I took these at Steamtown in Scranton PA 2004.
Just found em on a CD and reworked em.
This Monster is HUGE in person!!
Thought you Steamer fans might enjoy em!
History about this bad boy here
http://www.nps.gov/archive/stea/bigboy.htm
Graphyfotoz Senior Member  695 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2006 Location: Central NY More info | Dec 30, 2006 12:08 | #1 I took these at Steamtown in Scranton PA 2004. ***************
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greg20d Typo King  1,972 posts Likes: 2 Joined Sep 2005 Location: Stockton California More info | Dec 30, 2006 16:39 | #2 not as good of shot as yours but a similar train but it has the cab in front because of tunnels. Yours looks much better  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. 40D,10d,G10,70-200Lf4is,17-55is
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Dec 30, 2006 16:47 | #3 Thanx! ***************
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tellysurv Member 209 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jun 2005 Location: Richmond, VA More info | Dec 30, 2006 17:19 | #4 Awesome shots. The Big Boy was truly a technological marvel.
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RadAL Cream of the Crop  9,633 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Spanish Fort, AL More info | Dec 30, 2006 21:09 | #5 Graphyfotoz wrote in post #2465587 Thanx! Yeah I got lucky....that thing is H U G E!! Getting shots up close is impossible. Not a Train you'll see just anywhere so I treasure the shots I got. not true... you could always stitch and make up you own panoramic shot Equipment: Canon PowerShot A650IS (semi retired) and Canon Powershot G10 (primary) and Rebel XT 350D w/18-55mm kit lens and Quanterey 18-200mm-- www.youtube.com/alexander1485
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Belmondo Cream of the Crop  42,735 posts Likes: 15 Joined Jul 2003 Location: 92210 More info | UP has an operational Challenger (4-6-6-4) which is pretty big, too. It's too bad these beasties are so expensive to restore. Wouldn't it be spectaculary seeing one of these things pulling a big train up Sherman Hill? It used to be a common sight. I'm not short. I'm concentrated awesome!
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BallenPhoto Cream of the Crop  More info | Dec 30, 2006 23:38 | #7 Graphyfotoz wrote in post #2464622 Thought you Steamer fans might enjoy em! LOVE EM! Thanks! The Captain and crew finally got their stuff together, now if we can only remember where we left it.
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Woolburr Rest in peace old friend.  66,487 posts Gallery: 115 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 143 Joined Sep 2005 Location: The Tupperware capitol of eastern Oregon...Leicester, NC! More info | Jan 01, 2007 00:25 | #8 I'd love to restore one of these and use it for excursions between Landrum, SC and Asheville, NC...climbing the Saluda Grade People that know me call me Dan
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kaitanium Goldmember  3,967 posts Likes: 15 Joined Sep 2005 Location: San Francisco USA More info | Jan 01, 2007 01:06 | #9 looks like youve been to the sacramento railroad museum? or am i wrong. that forward cab one looks awfully familiar
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SoaringUSAEagle Daddy Of The Crop  10,814 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2005 Location: Cheyenne, WY More info | Jan 02, 2007 00:03 | #10 There's two in Cheyenne, WY. I may have to take a couple pics when I go back to visit family later this month. 5D4 | 50 1.4 | 85L II | 24-70L II | 70-200 2.8L IS II
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Jam71868 Senior Member  536 posts Likes: 1 Joined Dec 2006 More info | Jan 04, 2007 17:44 | #11 Wow.... I am so glad you posted this. My father died a couple years back. He was from Pennsylvania and often mentioned the Big Boy. One of my memories of him when I was little was of his telling me stories about this huge train engine. Gear:
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JonFoster is it safe?  4,521 posts Likes: 39 Joined Feb 2005 Location: White Lake, MI More info | Jan 04, 2007 19:34 | #12 Sweet! It's been a couple years since we've been there. Maybe this April we'll go back down there. I shoot with a Little Canon
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iSellJerseyShore Member 217 posts Joined Jun 2005 Location: Jackson, NJ More info | Awesome pics! Looking at these bring back memories of my many trips to the train museum in Strasburg PA. Stranger: "What News Paper are you shooting for?"
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baldylox Member  187 posts Joined May 2006 Location: MN More info | Jan 05, 2007 21:34 | #14 SoaringUSAEagle wrote in post #2476260 There's two in Cheyenne, WY. I may have to take a couple pics when I go back to visit family later this month. exactly what i did over my xmas holiday. didnt see them though. last time i was home they had the boiler off one and you could see it hiding in the darkness of the roundhouse. 17-40 just couldnt zoooooom close enough Get Your Bald On!!
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I think I saw one similar in Elko Nevada some fifteen or twenty years ago.
