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Title: Big Boy 4005 crash.
Post by: capeklr on April 29, 2020, 07:45:11 PM

Hi,
I just came across this interesting animated video that shows Big Boy 4005 was involved in a crash.
I was not aware that any of the Big Boys had accidents.
Did any body here know about this?
https://youtu.be/CaZxz84Qpuo (https://youtu.be/CaZxz84Qpuo)

Title: Re: Big Boy 4005 crash.
Post by: BigEd on April 30, 2020, 08:34:16 AM

Yup, it happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Big_Boy#Accidents_and_incidents