I hope this is not against the rules, but I found this short clip courtesy of the host site and Pentrex films. Not too shabby, even for those who feel they are overexposed to Big Boys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8f9VFlNyDQ&mode=related&search=
loathar wrote:Neat! But what the heck was all that smoke coming off that flat cars trucks towards the beginning?
I'm guessing it's from overheated brakeshoes.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
Great, not a topic I would have normally looked at but after seeing the clip I am a changed man. It states in the video that the Big Boy was the largest articulated steam loco in the worls but what about the Beyer Garrats built for railways in South Africa I thought they were the biggest?
Shaun
Well Crandell, now you gone and done it. My wife is going to kill me. This led me not only to to buy this film setting me back 50$ but also to pre-order four of the new Blueline Big boys. I hope your happy now you housebreaker!
Seriously, that seems great. Most of the railroad films I've seen so far have been boring and poorly narrated, that seems great. And the quality seems nice to. Also, it have an appropriate length, it seems to me that a lot of the movies out there are to short for what you pay to get it. Oh, and it's all regions which is great for us Europeans that have a different region then you guys.
Magnus
Magnus, what can I say? It was a purely innocent passing on of information...something we modelers do all the time as a courtesy to one another.
Besides, Big Boys in HO don't need trips to the vet, no needles, no food, are not under foot in the kitchen, don't lie in wait under your dining table, and they always come when you command them. If you promise to keep them in the train room, you won't have any pet hairs to vacuum regularly, nothing to pick up on the lawn, nothing to take for a walk.
And, unlike your Big Boys, you will always come to bed when you are called...right? IOW, you'll be the only big boy there.
Good points Crandell, I'll use all of them to convince the wife. I bought my wife a really nice necklace for her birthday tomorrow and it will be the first thing she sees when she gets down. Such things always help when it comes to explaining just how important trains are.
Lillen wrote: Good points Crandell, I'll use all of them to convince the wife. I bought my wife a really nice necklace for her birthday tomorrow and it will be the first thing she sees when she gets down. Such things always help when it comes to explaining just how important trains are. Magnus
(shakes his head) Magnus, Magnus, Magnus...... You must be a fairly recent addition to the roster of those permanently attached to a woman. Had you been a more experienced husband, your words would have read, "explaining just how important She is." To close the logic for you, the necklace is for her, not the trains. At least, that is what the intrepid husband must make her understand.
Thanks Crandell, that saved me a week in the doghouse(that I'm yet to build). We have been together for 9 years now and I guess you are never to old to learn new tricks.
Awesome. Reminds me of the time I and a couple of RR buddies camped out overnight in our sleeping bags next to the ROW on Sherman Hill in 1954.
Bill
As we are discussing Big boys I have a question, what does Tender 25-C-400 under the description of the PCM Big boys?
I got the video today, fast delivery I must say. I'll be watching it to night while eating some pop corn.
Lillen wrote: As we are discussing Big boys I have a question, what does Tender 25-C-400 under the description of the PCM Big boys? Magnus
25 stands for 25,000 gal. of water
C stands for --Coal?--
400 Tons of coal?
selector wrote:Or is it 400 cu feet? I don't think a tender holds 400 tons of coal....does it?
I can't confirm the volume of the coal bunker in the tender, but the spec sheets I have for the Big Boy state coal capacity at 56,000 lbs (28 tons) for both the 1941 and 1944 tenders. The difference was the water capacity, 24,000 gals for the '41 version and 25,000 gals for the '44 version.
The total, loaded, weight for the 1941 tender was 427,500 lbs and the 1944 tender was 436,500 lbs.
The total package, locomotive and tender weighed 1,189,500 lbs in 1941 and 1,208,750 lbs in 1944.
24,000 gallons of wadder?
That's equal to three 18 wheel tankers (8000 gal) of water aint it?
Safety Valve wrote:24,000 gallons of wadder?That's equal to three 18 wheel tankers (8000 gal) of water aint it?
Deer Park, that's a lot of water!!
Too bad there wasn't a bottled water craze back then. UP could have defrayed their fuel costs with corporate sponsorships from Deer Park, Poland Spring, Aquafina, etc. with their billboards on the tenders. "If our water can fuel this locomotive, imagine what it can do for you!"