Steam engine Big Boy #4014

[Astro_Guy]

Caught it coming through Linfield PA on the 2nd. Was very cool to see in person. The temp was >100f, humidity not far behind, and the crowd was huge. Glad I was there.

A friend and colleague of mine was there at the Railroad Street Bar and Grill. He said that the police managed the situation well. We peeled off from the chase at Port Clinton and went to the Sly Fox in Pottstown for brews, pizza and wings.

Getting back to the subject of oil, did you know that steam oil is added to the boiler in order to lubricate the cylinders? Probably not in a superheated steam application like the Big Boy but that's the way it was done with simple saturated steam engines.

 

[Al]

I live a couple hours from Steamtown in Scranton which has the BigBoy. I am heading there this summer

 

[wlk]

It came through our town on Tuesday afternoon. The wife and I went and watched it behind the local college. Very cool but surprisingly quiet from what I've pictured it to be from TV and movies over the years.
Very cool