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7. Same way they got it to the fairgrounds in Pomona... by rail.

Sat Jul 13, 2019, 02:39 PM

Jul 2019

I remember visiting it with my grandparents in the 'sixties as a crazy-about-trains kid.

This restoration is wonderful.

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Union Pacific's Big Boy gets a big welcome in Omaha [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2019 OP

I seem to remember watching some of those videos too ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #4

Same way they got it to the fairgrounds in Pomona... by rail. hunter Jul 2019 #7

I saw one of those wryter2000 Jul 2019 #2

Here it is in May. It was sent out to Utah for the 150th anniversary of mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 #3

Thanks for the link! shanti Jul 2019 #5

I've got lots more where that came from. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 #6

How much tunnage could it haul? demosincebirth Jul 2019 #8

I found this Omaha Steve Jul 2019 #9

It could haul a 3,600-ton train unassisted up the Wasatch Mountain grade. Omaha Steve Jul 2019 #10

This is a wonderful story, about the largeset locomotive ever made. Stuart G Jul 2019 #12

Smoke stack lightning! denbot Jul 2019 #14