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What a cool video. Trains in general and that beast in particular are so friggin' awesome. Everywhere you look is a cool invention. The timing of the drivetrain linkage, and the interaction of the steam valve and the piston is genius and so fascinating to watch.
I think if I heard right that the BB pulls the equivalent of 4 modern diesel-electrics?
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Picture taken many years ago while still on static display in Pomona, California.
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There is a train museum downtown. $25 gets a kid membership in the Caboose Club. Kid and one adult get annnual admission to museum and got to ride the train they run up and down along the river. I bet I have ridden that train 50 times. Sacramento was this end of the Pony Express and the railroad when they finished it.
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My grandfather was fireman's mate on steam ships and then ran steam-driven logging skidders and locomotives. I remember getting a couple of lessons as a kid while standing in front of various locomotives at different parks. There's a lot to a steam locomotive if you look closely... |
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Bigger Big Boy?
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Big Boy is going to help celebrate 250 year birthday of American independence.
Wyoming to California. 4-10/11 in Roseville CA. north of Sacramento by Lake Folsom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl5Pol6HE3Q
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so cool!
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