I took a steam train yesterday. They should be called coal train, because it was beyond disgusting. If you like fresh air - highly recommend to avoid such experience.
Article has "operating" headline here doesn't. Those that are left are (apparently) all on static display.
Articulated steam locos: I was delighted to finally see Bayer Garrets in Delhi, and coastal NSW loco caches. I'd mentally assumed to be an articulated steam engines, it would be enormous: these are actually surprisingly small.
Sorry, just copy pasted the headline they gave me at the time.
One interesting thing I noticed about the big boy locomotive is that the whistle is much lower pitched and more pleasant sounding than typical operating locomotives today
I took a steam train yesterday. They should be called coal train, because it was beyond disgusting. If you like fresh air - highly recommend to avoid such experience.
Schedule of stops is here: https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule
Not quite the biggest steam locomotive, the DM&IR Yellowstone class outranked them in many measures.
https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&whe...
Article has "operating" headline here doesn't. Those that are left are (apparently) all on static display.
Articulated steam locos: I was delighted to finally see Bayer Garrets in Delhi, and coastal NSW loco caches. I'd mentally assumed to be an articulated steam engines, it would be enormous: these are actually surprisingly small.
(Made in England, mostly for export)
Sorry, just copy pasted the headline they gave me at the time.
One interesting thing I noticed about the big boy locomotive is that the whistle is much lower pitched and more pleasant sounding than typical operating locomotives today