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

[MountainMan]

Any of them would have to have a retubing, obviously their 15 year time is up.
A few years ago some studio was going to make a movie about a challenge to a guy to
get a steam locomotive running, and the object of the story was to be a Big Boy. It is a shame but the deal fell through.
Charlie

I believe the locomotive that was chosen for restoration for the movie was the one on display in Dallas. It, and all the others I've seen, so far, have their piston rods "removed" between the crosshead guide, and the rear wall of the cylinder.
The rebuild was determine to be too expensive, and the rumor was, that the UP balked at the idea of having one running again. I suspect it is/was, a company image thing, as they were the only road to have and use that wheel arrangement.......almost a "Company logo" thing. Remember that the UP was once considering charging model manufacturers a fee for using their logo on model trains.

UP's current pride and joy isn't that large - it's a 4-8-4.