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QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Little known fact that during the early 50's the Russians decided to claim the "Worlds Largest Locomotive" title by building the nuclear powered "Big Joe" a 4-12-12-12-12-0 monster built in super secret isolation at a secret military base located on the frozen Siberian tundra. Once completed, it was rolled out of the trainshed onto the tracks only to realize that it was too big to go through tunnels and too long for any curves, and while they were figuring out what to next, the heat from the nuclear reactor melted the permafrost under the engine, where upon it crashed thru the rails, the crews leaping from the two-story control cab, sinking under its own ocean liner wieght, thru the permafrost to the center of the Earth, never to be seen again.... All records were destroyed to prevent word of this huge embarasment from reaching Western ears, the crews and builders were dispatched to the gulag's were they were put to work perfecting the Trabant automobile. The accounts are only now coming to light as the old timers who survived the gulag's recount the story to thier great grandchildren on cold Russian winter nights...they tell them, if you put your ear to the ground, you can still hear the whistle bellowing deep under the Earth...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by neilmunck and yet truth can be stranger than fiction there is another russian loco that was a 4-14-2 so there. neil.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Little known fact that during the early 50's the Russians decided to claim the "Worlds Largest Locomotive" title by building the nuclear powered "Big Joe" a 4-12-12-12-12-0 monster built in super secret isolation at a secret military base located on the frozen Siberian tundra. Once completed, it was rolled out of the trainshed onto the tracks only to realize that it was too big to go through tunnels and too long for any curves, and while they were figuring out what to next, the heat from the nuclear reactor melted the permafrost under the engine, where upon it crashed thru the rails, the crews leaping from the two-story control cab, sinking under its own ocean liner wieght, thru the permafrost to the center of the Earth, never to be seen again.... All records were destroyed to prevent word of this huge embarasment from reaching Western ears, the crews and builders were dispatched to the gulag's were they were put to work perfecting the Trabant automobile. The accounts are only now coming to light as the old timers who survived the gulag's recount the story to thier great grandchildren on cold Russian winter nights...they tell them, if you put your ear to the ground, you can still hear the whistle bellowing deep under the Earth... BRAVO!!!!...... Now that's an answer, and it isn't even April yet.[:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergus QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Little known fact that during the early 50's the Russians decided to claim the "Worlds Largest Locomotive" title by building the nuclear powered "Big Joe" a 4-12-12-12-12-0 monster built in super secret isolation at a secret military base located on the frozen Siberian tundra. Once completed, it was rolled out of the trainshed onto the tracks only to realize that it was too big to go through tunnels and too long for any curves, and while they were figuring out what to next, the heat from the nuclear reactor melted the permafrost under the engine, where upon it crashed thru the rails, the crews leaping from the two-story control cab, sinking under its own ocean liner wieght, thru the permafrost to the center of the Earth, never to be seen again.... All records were destroyed to prevent word of this huge embarasment from reaching Western ears, the crews and builders were dispatched to the gulag's were they were put to work perfecting the Trabant automobile. The accounts are only now coming to light as the old timers who survived the gulag's recount the story to thier great grandchildren on cold Russian winter nights...they tell them, if you put your ear to the ground, you can still hear the whistle bellowing deep under the Earth... BRAVO!!!!...... Now that's an answer, and it isn't even April yet.[:D] Was this developed for the mountains or was it just Plain Loco
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Morpar I don't know what you've been smoking, but I don't think it was coal or oil based!!! Got to admit though, the idea does sound interesting to model....
QUOTE: Originally posted by Sperandeo Is a poll the right way to determine which was the biggest steam engine? It's not a matter of opinion, after all, but one of measurement. At a football game they check for first downs with a chain, not by asking what the fans think. In MODEL RAILROADER we usually cite the Big Boy as the biggest steam engine, because it is (almost). If you add up its length, width, and height you get a bigger number than for any other locomotive (except one). This doesn't take weight into account – that would be the "heaviest" instead of the biggest – or drawbar pull or horsepower – that would be the "most powerful." "Big" has a specific meaning related to size, and editors usually like to be careful with the meanings of words. But there is one engine that beats the Big Boy! It's not one of those listed in the poll either. The Pennsylvania RR SI duplex-drive 6-4-4-6 adds up to be bigger than the Big Boy when you take the measurements over its streamlined shrouding into account. Most folks don't recognize this fact about the S1, maybe because the shrouding, particularly at the rear of the tender, can be seen as just so much cosmetic dressing, whereas the Big Boy is all locomotive. There's also the point that the S1 was an experiment not found successful enough to warrant duplication, while the Big Boy was built in at least a small quantity and re-ordered after being in use. But those are matters of opinion or functionality, not sheer size. Like it or not, the biggest locomotive was really the S1. So long, Andy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by nfmisso So, how many of you read Ed King's article: "Big Boy or Big Mistake? Did Super Power Steam make it easy for diesels to sweep the field? Which railroads got it right; which got it wrong?" in the Sept issue of Trains ?