Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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And the ULTIMATE combination of all five:




America's primary warhorse on the homefront during World War II. Over 10,000 horsepower and 140,000 pounds of tractive force. Unmatched until the 1960s when General Electric built a very limited series of jet turbine dual articulated units also for Union Pacific, and the turbines were retired after just a few years due to the extensive maintenance they required to keep running. The first 'Big Boy' 4000 series of 4-8-8-4 locomotives rolled off the ALCO production line in 1938 and by 1941, 25 of these beasts were thundering all across the western and central US, hauling thousands of tons of coal, diesel fuel, heavy guns, aircraft components, ship components, tanks, and trucks to the ports on both sides of the country heading off to the war front in Europe and the Pacific. After 1950, these same locomotives were responsible for transporting the parts of the Atlas, Centaur, and Titan ICBM rockets and their silos from specialized manufacturing plants all over the country to the sites where they will be assembled and form the primary line of America's nuclear first response deterrent force.