2024-12-21 02:40:01.859074+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Some test data has me looking at Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the huge 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive that was recently restored.
Anyway, I'm now pretty much convinced that if such a locomotive were built today it would unironically be called "Hekkin' Chonker".
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