OK, its
not a full size Big Boy, this one weighs 5,000 lbs and was manufactured by Mammoth Locomotive Works of Palisade CO.
Quote:Dallas Morning NewsFrisco residents Phil and Geda Condit donated a mini custom-made steam locomotive to the Museum of the American Railroad, which recently put it on display.
A fundraising campaign will kick off soon to build mini tracks and buy three to six mini passenger cars. The plan is to run the locomotive in a loop around the nonprofit museum's rail yard to showcase its collection of full-size locomotives and passenger cars.
Think of the 16-foot-long, 5,000-pound locomotive as the baby brother to the museum's prized Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4018. That behemoth steam engine is 133 feet long and weighs 600 tons — 1.2 million pounds.
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Phil Conduit is a former Boeing CEO.