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The Lycoming XR-7755 was the largest piston aircraft engine ever built in the United States, [Note 1] with 36 cylinders totaling about 7,750 in 3 (127 L) of displacement and a power output of 5,000 horsepower (3,700 kilowatts). It was originally intended to be used in the "European bomber" that eventually emerged as the Convair B-36. Only two ...
One of the most powerful electric locomotives ever built, it also is the most powerful (short term) single-frame locomotive ever built (currently [when?] its maximum short term power is limited to 12,000 horsepower (8,948 kW)); It has immense short term power with a tractive effort of 312 kN up to a speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). DB Class 151
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.
This is a list of the world's largest machines, both static and movable in history. Building structure. Large Hadron Collider – The world's largest single machine;
It's bigger than a Boeing 737's fuselage, and it's almost ready.
Airliners are growing ever bigger to haul more people per flight, which means they need appropriately massive engines -- and GE Aviation is happy to oblige. It recently conducted the first test ...
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]
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