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Originally Posted by ravenheart
The Big Boy was a different locomotive than the Allegheny - they were built around the same time and were 'competitors' if you will. Both were articulated coal-draggers and weighed ~1.200.000 lb - though officially the Allegheny was lighter than that, but only because the C&O railroad was not rated to deal with the weight, so by some crazy coincidence the Allegheny weighed less, until after they were decommisioned and the weighstation logs were made public. Atleast that is the urban legend  |
Oh cool... thanks for the lesson
I was under the impression that all the '2-6-6-4s' were in essence Big Boy's to haul coal over the Appalachians. I think B&O had them... can't remember the details. All I know is I fell in love with them when Lionel released them in ~1998 and cried when I saw it was $1800.
Well, this thread is full of cool layouts... I can just show pictures of boxes or trains sitting on boxes.