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Union Pacific #4012
Locomotive #4012 is a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. The Big Boys were the longest and among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives in the world.
Even with their great size, the Big Boys were capable of reaching speeds in excess of eighty miles per hour. Steamtown's #4012 is 132'-10" long and with a loaded tender weighs 1,189,500 pounds. In service, it carried twenty-eight tons of coal, 24,000 gallons of water, and developed a tractive force of 135,375 pounds. |