Union Pacific Big Boy - 9
by David Bearden
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Union Pacific Big Boy - 9
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David Bearden
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The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1959. The Big Boy has the longest engine body of any reciprocating steam locomotive, longer than two buses. It was likely the heaviest steam locomotive ever built: the 772,250-lb engine and 436,500-lb tender together outweighed a Boeing 747. 4014: Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Long displayed at Fairplex RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona, California, No. 4014 was re-acquired and restored to operational shape by Union Pacific, then placed in excursion service in May 2019 at its new home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operational steam locomotive in the world
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July 26th, 2019
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