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

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ted,

Thanks.  Mark already pointed that out.  Works fine
after that. 

Here's a picture of the "Big Boy"  
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/bigboy/

I'd love to see someone try to truck one of these.

Steve

--- Ted Borck <tborck@domain.elided> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Steven Stegmann wrote:
> 
> > Ted,
> >
> > I couldn't get the URL to work.  Would you mind
> > checking it?
> 
> The URL is wrapped.
> 
> -- 
> Ted Borck	tborck@domain.elided
> 
> > --- Ted Borck <tborck@domain.elided> wrote:
> >
> >> 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.