Big Boy to be restored: worlds biggest steam locomotive
The are going to restore it an run it
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Huge-Big-Boy-steam-locomotive-coming-back-to-life-5403481.php?cmpid=hp-hc-travel#photo-6167544
Big Boys are 132 feet long, including the tender, which carried coal and water. They weigh 1.2 million pounds with a full load of fuel. They are essentially two engines under one boiler, with two sets of eight drive wheels, each set powered by two enormous cylinders nearly 2 feet across.
Big Boys are so big that the front set of drive wheels has to pivot separately from the back set to get around curves.
6,300-horsepower
The are going to restore it an run it
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Huge-Big-Boy-steam-locomotive-coming-back-to-life-5403481.php?cmpid=hp-hc-travel#photo-6167544
Big Boys are 132 feet long, including the tender, which carried coal and water. They weigh 1.2 million pounds with a full load of fuel. They are essentially two engines under one boiler, with two sets of eight drive wheels, each set powered by two enormous cylinders nearly 2 feet across.
Big Boys are so big that the front set of drive wheels has to pivot separately from the back set to get around curves.
6,300-horsepower
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