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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
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Posted: Sun Feb 19 00:19:53 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 05:49:10 EST
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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)