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pansypoo53219

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3. i saw a big boy engine at the green bay train museum. i got in the cab. my danish retired train epal visited me

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Tue Sep 24, 2024, 05:10 AM

Sep 24

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+ we took him there. SO MANY valve wheels + teeny tiny winow looking forward. the museum's engine older. + longer. bigger rivets.

https://nationalrrmuseum.org/union-pacific-4017-big-boy/.

PBS had a restoration show + they replaced a steam engine. under the cover is so different.

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i saw a big boy engine at the green bay train museum. i got in the cab. my danish retired train epal visited me pansypoo53219 Sep 24 #3