bigboy 4012 badboy 4-8-8-4

Steamtown National Historic Site’

 

this is preserved as a display only ,, it was over 10 years when i first came here ,, and it was weathered pretty badly ,, and just a couple years ago ,, it was repainted and now looks great .....

 

notice the drive wheels ,, all 16 of them are 6 feet diamater -- this was built essentially as 2 engines on one chassis ..

 

here is really interesting video with Jay Leno about the bigboy ,,, it is long but it is just full of great interesting facts ,, if you got time to kill ,, it is worth watching

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YMAqqCYe00

 

 

 

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