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I apologize in advance, but I thought this was the largest "STEAMER" in the world    :o

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There was a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy at the Pomona Fairgrounds.....maybe the last one still in existence.  Lord, it was huge, but I seem to remember that there was a South African steam loco that was longer and heavier, but not nearly as powerful.  

 

I was there (made a special effort to take a day off and drive the three miles east) the day it was hauled away to be restored up in Cheyenne IIRC.  What a disgrace.  The big old darling was towed off by diesels .   I never saw it again, but know several people who paid to ride it when they got it up and running again.  They show up my local model R.R.  club once in a while with some amazing videos.

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54 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

There was a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy at the Pomona Fairgrounds.....maybe the last one still in existence.  Lord, it was huge, but I seem to remember that there was a South African steam loco that was longer and heavier, but not nearly as powerful.  

 

I was there (made a special effort to take a day off and drive the three miles east) the day it was hauled away to be restored up in Cheyenne IIRC.  What a disgrace.  The big old darling was towed off by diesels .   I never saw it again, but know several people who paid to ride it when they got it up and running again.  They show up my local model R.R.  club once in a while with some amazing videos.

The one in the video, came from the Pomona Fairgrounds. 

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3 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

The one in the video, came from the Pomona Fairgrounds. 

I looked again there it was: 4014 big as life.  Thanks.

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