Post Your Best Train Shot......

dangermoney wrote in post #18942943
If you're in the Southwestern US and want to photograph this locomotive, it's on tour right now. I posted info at

https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1510624

Pic from the 'net:

TY, danger; a friend and I may try to get some pics...WEDNESDAY, we're going Wednesday. We'll start in Mohawk and the I-8 rest area, then eastward to Gila Bend, then continue following it eastward on Old US80 and then AZ 238 into Maricopa where we'll turn north on N. John Wayne Parkway/AZ 347 and come home to Phoenix.

We're still looking for an amateur-but-enthusiastic videographer.

another couple from today
Redwater Creek Heritage railway

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BIG BOY 4014..Rolling into Victorville ca.

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Helidoc wrote in post #18943839
BIG BOY 4014..Rolling into Victorville ca.

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Awesome shot!

Thanks I appreciate

California Northern working the central valley, near Gustine California. GP15-1 in the lead with a GP38-2 behind.

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Big Boy heading from Yermo to Barstow to pick up the passengers for the trip back to West Colton.

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Itsed65 wrote in post #18944749
California Northern working the central valley, near Gustine California. GP15-1 in the lead with a GP38-2 behind.

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CFNR in the Central Valley by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Flew over these two in Tracy at the old SP yard last Saturday.

Kszok wrote in post #18945071
Big Boy heading from Yermo to Barstow to pick up the passengers for the trip back to West Colton.

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Are both pictures the same engine? That is one HUGE engine!!!

Inspeqtor wrote in post #18945130
Are both pictures the same engine? That is one HUGE engine!!!

I believe there were only 25 of those made, only 8 still exists and that one is the only one that actually runs.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #18945130
Are both pictures the same engine? That is one HUGE engine!!!

yes its an articulated 4-8-8-4 built by Alco (American Locomotive Company) 1941- 1944. they served until 1959.

the Chesapeake and Ohio Alleghenies were more powerful but slightly smaller (see my image of one in this thread)

132' long, 1.2 million pounds. the articulation is in the sub-frame of the drive wheels allowing it to traverse curves. 6,290 hp (the Alleghenies had around 7,400-ish) $265,000 in 1941, $4,513,993 in 2018 dollars.. (wikipedia)

It must be awesome to feel the ground shaking as the Big Boy rolls through.

My grandpa was a rail engineer for 57 years. Drove the steamers up until they were phased out in the early 50s or so. He drove the Allegheny along the Ohio river into West Virginia. That engine now sits in the Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. He always said he hated when they phased out the steamers, even though the working conditions on the diesels were much better. But, of course, he would never admit that.

He's on the right along with his fireman.

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Union Pacific Big Boy