For You Rail Heads

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

 A great video from Jay Leno’s Garage series. It’s worth an hour of your time if you like steam locomotives. I’ve stood next to this very train when it comes through Kansas City. It’s just amazing.  
 

 

[Tooky Slim]

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

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

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 Original Lumpy Gritz]

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. 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

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.