Fucking trains!
Fucking trains!
If you are ever in the position to see one of these operating and have not, it is worth it at least once. These things are huge and the horn sounds like a bull out of hell.
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From the post:
>“Big Boy,” one of the world’s largest trains, is taking off on Wednesday and plans to stop in three Colorado locations while on tour. Earlier this summer, Union Pacific Railroad announced the 1.2 million pound train’s second-ever tour: The “Heartland of America Tour.” The history of Big Boy started with 25 trains, all 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds. The company said all are now out of service or on display, except for Big Boy No. 4014, which ran in 1941 and retired after 20 years and over a million miles.
If you are ever in the position to see one of these operating and have not, it is worth it at least once. These things are huge and the horn sounds like a bull out of hell.
Archive: https://archive.today/ELs93
From the post:
>>“Big Boy,” one of the world’s largest trains, is taking off on Wednesday and plans to stop in three Colorado locations while on tour.
Earlier this summer, Union Pacific Railroad announced the 1.2 million pound train’s second-ever tour: The “Heartland of America Tour.”
The history of Big Boy started with 25 trains, all 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds. The company said all are now out of service or on display, except for Big Boy No. 4014, which ran in 1941 and retired after 20 years and over a million miles.
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