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The biggest steam locomotive is whistle-stopping across the U.S.
- nickhalfasleep 3mo agoNot quite the biggest steam locomotive, the DM&IR Yellowstone class outranked them in many measures. https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-8-8-4 https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&whe...
- ggm 3mo agoArticle has "operating" headline here doesn't. Those that are left are (apparently) all on static display. Articulated steam locos: I was delighted to finally see Bayer Garrets in Delhi, and coastal NSW loco caches. I'd mentally assumed to be an articulated steam engines, it would be enormous: these are actually surprisingly small. (Made in England, mostly for export)
- ghtbircshotbe 3mo agoSorry, just copy pasted the headline they gave me at the time. One interesting thing I noticed about the big boy locomotive is that the whistle is much lower pitched and more pleasant sounding than typical operating locomotives today
- ssl-3 3mo agoSchedule of stops is here: https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule
- dzhiurgis 3mo agoI took a steam train yesterday. They should be called coal train, because it was beyond disgusting. If you like fresh air - highly recommend to avoid such experience.
- satiric 3mo agoThis one burns oil, not coal.