Posted by Steve@Advance on May 04, 2014 at 12:46:11 from (107.203.134.67):
In Reply to: What is it? posted by old-9 on May 04, 2014 at 08:09:35:
I've seen one of those! Live and smokin!
The article says there are 8 survivors on display somewhere, well one of them was making the rounds about 8 to 10 years ago. It came through Fort Worth, twice that I know of.
It came through the switch yard behind the shop, I heard it first, then saw the sky literally blackened by the smoke! It jockeyed back and forth, getting switched to head for Dallas.
Once it parked overnight and I got to go get a close look at it. Really humbling to get that close to something that massive! And realize it actually moves! Looked like they used the drive wheels from 2 engines, combined them to make one huge engine. Best I remember, they were independent of the frame so they could make the turns and inclines and still stay on the tracks.
It had just been "restored" they said, but I think they may have missed a few places, or maybe that's just the nature of the beast, but it was leaking every where and every thing! Steam, water, oil... Pouring from every seam and joint, and what wasn't leaking was covered in thick soot. Funny, the crew was wearing white lab coats! They must have had an unending supply of them because they were constantly changing, everything they touched was nasty!
Both times it came through it was pulling a few of the old UP passenger cars, the ones with the upper decks with windows all around. Not sure who was riding, or if anyone was. One thing for sure, it would not have have been any "Save the Earth" politicians! LOL
Think it was the second trip through, it left the train yard heading for Dallas, and it stopped, just out of sight but I could still see the smoke cloud. It sat there for most of the afternoon. Got home that evening and the news said a homeless man had jumped in front of it, committed suicide.
Never saw it again, not sure where it came from or where it went, my guess it's in a rail museum somewhere.
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