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Re: Big Boy Move
Author: E
Date: 07-29-2013 - 09:32

Cp4449 Wrote:
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> I would suspect that nothing will be done until
> after the la county fair is over in late October.
> I am sure that some preliminary stuff will be done
> between then.
>
> Any bets on how one moves a 1 million pound
> locomotive?

Probably the same way they moved it out there in the first place.

The weight, without coal, water, sand, etc. is less than a million
pounds. About the same as 2 1/2 of the new, "heavy" ACs. Plus,
it's spread over more axles, which means that axle loadings are less
for the 4014.

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  Big Boy Move Chris Mohs 07-28-2013 - 17:00
  Re: Big Boy Move P. Kepler 07-29-2013 - 08:32
  Re: Big Boy Move Cp4449 07-29-2013 - 09:08
  Re: Big Boy Move E 07-29-2013 - 09:32
  Re: Big Boy Move E 07-29-2013 - 17:51
  Re: Big Boy Move Graham Buxton 07-29-2013 - 09:34
  Re: Big Boy Move P. Kepler 07-29-2013 - 09:57
  Re: Big Boy Move Ed Workman 07-29-2013 - 10:23
  Re: Big Boy Move E 07-29-2013 - 10:31
  Re: Big Boy Move E 07-29-2013 - 10:29
  Re: Big Boy Move HUTCH 7.62 07-29-2013 - 17:28
  Re: Big Boy Move Tom McCann 07-29-2013 - 18:09
  Re: Big Boy Move E 07-29-2013 - 21:56
  Re: Big Boy Move Mike Swanson 07-30-2013 - 18:27
  Re: Big Boy Move P. Kepler 07-30-2013 - 23:07
  Re: Big Boy Move how one moves a 1 million pound locom 07-30-2013 - 17:25
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  Re: Big Boy Move Margaret (SP) fan 07-29-2013 - 20:33
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  Re: Big Boy Move P. Kepler 07-30-2013 - 09:46
  Re: Big Boy Move Mike Stimpson 07-30-2013 - 11:16
  Re: Big Boy Move SgtStripes 07-30-2013 - 11:23
  Re: Big Boy Move Pilawt 07-30-2013 - 15:09
  Re: Big Boy Move Earl Pitts 07-30-2013 - 21:57
  Re: Big Boy Move P. Kepler 07-30-2013 - 23:09
  Re: Big Boy Move Sgt Stripes 07-31-2013 - 10:09
  Re: Big Boy Move Tom McCann 08-01-2013 - 00:00
  Re: Big Boy Move P. Kepler 08-02-2013 - 17:13
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