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Big Boy 4014 restoration?

Discussie in 'International Heritage Railways/Tramways' gestart door Martin Perry, 11 dec 2012.

  1. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    Thats something to look forward to:
    Union Pacific studying Big Boy restoration project - TRAINS Magazine
    :)
     
    Martin Perry, 11 dec 2012
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    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

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  4. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    At first i thought they were talking about a branch of the Hells Angels, "the Southern California Chapter........ of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society"
     
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    Maybe Mr Riley from Bury could take a look - then if interested, paint it black ( with silver smokebox )
     
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    osprey Resident of Nat Pres

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    Excellent news......definitely one to see...........
     
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    I'd definately visit America to see one running, fingers crossed it happens.

    For those that haven't seen there is some great vintage footage of them running on Youtube - Union Pacific Big Boy Collection - YouTube
     
    Autotank, 12 dec 2012
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  8. Austerity

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    Any more news on this fantastic project- about time our American counterparts (albeit UP) got to grips with sorting a Big Boy!
     
    Austerity, 9 jan 2013
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  9. guard_jamie

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    Funny that we get so hyped up about the Big Boy - I'm not being condescending, I'm excited too - but there's been a Challenger purring around the Mid-West for years and I'm pretty sure a Y6B had a stint in preservation in the East in the 80s/90s - both only very slightly smaller and hardly less epic than a Big Boy!
     
    guard_jamie, 9 jan 2013
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  10. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    Are you thinking of N&W 1218 (an 'A' class 2-6-6-4)?
     
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  11. ADB968008

    ADB968008 Guest

    Don't forget there's some rather large British built locos to be had in the Southern Hemisphere.. Some running and not preserved... Begins with a G ends with a T and articulates itself.

    still a big boy would be nice.
     
    ADB968008, 10 jan 2013
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    Interesting that this is being considered but given a choice I would rather see the N & W Class A since this design is widely viewed as the best of the American articulated types. They are credited with being capable of delivering 6300dbhp, fractionally less than the far larger (some 90 tons) 4014. Then there is the sole surviving Y6b......................
     
    242A1, 10 jan 2013
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  13. guard_jamie

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    Ah, I must mean the A.
     
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  14. Spamcan81

    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Not too many of them runners at the moment unfortunately AFAIK.
     
    Spamcan81, 10 jan 2013
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