Re: Where to "chase" Big Boy From LV to Barstow?
Author: Hot Water
Date: 09-13-2019 - 17:22
FUD Wrote:
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> NW still has a J, doesn't it?
No. The J Class #611 is owned by the Roanoke Transportation Museum. Not the "NW", whatever THAT is.
> As for a trip to LA (which LV-Barstow is part of),
> it makes sense because 4014 was retrieved from a
> museum in Pomona. Bring the working version back
> for a show-off. Otherwise, Big Boys were never a
> California thing, so why bother with sending it to
> the Bay Area?
How about because the UP now has tracks in the "Bay Area"? Besides, the UP never operated their 4-8-4s nor 4-6-6-4s to the "Bay Area", yet both #844 and #3985 have visited there.