Ever Wonder What 1.2 Million Pounds of Train Looks Like?

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 05/06/2016 at 16:54 • Filed to: Trainlopnik

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Thanks to a delightful internet rabbit hole, I now know. This is the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Anyone ever seen one in person?

Cé hé sin > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 16:58

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Is it common over there to say things like “1.2 million lbs” rather than so many tons or tonnes? It just sounds odd, like “500,000 inches long”.

Jcarr > Cé hé sin 05/06/2016 at 17:01

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No, I’m just saying it for effect. It just sounds more massive than “625 tons”.

Cé hé sin > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:04

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Not trying hard enough

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djmt1 > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:06

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At first I though that’s quite cheap for steam locomotive restoration but then my Amercanese translator kicked in and all was clear.

Anyway if I ever visit America again, I’m making it a point to go see some Yankee Steam. Out of all the countries I visited, The States is the only place I’ve missed out on and it bugs me.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:09

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The biggest loco I’ve seen is probably the “Chinese Engine” 4-8-4 KF in the National Railway Museum in Yorkshire, unless I’ve seen a bigger one in Salisbury NC and forgotten about it. Only about half the weight.

Matt Nichelson > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:10

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I want to see one badly. The Big Boy has always been one of my favorite locomotives. I think there are only 8 left and the closest one to me is in either St. Louis or Frisco, TX.

Jcarr > Matt Nichelson 05/06/2016 at 17:11

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There’s one in Omaha. I was just there last weekend. Wish I would have known about this last week.

Matt Nichelson > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:12

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Ah damn. Yeah that would have been great. I think all but one are on static display now.

Jcarr > Matt Nichelson 05/06/2016 at 17:13

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Correct, according to Wikipedia. 7 static, one operational or on the way to being operational.

Pickup_man > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:13

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I have! At the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver.

My 5'2" (ish) wife for scale, sanding maybe halfway down the engine not including the massive coal box. These things are huge, I would love to see one on the tracks and under power sometime. Being in a transportation museum this one was really cool because they let you go inside the cab where they had the billions of knobs and levers labeled.

Berang > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:15

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There’s one at the Denver Transportation museum, that I’ve seen a couple of times.

Jcarr > Pickup_man 05/06/2016 at 17:15

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That’s awesome. I would love to see the inside.

facw > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:15

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It looks like this if you want something awesome:

Jcarr > facw 05/06/2016 at 17:17

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Holy crap, what is that?

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:17

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That’s a whole lotta engine.

facw > Cé hé sin 05/06/2016 at 17:17

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It’s not uncommon. The Wikipedia page lists the weight in pounds for example. Our units are dumb enough without having to convert to other units for the same purpose, so it’s not so weird to talk about things in pounds, feet, gallons, etc., even when there are bigger units that could be used.

Pickup_man > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:19

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Doesn’t look like a took a picture of it. Wish I would have. It’s crazy how many knobs and levers are in these old steam trains though.

Not my picture, but this is it.

djmt1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/06/2016 at 17:21

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Phwoar, I haven’t been there in years and I really need to correct that. Actually I need to see and more importantly ride more steam trains in general. I used to do it annually but then I grew up and got into cars, girls and taxes but damn it, I still love trains.

facw > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:22

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The C&O M-1 Steam turbine train. Sadly they were scrapped in the 1950s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_class_M-1

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 05/06/2016 at 17:22

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4 cylinders.

Jcarr > Pickup_man 05/06/2016 at 17:23

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Wow, I can’t imagine the level of concentration it must have taken to get one of those things through a mountain pass.

JustAnotherG6 > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:30

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I have in fact seen one in person.

this one in fact:

Where have all the lightweights gone? > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:32

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I have seen the one in St. Louis, and the cab is also open to explore.

My mom works for one of the largest railcar leasing firms in the US, and she snapped these pictures when she was on a shop visit in California. This was 4014 on its way to Cheyenne for restoration.

Jcarr > JustAnotherG6 05/06/2016 at 17:37

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You’re lucky. I was just there over the weekend, but I didn’t discover this until today. Next time.

Where have all the lightweights gone? > djmt1 05/06/2016 at 17:37

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If you get a chance, see this beauty. Class J 611 is based out of Virginia, but it routinely makes trips up and down the east coast in the summer.

LongbowMkII > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 17:49

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I want to see the bridges that held this up.

Quadradeuce > Jcarr 05/06/2016 at 20:48

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There’s one in the Green Bay railroad museum. You can’t fathom how large it is without seeing it in person. Even then...

JustAnotherG6 > Jcarr 05/09/2016 at 10:24

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I grew up there and have taken our boys there many times (especially when they were REALLY into trains) . These are just pictures taking from Google.

boxrocket > Jcarr 05/22/2016 at 15:11

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Been at the one here ( #4006 ) in Saint Louis at the Museum of Transportation (a must-go if you have a few hours/days to spend here), but don’t have any digital photos of it myself. My family used to go at least annually when I was a kid.

http://transportmuseumassociation.org/

Agrajag > Jcarr 07/13/2016 at 09:27

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I don’t live too far from Steamtown.

I really need to go visit that place again.