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"None of the UP’s big three (800,Challenger, Big Boy) could have come down to the N&W and done what the N&W”s big three did." EdKing
And likewise, the N&W Magnificent Three wouldn't have been very productive on the Onion Pathetic doing the jobs their ugly Big Three could do! 

First they had lousy coal for the Pig Boy that worked for it but would have gagged the N&W beasties. 

The Y-6b couldn't have hauled at the speed the Challengers did.
The J would have beat itself to death running the speeds the FEF's were operated even though it was proven to run pretty fast.
 The A could have probably done the same job as the Challengers if they had good coal.
 I'm NOT a UP fan but steam engines were railroad and service specific and a magnificent engine for one road wouldn't necessarily have been worth a flip on another railroad for various reasons. 

I think the Challengers and FEFs were very good engines. I think the Pig Boy was a huge publicity event and the subject of way too much hype but then again I'm rather prejudiced towards the A, AG, H-8, EM-1 and Missabe M-3/4s. I don't care for the UP steamer look either compared to how the N&W cosmetically treated their power. Apples vs oranges! I think the engineers & designers in Roanoke were able to create much better esthetically pleasing locomotives than Alco.
In reply to another post about the 3 engines side by side in Roanoke I think seeing them in 2015 all together is just as impressive an event as having the 611 out running again. Who would have ever dreamed we'd see that again? WOW!!!

Anyway, just my 2¢!
Roger HuberDeer Creek Locomotive Works


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I confess – the sum of the N&W big three adding upto the UP 4-6-6-4 was sent me by Vello Nickolaou, an old friend who just gotback home after viewing all three at the VMT.  Vello was the producer ofsome of the railroad programs done by the Histrophy Channel a few yearsback. And Mike is correct – 3985=676!   And, Mike, Clinchfield 677 is coming out of my backshopsoon.  I always wanted a Bowser Wowser, and I’m finally getting mine done,thanks to the Rev. Jim Nichols who supplied some needed parts.  I numberedit after a Southern Ks 2-8-0 that was at Bristol for a spell.  Fits rightafter the renumbered UP job. And no, Frank; the N&W big three do not in anyother respects add up to a UP Challenger.  None of the UP’s big three (800,Challenger, Big Boy) could have come down to the N&W and done what the N&W”s big three did. EdKing   

From: NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-ListSent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 9:35 PMTo: NW Mailing List Cc: NW Mailing List Subject: Re: Numbers I drove past VMT yesterday(8/8/15) and all three were lined up under the pavilion (1218, 611, 2156, leftto right, viewed from Shenandoah Ave north side of the tracks), not a tarp insight.  They looked pretty good to me!! Dave 

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Subject:Numbers What is the sum of 611, 1218 and 2156? EdKing  
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