Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!goutal From: goutal@decvax.UUCP (Kenneth G. "Kenn" Goutal) Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: large fellow Message-ID: <378@decvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 00:19:53 EST Article-I.D.: decvax.378 Posted: Sun Feb 19 00:19:53 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 05:49:10 EST Organization: DEC UNIX Engineering Group Lines: 23 I missed the part of the Geographic special about the Big Boy. However, I've been catching up on the Great Railways of the World series; tonight they showed the segment on the one in South Africa. They had some *very* strange-looking steam locos. There was one variety that looked like an ordinary 4-8-2, with an ordinary-looking nose, but then another section that looked like maybe a boiler with 4-8-0 wheel arrangements under it -- stuck on the front! This front section looked rather like a WWI tank or something. It was fared-in in a way that looked meant to repel shells, and was totally missing all the usual domes, smokestack, bells, running lights and even a headlight! The other variety I saw -- at least I thot I saw it -- had the appearance of, er, a Shay? Only huge! I saw leading and trailing wheels, but didn't see any driving wheels! Or if I did, they were only on a strange nose section as described above. Anybody know anything about these? -- Kenn (decvax!goutal)