings on display at the Henry Ford Museum. It took three attempts to get it into the building, that is three tries at making the hole in the wall big enough.
From their website: The Allegheny is 125-ft long, 11-ft 2-in wide, 16-ft 5 ½-in tall and weighs approximately 771,000-lbs. It could pull 160 coal cars, each with a 60-ton load, and if only pulling passenger cars, could run at 60 mph. 1601's original price was $230,663.
From their website: The Allegheny is 125-ft long, 11-ft 2-in wide, 16-ft 5 ½-in tall and weighs approximately 771,000-lbs. It could pull 160 coal cars, each with a 60-ton load, and if only pulling passenger cars, could run at 60 mph. 1601's original price was $230,663.
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There is one on static display at Steamtown NHS in Scranton.
They are impressive. But I missed the steam locomotive era.
Old ALCO and EMD diesels are my thing.
They are impressive. But I missed the steam locomotive era.
Old ALCO and EMD diesels are my thing.
Was the museum mentioned the Forney in Denver? I've seen it there.
TB
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Mom used to pack us a lunch and we would take the train from Aldeburgh to the rail yard in Ipswich to sit for hours and watch the "Shunters" and "Puffer Bellies" do their dance. The sounds and smells were mesmerizing to a young lad.
Soot was our souvenir.
Soot was our souvenir.
Sistema1927
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After coming home from his service with the Essex Regiment in "India" (actually the Khyber Pass), my maternal grandfather worked on a track crew, eventually retiring from what became British Rail. During the five years that I lived in England (60, 64-68), we rode the rails all the time with him and my Gran on their lifetime passes. An interesting variety of engines and rolling stock, even though I was too young to fully appreciate them.
