Trains

[steve-in-kville]

Also found this:

http://www.railfanguides.us/

Seems every town has a "railfanning" community.

[ohio jones]

[MaxPC]

[steve-in-kville]

”World's largest steam engine locomotive chugs into southeastern Wisconsin”
https://www.wisn.com/article/worlds-lar ... n/28521360

” ‘Big Boy,’ among world’s largest locomotives, chugs through Wisconsin“
https://wkow.com/news/top-stories/2019/ ... wisconsin/

Did I count 8 drive axles on that machine, or am I delusional?

[Szdfan]

”World's largest steam engine locomotive chugs into southeastern Wisconsin”
https://www.wisn.com/article/worlds-lar ... n/28521360

” ‘Big Boy,’ among world’s largest locomotives, chugs through Wisconsin“
https://wkow.com/news/top-stories/2019/ ... wisconsin/

Did I count 8 drive axles on that machine, or am I delusional?

According to the Whyte classification, Big Boy is a 4-8-8-4. This means a four wheeled leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels and a four wheeled trailing truck.



So you’re not delusional

[Szdfan]

Out of curiosity, I’ve been looking at other large locomotives.

The Santa Fe Railroad built nine 2-10-10-2 locomotives during 1911-1912, but were considered unsuccessful and converted to 2-10-2s in 1915.


ALCO built ten 2-10-10-2 for the Virginian Railway. These lasted until the 1940’s.

[Szdfan]

The Duluth, Missable & Iron Range had 18 2-8-8-4s built in the 1940’s. They were nicknamed “Yellowstones” after similar locomotives with the same wheel arrangement used by the Northern Pacific. In the ‘40’s, the Denver, Rio Grande & Western leased these locomotives as additional “helper” power over the Tennessee Pass.

[steve-in-kville]

Did I count 8 drive axles on that machine, or am I delusional?

According to the Whyte classification, Big Boy is a 4-8-8-4. This means a four wheeled leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels and a four wheeled trailing truck.



So you’re not delusional [/quote]

I picked up a book at the library that cataloged all the railroads that existed in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. That's where I learned about the axle counts. Many locomotives they used in the iron mines where 0-6-0 or 0-8-0.

As I mentioned before, I didn't realize there was so much to learn about trains and railroads.

[Haystack]

I work at a railroad if anyone has any questions about trains or the industry. It's neat to hear when others have an interest in your line of work

[Szdfan]

I work at a railroad if anyone has any questions about trains or the industry. It's neat to hear when others have an interest in your line of work

Can you say which railroad you work for and what you do?

I live outside La Junta, CO on the previous Santa Fe mainline between Chicago and Los Angeles, now BNSF.