Hello Bob.
Wednesday October 22 1997 20:57, Bob Wallace wrote to Bob Wingender:
 BW> TW>> But the Big Boy would have the best PR value to whoever operated
 BW> TW>> it.
 BW>> But where will it run? The curves that will let it run is in Wyoming 
nd
 BW>> onl a few other states. The Big Boy was mainly built to conquer Sherman
 BW>> Hill between Cheyenne and Ogden, Utah. That's the reason they say "Big
 BW>> Boy never ventured far from Cheyenne".
 BW> These engines were designed for both Sherman Hill and the Wasatch Range
 BW> in Utah. With 25 locomotives in this class to "play" with, it's not
 BW> inconceivable that U.P. decided to put some at both ends of Wyoming to
 BW> get tonnage up and over at either end.
Was trying to remember the "Wasatch Range" in last message but couldn't. 
Still wouldn't be as big a territory that the Challenger can go. Just try to 
visualize 1 more driver on each engine and you'll have a "BIG BOY". :) (I 
know, still not the same).
 BW> Speaking of Big Boys, one record here of steam sounds includes one
 BW> cut of a Big Boy pulling well over 100 cars out of the yard in
 BW> Cheyenne on a westbound. Takes some five minutes for that one cut to
 BW> play.
Think I've got that but I remember seeing the smaller engines of 'Frisco' 
pull 100+ cars when I was growing up beside the Springfield-Memphis mainline.
It is mentioned in several movies I have that "The BigBoy could pull a train 
5 miles long on level track". Would love to have seen that! And I believe 
that would be more than 100 cars, right?
Happy Steamin'!
Bob
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