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Not quite the biggest steam locomotive, the DM&IR Yellowstone class outranked them in many measures. https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&w
by nickhalfasleep 2mo ago
Not quite the biggest steam locomotive, the DM&IR Yellowstone class outranked them in many measures.
https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-8-8-4 https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&whe...
- ggm 2mo agoArticle has "operating" headline here doesn't. Those that are left are (apparently) all on static display. Articulated steam locos: I was delighted to finally see Bayer Garrets in Delhi, and coastal NSW loco caches. I'd mentally assumed to be an articulated steam engines, it would be enormous: these are actually surprisingly small. (Made in England, mostly for export)
- ghtbircshotbe 2mo agoSorry, just copy pasted the headline they gave me at the time. One interesting thing I noticed about the big boy locomotive is that the whistle is much lower pitched and more pleasant sounding than typical operating locomotives today