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Longest - UP's 4-8-8-4 Heaviest - C&O 2-6-6-6 (first series), 778,000 pounds (6,000 more than Big Boy) Highest Boiler Horsepower - PRR Q2 4-4-6-4 - 8,000 Highest Drawbar Horsepower - C&O 2-6-6-6 - 7,498 Highest Rated Tractive Effort - VGN 2-8-8-8-4 - 199,000 pounds Highest Achievable Tractive Effort - VGN 2-10-10-2 - 176,000 pounds N&W's Turbine, mentioned in one earlier post, achieved 199,000 pounds tractive effort on an actual test, at 1 MPH. It was geared for 65 MPH, and ran with its loads in the forty MPH range, not four MPH as stated. All this data is in the literature, guys. Read. Read. Read. Read. Old Timer
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