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The Big Boy has the longest engine body of any reciprocating steam locomotive, longer than two 40-foot buses. [12] They were also the heaviest reciprocating steam locomotives ever built; the combined weight of the 772,250 lb (350,290 kg) engine and 436,500 lb (198,000 kg) tender outweighed a Boeing 747. [12]
Largest non-articulated steam locomotive, and the only seven-axle non-articulated steam locomotive ever built. AD60 class: New South Wales Government Railways: 6001-6042 Beyer, Peacock & Company: 1952–1954, 1956 Steam 4-8-4+4-8-4: 255 tonnes (281 short tons) 265 kilonewtons (59,575 lbf) 4,422 kilowatts (5,930 hp)
The engines are thought to be the biggest ever built in the UK. [3] Engine No 6, also called The Sir William Prescott, has been restored to running order and is the largest fully operational triple-expansion steam engine in the world. [4] It may be seen in steam on various weekends throughout the year, and as a static display every Sunday ...
The 1.2 million-pound, 132-foot long engine is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world. The engine, which was first put into service in 1941, is nearing the end of a 10-state tour.
Union Pacific’s No. 4014 steam locomotive is a massive 132-foot long engine that has been touring the rails of middle America since August. See ‘Big Boy,’ world’s largest steam locomotive ...
As part of its “Westward Bound” tour, the world’s largest steam locomotive is coming to Roseville next week — one of only two major display stops the train is making while traveling ...
In 2013, UP re-acquired the locomotive and launched a restoration project at its Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In May 2019, No. 4014 moved under its own power after sitting dormant for almost six decades, becoming the world's largest operational steam locomotive and the only operating Big Boy locomotive of the eight that remain in existence. [3]
Hundreds gathered to see the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. Union Pacific’s ‘Big Boy,’ world’s largest steam locomotive, stops in Fort Worth. See it