UP 4023 (Big Boy) moved in Omaha

more pictures here. It got stuck going over the BNSF main line

How many big boys still exist and how many still operate?

Eight survive, none are operational.

It's a conspiracy!!!! (shhhhh) - they are doing it for left wing extremist commie political reasons.....they just don't want YOU to see it! Somebody alert Rush Limbaugh!!!!!!

Pic showed up just fine on my Firefox browser. I get to see it because I've had my daily dose of flouridated water today, like a good little citizen.

Yeah it showed up this time just fine, IE 6 being a twit again. How ya doing Ken?

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I have no strong preference either way. Any of these surviving locomotives would require a major effort to be put back into steam.

That would certainly be a factor, but I would think not as important as the condition the loco was in when withdrawn.

Me too. I've seen both, and, to me, the Allegheny is more impressive. The Big Boy is longer, but not so massive. The trailing truck of the Allegheny is bigger than a lot of locomotives! Sadly, I fear there's little chance of either type running again anytime soon.

Since NS got rid of their steam program and retired Class A #1218, there's NO big steam left operational except for UP's Challenger #3985. The effort and cost to restore an operate such a huge machine is almost beyond belief. Few railroads want anything to do with such monsters. They're hard on the track, and imagine the problems if one derails. In today's tight economy and atmosphere of litigation the chances of running one again are infinitesimal.

Dan Mitchell ============

Getting one operational is trivial compared with trying to actually maintain and operate such a 'beast', considering today's conditions and 'atmosphere'. Lot's of fine but lesser basically operational locomotives are now being sidelined by such non-mechanical problems.

Dan Mitchell ============