ADMISSION IS FREE!!

Some DEC Members will meet at the exhibit on Friday the 11th at 9:00am and then drive back to Dallas for the DEC Meeting.  Let us know if your interested in joining us.    275 W Lancaster Ave  Fort Worth, Texas.

The "Big Boy" is one of the world's largest successful steam locomotive. The locomotive was used to haul the heavy freight trains over the mountains between Cheyenne WY and Ogden UT. The "Big Boy" is an "articulated" engine that is 132 feet 9 1/4 inches long. It weighs 600 tons and could generate a speed of up to 80 mph. The Union Pacific railroad ordered 25 units to built between 1941 and 1944 and, of that number, seven are on static display and one has been restored and that unit is coming to Ft. Worth October 10-11th.  

The Big Boy could pull 120 cars – that is a 1-mile train length. Once it got started, it would take over a 1.5 miles to come to a stop.  At full load it would consume all its steam within 2 hours. The Big Boy could pull a 1 mile Long Train up and over the Rockies at a consistent 40-50mph. It was rated at 6,500 horsepower.

The Union Pacific Big Blow Gas Turbine Locomotive, also known as the GTEL 8500 Horsepower Turbine, was a series of gas turbine-electric locomotives that were operated by Union Pacific. The locomotives were nicknamed "Big Blows" because of their loud jet engine exhaust noise.  The locomotives were built by GE and American Locomotive Company between 1952-1961. The Big Blow engine was developed to replace the Diesel Locomotives that replaced the Big Boy Steam Locomotive. Diesels could not produce enough power.