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Old 02-05-2017, 11:23 AM   #2
Diaphone Jim
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I would love to see those in person.
Big Boy was big.
Coal capacity was about 25 tons, water capacity 100 tons. At full steam it used those in an hour.
Refueling must have presented huge logistic challenges.
The engine and tender together weighed about a million pounds, the space shuttles four million at launch.
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