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Originally Posted by Worth1
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Good vid but that's not a Big Boy. That's a 4-8-4 Northern.
Big Boy is a 4-8-8-4. I think four survive. Here's a soppy vid:
Last of the Giants, Pt 1:
https://youtu.be/HR5dEc5VeNw
Pt. 2:
https://youtu.be/p0ri_ciyZ98
As best I can tell, the largest running loco is UP 3985, a 4-6-6-4 Challenger.
BTW, Big Boy is the biggest in this hemisphere. There are (or were) larger in Africa - the giant Beyer-Garrets: 4-8-2 + 2-8-4.