What Era, Railroads, & Locomotives are you set on?

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That sounds pretty ambitious: how about a few photos? Wayne

Wayne,
I've seen the one that was in Bellows Falls, Vt. (Steamtown), the one in St.Louis, and the one in Dallas. I didn't take pictures, because I have never really been "taken" by the size, and wheel arrangement of the Big Boy. The Challenger ??
Now that's a different story. I see the 4-6-6-4 as a much more attractive wheel arrangement. My true personal favorite "big steam locomotive", is still the C&O H-8 Allegheny 2-6-6-6. Although, there is something about the "Yellowstones".
The freights that the Big Boys hauled up the mountains, were handed of to the Challengers for the long, "level" haul.

UP 3985 northbound on the C&NW "new line", with an excursion train, just south of Illinois route 176, in Lake Bluff.