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Okay, this is rapidly going to break down about Big Boy vs. Y6b. I noticed that Mr. Jim the Big lives in Roanoke, Virgina (small home town bias perhaps???). I suspect we are seeing Western railfans vs. Eastern railfans here [:)]. In defense of the Big Boys, a Y6b wouldn't be much good at hauling express reefer blocks, but a Big Boy could do a respectable job of hauling N&W coal trains. Dear Mr. Jim the Big, When your car/truck/SUV/Hummer gets hit at the crossing by a Big Boy at 50 mph, I think you'll agree that it's a big engine [:)]. To compare cold hard numbers: A Big Boy weighed nearly 1.2 million pounds; a Y6b weighed 961,500, A Big Boy put out 135,375 lbs. of tractive effort, a Y6b put out 152,206 lbs. simple, but was quickly reduced to 126,838 lbs. compound, A Big Boy was 132' 10" long, a Y6b was 114' 10.5" long. Given the choice for largest, I'll go with the Big Boy. Best is of course debatable. Y6b information from http://spec.lib.vt.edu/testdata/nw/locomotives/nw18.html Sincerely, Daniel Parks
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