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The biggest steam locomotive is whistle-stopping across the U.S.

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14 points by ghtbircshotbe 25 days ago · 6 comments

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nickhalfasleep 25 days ago

Not quite the biggest steam locomotive, the DM&IR Yellowstone class outranked them in many measures.

https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&whe...

  • ggm 25 days ago

    Article has "operating" headline here doesn't. Those that are left are (apparently) all on static display.

    Articulated steam locos: I was delighted to finally see Bayer Garrets in Delhi, and coastal NSW loco caches. I'd mentally assumed to be an articulated steam engines, it would be enormous: these are actually surprisingly small.

    (Made in England, mostly for export)

    • ghtbircshotbeOP 25 days ago

      Sorry, just copy pasted the headline they gave me at the time.

      One interesting thing I noticed about the big boy locomotive is that the whistle is much lower pitched and more pleasant sounding than typical operating locomotives today

ssl-3 25 days ago

Schedule of stops is here: https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule

dzhiurgis 25 days ago

I took a steam train yesterday. They should be called coal train, because it was beyond disgusting. If you like fresh air - highly recommend to avoid such experience.

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