What Is The Largest Steam Locomotive Ever Built?
Big Boy - The Union Pacific locomotive, known as "Big Boy" 4014, is the largest locomotive ever constructed. It just rolled in to Southern California after a massive restoration project. Thousands of people welcomed the largest steam locomotive ever constructed as it made its way back to Southern California Wednesday.
How many Big Boy locomotives are left?
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. Union Pacific ordered 25 Big Boys. Today, eight remain; the balance having been cut up for scrap.
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What is the longest steam locomotive ever built?
At more than 130 feet long — longer than two city buses — and 560 tons in weight, the “Big Boy” locomotives are generally accepted as the largest steam locomotives ever built anywhere, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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What was the largest locomotive ever built?
Union Pacific No. 4014 is a Big Boy class steam locomotive having a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement. They are the heaviest single expansion steam locomotive ever built, weighing about 1,200,000 pounds. Big Boy locomotives are hinged (or articulated) because of its great length.
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Where is Big Boy locomotive now?
The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service. Union Pacific reacquired No. 4014 from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, in 2013, and relocated it back to Cheyenne to begin a multi-year restoration process. It returned to service in May 2019.
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