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From: chaltas@uiuccsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: 4-8-8-4 Big Boy - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 22:33:39 EST
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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