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Any News from Cheyenne on the 4014 Big Boy?
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<p>Apparently when the Big Boys were first put into service, UP took one and tried to convert it to oil. They didn't use enough burners, though, and could not produce enough heat for it to work, so all the big boys were ordered as coal burners.</p> <p>Lucky thing they weren't oil burners! WWII fuel rations would have probably kept them from running!</p> <p>This time around, however, UP will be using enough burners to make it work.</p> <p>I kind of wish they were going to run 4014 as coal burner, though. Wonder why all their steamers are oil burners? (That's probably a stupid question.)</p>
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