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One of the world's biggest locomotives was as long as a Boeing 747 and was powered by a coal-burning turbine that ate itself

The Union Pacific Railroad used to be obsessed with power. The railroad spent decades searching for and developing one locomotive to rule them all. This search resulted in icons like the Big Boy and ...
The Hill

What to expect when 600-ton ‘Big Boy’ locomotive comes to town

(NEXSTAR) – There will be countless celebrations this year in honor of America’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary), but none may be as massive as a 1.2 million-pound locomotive rolling ...
WRIC

What’s it like when 600-ton ‘Big Boy’ locomotive comes to town?

(NEXSTAR) – There will be countless celebrations this year in honor of America’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary), but none may be as massive as a 1.2 million-pound locomotive rolling ...