In 1941 Alco Locomotive Work in America make 25 steam locomotives are big and powerful super great named Big Boy, is reputedly the largest locomotive ever in the world. This locomotive is operated by Union Pacific United States as it navigates a tough mountainous terrain.
In 1930 Union Pacific has the experience to do help on the path to the Wasatch Ogden (USA), where the train is weighing 3,600 tonnes and the elevation of 1.14%. Therefore, Union Pacific locomotives are super strong willed. Big Boy could draw a series of 3,600 tonnes, 270.000 kg of traction, so it was decided by the configuration 4-8-8-4 (meaning 8 +8 cog, or DD series), and the speed of 150 km / h, and the vapor pressure of 300 psi.
It is said that the last data recorded that the Big Boy had to wade through an average of one million miles traveled, the largest being the position of locomotive 4006 with 1,064,625 miles, while the smallest is the position of locomotive 4024 with 811 956 miles. Code 40 means made in the 40s, the last two figures are numbered consecutively.
In 1930 Union Pacific has the experience to do help on the path to the Wasatch Ogden (USA), where the train is weighing 3,600 tonnes and the elevation of 1.14%. Therefore, Union Pacific locomotives are super strong willed. Big Boy could draw a series of 3,600 tonnes, 270.000 kg of traction, so it was decided by the configuration 4-8-8-4 (meaning 8 +8 cog, or DD series), and the speed of 150 km / h, and the vapor pressure of 300 psi.
It is said that the last data recorded that the Big Boy had to wade through an average of one million miles traveled, the largest being the position of locomotive 4006 with 1,064,625 miles, while the smallest is the position of locomotive 4024 with 811 956 miles. Code 40 means made in the 40s, the last two figures are numbered consecutively.
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