Union Pacific Big Boy Collection

The biggest, the strongest, the grandest American steam locomotive. Only 25 were built and now — for the first time — Pentrex shares ALL 25 of the Big Boys in action in the most incredible display of steam power ever!

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[MadMilitiaMen]

During WW2, German spies reported that America used "super trains" that could carry massive loads of cargo at high speeds. The German superiors dismissed it as impossible. Yet the Big Boy made it possible.

[LNERMallard]

@bobo577 Yeah lol Gordon thinks he's big? He doesn't know what big is until he sees a Big Boy.

[Philahall5]

@Crintingnut oh they just have locks o the couplings, but thats a good question. I work for Union Pacific and we needed to lern everything.

[thumpervids]

is there an advantage with having more drive wheels per cylinder pair? the challengers had 6 wheels in a pair, where the bigboys had 8 wheels in a pair.

i wonder what a 0-4-4-4-4-0 arrangement would go like using 4 sets of cylinders. it would be a very long locomotive though.

[fube432]

1.2million pounds.... That's more then an Airbus A380 carries....

[Vorahk3985]

@Paljassus77 The dislikers deserve to get hit by a Big Boy locomotive.

[wildchild77x]

@thegreenearthemeaner i thought the allegheneys did too, but was not sure...i was really into trains when i was younger...but military vehicles kinda took over my interests. at one point i was probably one of the only 10 year old kids that could tell you the tonnage, wheel arrangement, tractive effort, and production run of just about every major steam locomotive lol...always had a big interest in machines....just pulled back and forth from one type to another lol.

[thegreenerthemeaner]

@wildchild77x Don't forget the Allegheneys that weighed slightly less but had more tractive effort than the Big Boys. The Big Boy has it's rep from being the first at a critical time in U.S. history.

[wildchild77x]

@QuadCore120 it would probably cost alot more than that...not to mention probably close to 200 grand for a decent length excursion in coal costs lol. still an impressive machine though. @Crintingnut i've always wondered that as well.

The Big Boy may have been the biggest steam locomotive ever built, but the Yellowstone class locomotives operated by the Duluth,Missabe, & Iron Range RR could pull heavier trains. i think Great Northern had one or two locos that could as well, not sure though.

[Crintingnut]

I always wonder how the couplings hold the load. The longer the train, thr greater the weight, sort of thing.

[DomoWeb]

nice video

[QuadCore120]

People said it will range from $700,000 to $1,000,000 to get a Big Boy train up and running again. I wonder...since Bill Gates is a Multi-Billionare...can we ask him to help us?