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Published: 2005-09-03 17:58:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 2162; Favourites: 73; Downloads: 29
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Union Pacific #4012.aka The Union Pacific Big Boy.
Close up: [link]
Info: [link]
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too weird! I was in Cheyenne, WY yesterday, & Big Boy # 4004 is in permanent display in the park! I took a few photos, of course
That thing is HUGE!
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I would give literally anything to see one of these things at top speed. (82mph) A million pounds moving that fast with that much power.
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That time will come. Union Pacific has chosen the Big Boy 4014 for restoration, and improvements, so that it'll be back in service. In 2016 we will see it run again.
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Me, too. They don't even start this one up!
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Yeah, it's a real bummer they don't have any of these in operating condition anymore.
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Great shot!
I am lucky enought to have one of these close to me!
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Thanks! You've some great pix in your gallery yourself!
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Thanks! She's a beauty in person!
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that what I am talking about old school looking trains rules
there quite a few train that go few my area of living but they are all but f ugly modern looking kinds
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Yeah, I only get to shoot the oldies on trips out to Scranton, PA twice a year when we go to visit family friends.
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This should replace subway cars, make everybody hang on to it
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Thats why I have an HO scale model of Big Boy 4005
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This thing could probably chew up subway cars and spit them out as railroad spikes!
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wow i have to say that is one powerful of an engine for freight. where did you get the photo from because i am a big fan of big boys!
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Shot it at the Steamtown Museum in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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wow. i have to go there some day.
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Awesome! I love old trains!
... If I remember right din't this Engine set a speed record? or am I thinking of a different one?
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Actually, Big Boy holds the hauling and power record for the steam locos.
The steam loco speed record (203 km/h (126 mph) is held by LNER Class A4 'Mallard' steam locomotive... It's the blue one, with the aerodynamical shape - example photos here on dA : [link] or [link] ...
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Pobably not a speed record, but very likely a record for how much it could haul.
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I've heard stories that it could haul trains more then a mile long. Case and point, dont fuck with the Big Boy
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Herre's a little info on them...
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It was hard to get a good shot of this beastie because it was
so dang huge!
(there's a link to an extreme closeup in my artist's description)
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but it was well worth it
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Thanks! I wish they'r fire her up some day.
I'd make a special trip to Scranton just to get pictures of that.
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Wow, my favourite engine.
Is there a desktop wallpaper version?
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Sorry, no. Maybe I oughta do one one of these days,
but I'm not all that much into making wallpapers.
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You have interesting persepectives (: Sometimes I look at your titles moer than the actual image!
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I try to add a bit of interest, humor, or crypticness when titling.
In this case, it's really just the name of the loco.
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That is HUGE! And Im comparing it next to the guy next to it.
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That's why I didn't crop out the guy.
And also why I didn't wait for him to move before taking the pic.
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I got a pic like that some where of one of the half pipes that I skate and the person Is dawrfed by it.
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Looks like bad news for anything left on the tracks
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You may recognize it as th loco in my sig at Eidos.
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Really? That's awesome, I love backstories like that
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Oh, wow.
Great use of widescreen setting, Or was this cropped?
Either way, great capture of an incredible machine.
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Cropped.
And now I gotta look and see if my cam, indeed, has a widescreen setting...
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