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Years ago, Chet Huntley wrote an autobiography about growing up in Montana.  He must have been a railroad buff, because I remember him specifically talking about the Great Northern rail road bringing out a brand new steam locomotive to his hometown (which I think was Butte, Montana.)If I remember the incident correctly, he says the railroad issued white gloves to the ladies present in the crowd.  They were invited to push gently on the locomotive... and voila! it moved!I believe he stated that it was a Northern type steamer.Questions:1) Was this possible?  I suppose if you put 500 women on anything, they will move the world...or convince their husbands to do it.  I don't know the size of the crowd...2) Would this be possible to do on say, the UP Challenger?  I can't think of anything actually running out there that is of similar size or weight as a Northern... 3) Not steam related... but I wonder if you could do the same thing with a modern diesel.I submitted this question as a program idea for Mythbusters, just because I'd like to see it done.But I'd like to see if anyone else out there has actually seen this miracle of bearing and lubrication actually happen.Thanks!
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