Union Pacific Big Boy

Union Pacific Big Boy #4006 at the St. Louis Transportation Museum. One of only eight surviving Big Boy locomotives, this was the world's largest steam locomotive. It was used to haul heavy freight trains in the Rocky Mountains. Built in 1941, it continued in service until the late 1950s. It weighed 600 tons, was 132 feet long and had a top speed of 80 mph.

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