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Old 09-07-2007, 03:01 PM   #14
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Default Re: The next widebody accident!

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Originally Posted by LOT 737-300 View Post
It's been done already, ever hear of a locomotive called the "Big Blow"? I think Union Pacific was the only company to operate them and they are now retired, one is preserved I think. They actually drove the prototype down here for the media to ooo and ah at.

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Are you sure you don't mean "Big Boy?" Those machines are massive. I live an hour from where they have one on display close to their Headquaters in Omaha, Nebraska. Good stuff. Aside from being a plane freak I'm also a railfan. Gotta love the trains
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