To all Union Pacific fans, people with Big Boy in their screen names, and anyone else who cares about our beloved 4-8-8-4s:
Go out and defend the honor of the Big Boy on the “Big Boy vs. Allegheny”; those are fighting words thread. I just posted a massive post there. Go out and help me and others support the true largest locomotive of all time.
Go!!!
-Daniel
You talkin to me? I said, are you talkin to me?
What the hell is an Allegheny anyway? Never heard of it.
An Allegheny, cringe is a 2-6-6-6 mallet type loco. Like I said earlier, they were used in low speed coal drags on the C&O. By reading all the other posts in that thread, I must clearly say that BIG BOY’S RULE!!! A true UP fan would think so!!!
So you support UP in their latest endevouurs to raise the cost of the big boy by 10%?
Jay
Dear 4884bigboy,
Just one little thing: the Allegheny type locomotives were all simple. You may be thinking of some of the N&W’s superior mallets[:)][:D][8D][^].
Dear Big_Boy_4005,
Yes, I am talking to you[;)]. Allegheny is a type of wheel arangement, 2-6-6-6, that was owned by the C&O and the Virginian. Furthermore, the two railroads’ Allegheny type locomotives were practically identical. The Allegheny locomotives had some dimensions by which the supporters of Allegheny superiority say they were larger. However, our beloved Big Boys have many more attributes which make them the largest locomotives of all time. I just wrote a large posting at the “Big Boy vs. Allegheny”; those are fighting words thread.
Dear NTDM,
What the heck are you talking about?[?]
Defend the Big Boy,
Daniel
Daniel,
aparently you missed this thread: http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9621
Although it is not as indepth as the 2 on the Atlas forum’s at the moment, it does point that UP is trying to screw you out of more money.
Jay
The following is a quote from the “Those are fighting words” discussion group posted by HighIron2003ra
"I am going to say that there are many good points for both engines. However I post a link here to help look at it from the Alley’s point of view. It will save having a mass of large sheets on this forum.
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/allegheny/"
Thanks HighIron
Your the Man!!!
Gee whiz only six posts in two days, Me thinks someone is running out of steam!
In all seriousness thank goodness for diversity, without it, life would be boring[|)]
Who cares. there both good. Besides Deisels rule ; }
I was given a Rivarossa ‘Big Boy’ for my birthday. I love it. It is too big for my layout. But I do love it.
Hey, watch yourself!!! [;)][:D][:)][:p][:D]
I thought you guys would like to know that the Big Boy number series is occupied by SD70Ms so UP can’t restore a 4000.
Scrap the Big Boys, Scrap the Challengers, BUY MORE DIESELS!!! Just kidding.
It’s a good think you were just kidding…[|(][:(!][V][:P]