C&O No.1604 Allegheny at the B&O Railroad Museum offers visitors the opportunity to climb aboard and play engineer.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
The Worlds Largest Operating Steam Locomotive stokes up her big boiler for maximum steam pressure for an eastbound trip to Omaha Nebraska on Sept. 18, 2008 UP 3985 operated in its last "regular" train service in 1957. The locomotive was retired about 1962 and after many years of storage in a roundhouse at Cheyenne, Wyoming. UP 3985 was placed on outdoor display beside the Cheyenne depot in 1975. Beginning in 1979 a group of Union Pacific employee-volunteers started work on overhauling the locomotive, and it was returned to operational condition in 1981. Originally a coal-burner, to prevent lineside grass fires it was successfully converted to oil firing in 1990. Stationed at Cheyenne with other equipment in the UP's heritage collection, it is currently used for excursion trains and occasionally mainline freight on ferry moves. It was in the maintenance shop at Cheyenne in 2007 and underwent necessary repairs for service in 2008. It is now back up and running as of 2008. It is one of only two of the original 105 Union Pacific "Challenger" types in existence, the other being UP 3977 on static display in North Platte, Nebraska. info on 4-6-6-4 at www.steamlocomotive.com Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 was designed by Union Pacific and built in 1943 by the American Locomotive Company. It is one of 105 Challengers built for Union Pacific between 1936 and 1943 and is the only operating engine of its class in the world today the largest and most powerful operating steam ...Video Rating: 4 / 5C & O Allegheny Steam Locomotive 1601Image by jimflix! - Most powerful steam locomotive
At the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. (On the left is a replica of the De Witt Clinton steam engine.)
This engine is MASSIVE which it's hard to tell from the photo. That young lad is 6'2" --- I climbed up on stairs to take this. This beast is 16'' tall -- standing next to it is intimidating. It's 125' long. KellyBeth7 has a great shot showing how really tall it it. Here's a shot inside the cab. Here are a few fun facts:
• It has a 2-6-6-6 wheel arrangement, the last 6 are just to support the firebox.
• The main drivers (wheels) are 67" in diameter.
• It's 778,000 pounds of locomotive weight "to assure tractive effort."
• These were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever.
• At 40 MPH they could generate 7,500 HP.
• These boilers were capable of delivering up to 8000 HP, which was far greater than any other reciprocating steam locomotive could develop.
• It could pull 160 loaded coal hoppers -- nearly 10,000 tons -- up to 60 mph.
See more at this Web site: 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Type Locomotives.
Image by jimflix! - Most powerful steam locomotive
At the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. (On the left is a replica of the De Witt Clinton steam engine.)
This engine is MASSIVE which it's hard to tell from the photo. That young lad is 6'2" --- I climbed up on stairs to take this. This beast is 16'' tall -- standing next to it is intimidating. It's 125' long. KellyBeth7 has a great shot showing how really tall it it. Here's a shot inside the cab. Here are a few fun facts:
• It has a 2-6-6-6 wheel arrangement, the last 6 are just to support the firebox.
• The main drivers (wheels) are 67" in diameter.
• It's 778,000 pounds of locomotive weight "to assure tractive effort."
• These were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever.
• At 40 MPH they could generate 7,500 HP.
• These boilers were capable of delivering up to 8000 HP, which was far greater than any other reciprocating steam locomotive could develop.
• It could pull 160 loaded coal hoppers -- nearly 10,000 tons -- up to 60 mph.
See more at this Web site: 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Type Locomotives.