paul roncetti

I also think they were 136 feet long. They still run one for show cross country that has the 4-3-3-4 arrangement, the predecessor to the 4-8-8-4's. It pulls a passenger train of Union Pacific yellow cars. The Big Boys ran for 20 years from around 1941 to 1961, with the last run of running in tandem with a diesel electric in front, the ultimate insult.

Anyone interested can type in Union Pacific Big Boy on U Tube where there is a lot of footage. Very impressive to see two in tandem pulling a freight train of just flat cars with two tanks on each, headed west in the winter with yard workers shoveling sand under the drivers to get the traction to get moving. Imagine, 1200 tons of locomotive with 32 drivers which I believe were around 5 feet in diameter trying to get the traction to start moving. American Locomotive works built them, if I remember right in New York state.

Imagine 16 drivers, the front 8 articulating to take the curves, weighing in at 600 tons, with 50 tons of coal on board and 25000 gallons of water which gave them a range of 40 miles pulling a heavy load.

Hi Vlad, Tell me where to send it, or give me a phone number and I can do it for you, Paul

Good progress Vinny, Do you have a better picture of the barn.

ok, I DO KNOW BORAX SAID THE PROPER NAME IS BELL

COULD BE, all I can say its still a Mack.

NE LINGO

Anyway, I don't see any problem putting bells on. If I said I was gonna put planetary, then that would be out of place as you'd probably be riding down the street on the axles because the wheels wouldn't touch the ground.

Bryan, You notice bells on this U Model?

OH OK,

WOW, Would I get paid to go on?

Tell you the truth Sean I've been thinking of it, but I have to put a bigger cab protector on it and fabricate a new tailgate and fill in the body to make it straight up and down rather than slanted, which is crucial along with the cab protector.

No Sean, they can bolt up over present axle and if I don't like can take them off, no problem.

_{cones should actually bolt up}

Next week, about mid week

Sean, I know that with the U Models, especially when they have Bell Axles

I want a restored B81, cheaper than doing it from scratch, still checking out trucks, I'm not done yet. If I sell any, I sell them, if not that's ok too. The LI truck out of the whole bunch is the most reliable as far as starting, and not kind of oil, or hydraulic leaks. Just cab needs help and dump body cosmetically.

Hi Ernie, Call the new number, he still has the truck, Paul

You receive it Ernie?

JUST FORWARDED

ok let me try again

Hi Ernie, did you get my messages to you, sent via email and on PM here, Thanks, Paul

yes, so don't try to swim it, lol