Big Boy Train

Seeing the biggest steam engine in the US = happiness!

When I tell you this train was big... I am not exaggerating. This is the biggest steam engine in the US. This was one of 25 Big Boy's and was used to haul heavy freight across the US. It was built in 1941. Standing next to it, I felt tiny! It has 4-8-8-4- wheel arrangement and weighs over 1.2 million pounds!

There are only eight remaning trains of this classification. Oh, and did I mention this guy could do almost 80 mph?

Steam Engine

Being around working steam trains... hearing the train honk, seeing the steam, and smelling the coal = happiness!

So, if you guessed Steamtown National Historic Site in Pennsylvania... then you were right.

Their is an amazing collection of all things trains. They have an incredible working turn table. You can ride a real restored steam train and passenger car. They have a TON of vintage train stuff to look at. They have a few restored train cars that you can walk through and touch (including a mail car).

I was seriously in fun overload!