The river flows...

Lyn Islaub · 02-26-2021, 11:18 AM

My Grandfather (a WW1 Navy Vet) was an engineer on the Union Pacific and drove the Big Boy locomotives from Ogden, Utah to Carlin Nevada up the Uinta Grade, one of the steepest grades in the UISA. Sometimes they used two of these monsters if the train was long. He took me on one of his trips when I was about 9 years old and I'll never forget the impressions left by being aboard that monster locomotive, the largest in the world.

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02-26-2021, 11:18 AM	#1
Lyn Islaub Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 152 Times in 72 Posts	My Grandfather (a WW1 Navy Vet) was an engineer on the Union Pacific and drove the Big Boy locomotives from Ogden, Utah to Carlin Nevada up the Uinta Grade, one of the steepest grades in the UISA. Sometimes they used two of these monsters if the train was long. He took me on one of his trips when I was about 9 years old and I'll never forget the impressions left by being aboard that monster locomotive, the largest in the world.