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A drawing of Baltimore and Ohio's Yellowstone class 2-8-8-4 EM-1. With the announcement of Union Pacific possibly rebuilding a Big Boy, here is a little comparison between the two.

..................EM1.....................Big Boy
Length........125'10"...............132'9"
Drivers.........64"......................68"
Weight........1,010,700........1,250,000
Boiler PSI.....235.....................300
Traction.....115,000 lbs.......135,375

So in essence, a Big Boy could out pull, out run, and get to speed faster than a EM1. Both where the biggest for the railroad they ran. But alas, the Big Boy falls short of being the most powerful. That title goes to N&W's Y6b, 166,000 of traction effort.

Thirty EM-1s where built for the Baltimore and Ohio while none where saved while 25 Big Boys where build for the Union Pacific while EIGHT where saved. Much in the way that 425 Pennsy K4s where build while only 2 saved. Or even worse, 275 New York Central 4-6-4 Hudsons where build and none saved.
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:icondinodanthetrainman:
~dinodanthetrainman May 16, 2013
cool great locomotive:)
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:iconelr79655:
~elr79655 Apr 9, 2013
She's a beauty here. One of my friends at my model railroad club has a Bachmann EM-1, and it pulls great on the curves and mountains.
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:icondragonwolface:
*DragonWolfACe Apr 9, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I have one also and its a great loco!
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:iconthomasofseattle:
~thomasofseattle Mar 30, 2013
Nice line and shading work there. :D
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:icondragonwolface:
*DragonWolfACe Mar 30, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks!
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Mood: Pride *kassor Mar 23, 2013  Professional General Artist
Impressive artwork and amazing Bigboy. Magnificent historical research.
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:icondragonwolface:
*DragonWolfACe Mar 23, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you but this is a B&O EM1.
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~JARM13 Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
It's a wonder any of them were saved . Just think how much trouble and expense it is for volunteers and donors to rescue them . I imagine most were scraped out either during the depression or for WWII . Feeding your family or protecting them from people bent on world domination beats out saving a cool train . How sad that there had to be a choice at all .
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:icondragonwolface:
*DragonWolfACe Mar 23, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Actually, these where built during WWII to meet traffic demands. One, rumored to be the one that was suppose to be saved, wasnt scrapped until the early 1960s.
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~Lemmy-koopaling Mar 22, 2013  Student Digital Artist
OH MY LORD
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