hey Ptah! (and anybody else interested in old steam equipment)

[Kali]

did you go see # 844? It went through the ranch and I had planned to go down to the tracks and check it out but forgot all about it. My niece got a couple pix but I haven't loaded them to photobucket. Here is the shot from the Star.




"Union Pacific Railroad's iconic steam locomotive No. 844 arrived in Southern Arizona Thursday to commemorate the state centennial.

No. 844 is the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific and will travel more than 2,900 miles from its base in Wyoming on a 32-day, nine-state tour.

Known as Union Pacific's "Living Legend," the locomotive returned to service in 2005 after an extensive overhaul. It was delivered to Union Pacific in 1944 and placed in freight service in Nebraska in the late 1950s when diesel-electric locomotives took over passenger train duties.

The locomotive was saved from being scrapped in 1960 and kept for special service."

Go to upsteam.com for more information and details on the remainder of the locomotive's trip through Arizona.


Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/steam-locomotive-visits-city/article_801644ae-8cbe-58d9-8df5-f8952cf012f1.html#ixzz1dNmRriHL

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. One of Michigan's top tourist attractions (and a WELL-deserved popularity)...

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...is the Henry Ford Museum -- filled with Americana from tiny wooden pioneer
baby spoons to one of only two(?) still-existing examples of the 2666 steam
locomotive. I went there several times and this thing is MASSIVE (124' 4" long
and weighing 389 tons).
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Impressive presence... to say the VERY least.
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If I had known about it earlier, I might very well have taken the bus down
to the train station today.
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By the way -- there are 3 or 4 classes of steam engine even LARGER than the
above-mentioned 2666. The longest was 160' long!!!!!
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[Brickbat]

4. A Yellowstone mallet is in a town near me... 128' and 400 tons empty. A work weight of

ONE MILLION POUNDS! It pulled the huge ore trains off the Iron Range.

It's a freaking BEAST.

[krispos42]

2. D'oh

The tour is only in the West. :-(

http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/media_kit/steam/844/index.shtml

[Kali]

3. wheels