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Posted: Apr 29 2014 (22:11)
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These locos were in less numbers, considered as the world's most powerful n heaviest, but due to excessive issues in Boiler system, the loco wasn't much successful in certain sections. Til date, only ALCO UP Big Boy, C&O's Allegheny n Challenger hold the record.
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Massive Virginian 2-10-10-2 Mallet compound. In 1944 the railroad acquired seven from the Lima Locomotive Works. Considered to be the heaviest locomotives ever produced.
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