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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ndbprr OK and for all those of you that think these things can be made to run again if UP can't or won't do it what chance does one at a museum stand to move under its own power or on its own wheels again. [/quote] There is virtually no chance that any of the remaining eight Big Boy will run again. This particular engine is at the top of a hill overlooking the valley and freeway. The EMD 6900 will also be there with it. The 4023 used to be in Cheyenne with the 3985 back in the seventies. I have been on it and would have wished it to be kept in the Cheyenne round house for posterity. The move probably cost five hundred thousands dollars. We can watch the movies and DVD's of the Big Boy's in action and only dream. That is why we have HO Big Boys with sound. They can run anytime and not have the maintenance headaches that used to part of the steam operations. The locations of the eight Big Boys are listed below. I have been to each site and they are great to see anytime. Pomona California, 4014 Scranton PA. Steamtown 4012 Dallas, Age of Steam 4018 St. Louis Transportation Museum 4006 Cheyenne Holliday Park 4004 Denver Forney Museum 4005 Green Bay, Wis 4017 Omaha 4023
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