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To: Little Pig
My bad.Here is a pic of a BigBoy in action.Note the Dual Drivers(4-8-8-4)

They were used to haul freight not passengers.
38 posted on 05/01/2010 1:33:23 AM PDT by cavador (Wash your Hands-Cover that sneeze!It helps stop the H1N1 Virus)
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To: cavador
Correct.

I'm preferential to the Allegheny's myself. They burned higher-grade coal, so they made a little more power than the Bigboys, which burned the lower-grade Wyoming coal.


39 posted on 05/01/2010 11:34:53 AM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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