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Big Boy 4006's Tender is Not Her Own
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<p>[quote user="Juniatha"]</p> <p><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--></p> <p><!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]--></p> <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color:purple;">Uhm , while it was not unusual for RRs to swap tenders at overhauls of locomotive , giving the one tender ready to the loco proper leaving repair bay , I noticed a certain contradiction in this thread’s header : </span></div> <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color:purple;">Big Boy’s tender is not *her* (!?) own (!?)</span></div> <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color:purple;">Umpf – shouldn’t it be *his* , as you address this Biggest of Boys ? <br /></span></div> <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color:purple;">Boy , oh boy , these are problems , I guess some people out there would envy us for having …</span></div> <div><span lang="EN-US" style="color:purple;">*gee* <img style="display:inline;" alt="Angel" /></span></div> <div><!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]--></div> <p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:24pt;color:#7002e8;position:relative;top:2pt;">J</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size:16pt;color:#e90091;">uniatha</span></em></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Every Big Boy is a *he*, you are right.</p> <p>When I made this post I was still relatively new to refering to engines as "he" or "she". It just happened that way.</p> <p>So, for the record, I'm sorry for a little typo, everyone, no need to get worked up over it.</p> <p> -A learning railfan.</p>
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