Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!chaltas From: chaltas@uiuccsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: 4-8-8-4 Big Boy - (nf) Message-ID: <5808@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 22:33:39 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5808 Posted: Wed Feb 22 22:33:39 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 01:33:45 EST Lines: 15 #R:avsdT:-69100:uiuccsb:11100006:000:644 uiuccsb!chaltas Feb 22 13:39:00 1984 Steamtown is moving to Pensylvania (Scranton?) at present. As far as I know operations in Vermont have ceased. They ran a "farewell" fantrip a while ago over the old Rutland. I doubt that a Big-Boy could pull a 5-mile train in the real world of a working railroad. Perhaps on a level tangent, with a train of empties. I'm fairly certain this was never actually tried. The 5-mile figure was probably derived from the engine's rated horsepower and tractive effort. Although quite large, the Beyer-Garrets (sp.?) were actually larger in some respects. I think actual rated horsepower is somewhere in the 3k to 4k range. George Chaltas