RE: [ihc] Steam Locomotive no IH content, but fun--

[Ted Borck <tborck@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is the largest one I've seen:

125' 8", 770.910 lbs.


http://www.hfmgv.org/collections/Collections/transportation/
railroad/allegheny.html

If you're ever in Detroit - visit the Henry Ford Museum and expect to 
spend at least one full day.

--
Ted Borck	tborck@domain.elided



On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Steven Stegmann wrote:


> There's a UP "Big Boy" in the St. Louis County
> Transportation Museum.  Hard to imagine something like
> that moving.
>
> Steve
> --- Greg Hermann <bearbvd@domain.elided> wrote:
>
> > At 11:30 PM 10/24/04, John M. Adams wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-ihc@domain.elided
> > [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> > > > Greg Hermann
> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 9:42 PM
> > > > To: ihc@domain.elided
> > > > Subject: [ihc] no IH content, but fun--
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Saw a 148 wheeler (highway) rig today !!!!
> > > P.S. If that WAS an E60C or equivalent loco like
> > their other ones, its
> > > weight is typically between 185 and 195 U.S. tons
> > (plus or minus a few
> > > pounds... :)
> > Sorta light compared to, say, one of the UP's old
> > 'Big Boy' steam mallets
> > !!! Climbed and looked all over one of them once at
> > the Forney
> > Transportation Museam once in Denver, before they
> > moved it. 1,250,000 lbs.
> > of iron in one of those critters !! :-)
> >
> >  If you add the weight of the two tractors, the
> > "jeeps", the
> > > carrier beam... Man, I don't want to think what the
> > total weight of that rig
> > > was.
> > Had to be in the neighborhood of 600 K lbs,, maybe
> > even north of that,
> > including the ballast on the two tractors.
> >
> > Must really be a LOT of art involved for the two
> > tractor drivers to
> > coordinate their driving!
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > How do get a rating to drive something like that?
> > It's not like there's
> > > much opportunity to practice! Wish I could have
> > seen it...
> > > Any pictures?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > John A.