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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 09:31 AM
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Talking For All Who Missed It.
The "Big Boy" UP's 4 8 8 4 is at JACK LONDON Sq..and will be so untill 0900 at which time it leaves for Stockton.So,Kreig,either Martinez or Oakland for you(in traffic).
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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You're not allowed to say something like that without posting a picture.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 11:46 AM
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I think it's headed to Stockton through Livermore.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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What??? I'm lost
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 01:21 PM
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What??? I'm lost
I thought I was the only one!
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Yeah could someone fill us in. Inquiring minds want to know.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by cincydiesel
What??? I'm lost



Big Boy was the name given to the Union Pacific Railroad's twenty-five 4000 class 4-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built between 1941 and 1944 by Alco.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Shovel beat me to it
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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Ohhhhhh...Thomas the Train.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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Is that the same one from the "youtube" video that was posted the other day?
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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You learn something new every day. Thanks for the information fellas.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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My favorite steam locomotive! Got a DVD and a ton of pictures of the UP Big Boys! Looking of getting a brass HO model of one sometime.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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That looks like the one that came threw here last fall. It was HUGE. It came from Cheyan(sp) wyoming and went to Minniapolis for a show then back to Wyoming where its housed.





http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/excurs/up3985.shtml
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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They are showing a series of programs on trains right now on the History Channel. They are talking about the 844 right now.
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 07:09 AM
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Wow, a Big Boy back under it's own power. Talk about being a rail bender!

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