07-24-2013, 09:14 AM
Brakie Wrote:Actually the 844 is a FEF-3 4-8-4 not a big boy.
I just found that out, which is decidedly odd because two days previously I watched a documentary prepared by UP on their California tour and they constantly referred to that locomotive as the last working example of a Big Boy. Apparently UP doesn't know thew difference either.
The 844 is indeed a 4-8-4 and the last new steam engine purchased by UP, having been built in 1944, according to the UP's documentary.
However, they won't be setting any records, since the Challenger located in Golden, Colorado comes out periodically to take dignitaries on the traditional run from Denver's Union Station to the Pueblo State Fair. Quite a sight to see.