Yall like trains? You're gonna love this...
I remember parking next to that beast at Pomona swap meet. Yeah, if you got there past about 8AM, you were parking in the far lot. "....Union Pacific hasn’t said how much the restoration cost, but Wrinn estimated at least $4 million based on similar restorations...". That weighed more than a fully loaded 747!!
I like this one, PRR S-1: Did it hit 156mph? "....The locomotive was claimed to have exceeded 156 mph (251 km/h) on the Fort Wayne-Chicago run, as it was reported that the PRR received a fine for the feat..." It was so long it could not run on most of the PRR track and had to take huge track turns, sometimes going 10s of miles out of its way, and onto foreign track to negotiate turns. It was also too heavy for some switches (Pittsburgh) so it was really a one trip pony: Chicago to Crestline Ohio.
I remember parking next to that beast at Pomona swap meet. Yeah, if you got there past about 8AM, you were parking in the far lot. "....Union Pacific hasn’t said how much the restoration cost, but Wrinn estimated at least $4 million based on similar restorations...". That weighed more than a fully loaded 747!!
I like this one, PRR S-1: Did it hit 156mph? "....The locomotive was claimed to have exceeded 156 mph (251 km/h) on the Fort Wayne-Chicago run, as it was reported that the PRR received a fine for the feat..." It was so long it could not run on most of the PRR track and had to take huge track turns, sometimes going 10s of miles out of its way, and onto foreign track to negotiate turns. It was also too heavy for some switches (Pittsburgh) so it was really a one trip pony: Chicago to Crestline Ohio.
