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Big Boy steam locomotive #7329416
08/13/21 07:24 PM
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Pottsboro TX Grayson county
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Big Boy made a stop in my little Pottsboro, TX today. Was really cool to check out. I took a video.

https://youtu.be/Oxi6368mYIs

Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329433
08/13/21 07:49 PM
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Thanks for sharing.


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Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329434
08/13/21 07:49 PM
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The Hill Country of Texas
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That is quite a contraption!


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Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329435
08/13/21 07:50 PM
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Seen those in Lionel Scale…..but never like that video….What a Beast ! Thanks for sharing ! I love trains…and model trains


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Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329440
08/13/21 07:55 PM
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Pottsboro TX Grayson county
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It's 2 engines combined is what they were saying. You can see the double set of pistons and wheels. Those wheels were like 6 feet tall.

Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329442
08/13/21 07:57 PM
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williamsburg ks
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cool. gotta love that horn


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Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329469
08/13/21 08:22 PM
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Those are neat, one important thing to remember it wasn’t that long ago that they still used them to pull diesel engines up over the mountains because of the loss of power the diesel engines have at high altitudes.

Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329526
08/13/21 09:27 PM
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It was in Parsons Ks. yesterday morning and a friend &myself went and saw it. Amazing ! It takes 50 gallons of oil and 200 gallons of water to go a mile! It weighs 1.2 Million pounds. That is some American steel and know how on display right there. If you are anywhere near it's stops you should go and see it, you'll be glad you did.

Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: K52] #7329531
08/13/21 09:31 PM
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Kansas
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Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329532
08/13/21 09:32 PM
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1.2 million pounds of weight! Impressive!

Re: Big Boy steam locomotive [Re: Jiggamitch] #7329629
08/13/21 11:26 PM
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Yeah, my wife drug me away from work to go see it, at Onaga Ks. It was headed east, wasn't expecting it to land in Tx! Looked to me that it burned diesel to make steam. Too many people there and was thirty min late and stayed like thirty min at the stop. Had a late model diesel electric engine in tow, prolly in case it breaks down! lol


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