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Originally Posted by pavulon View Post
Can anyone elaborate on the article statement that this locomotive is the largest of its kind? There were/are much larger steam locomotives...I saw one of these on display in Green Bay last summer:
The Union Pacific Rairoad had the largest locomotives in the USA. What is shown is a "Big Boy" Additonally they also had a Diesel built by Electromotive called a Double D. Both locos are in Omaha, NB at the Union Pacific Railroad.
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