How Much Torque Did The Big Boy Have?
The answer was a single locomotive that could pull a 3,600-ton train, unassisted, over this stretch. Big Boy was that locomotive. A massive machine measuring nearly half a football field long and weighing in at over 600 tons, Big Boy easily surmounted the Wasatch.
How many cars could the Big Boy pull?
On a . 82% grade, the engines were cleared to haul 5,360 tons (4,863 t). Theoretically, the Big Boy could pull a train 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long on flat ground from a standing start. In practice, the engine routinely pulled over 100 cars.
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy Locomotive | Old Machine Press
How much horsepower did the Big Boy have?
A Big Boy locomotive along with its tender weighed about 604 tons and measured more than 132 feet (40 metres) in length. It had a maximum power capacity of more than 6,000 horsepower and could haul a 3,600-ton train unassisted up the Wasatch Mountain grade.
Big Boy | locomotive | Britannica
What is the most powerful diesel locomotive?
The Union Pacific Centennial is the largest and most powerful diesel locomotive ever built.
Union Pacific Centennial #6915 - RailGiants Train Museum
What was the most powerful steam locomotive ever built?
Weighing in at 1.2 million pounds, the Big Boy, built in 1941, is the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operational steam locomotive in the world, according to Union Pacific. The Big Boy stands 17 feet tall and is 133 feet long, 99 feet less than a Boeing 747.
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