Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good shot, Fred.

bnsf

Locomotive DM&IR Yellowstone #225 in Proctor, MN. One the side of the locomotive the DM&IR put a plaque which tells the history of the locomotive and what its job required. There is only three Yellowstone's left, they are in Proctor which this photo shows, #227 DM&IR Museum in Duluth Under the (Amtrak Depot) and #229 in Two Harbors. Rumors has it that the Yellowstone in the Museum was talked about getting restored since it is stored in doors and the drive gears are lubed all the time and will be run on the Museums trackage to Two Harbors. So far, all it is, is just, a rumor. Nothing has been said about it being restored. It would be would wonderful to have our own Yellowstone again in Minnesota running but only time will tell.

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

That thing is HUGE! Great shot btw.

rrkazman

Only 72 of these were ever built, most by the Baldwin co. they were all built in the early part of the 20th century DM&IR being built in 1941, of the model in the picture there were 18 built in two classes M3 and M4.
all 2-8-8-4, they are some of the largest steam engines ever built only the "Big Boy" built for the Union Pacific was slightly larger. DM&IR weight was 1,133,040 while the "Big Boy" was 1,208,750. The "Big Boy" was a 4-8-8-4. There are only 3 surviving examples of the leviathans they are all the DM&IR models. The age of steam was a moment in history that changed the size of the planet. Thank you for the picture.

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

One of those can be seen in Strasburg Pa. in the train musum.

Fred Harwood Loc: Sheffield, Mass.

Thank you all for your comments. We were coming home along a northern route from the west coast, and I couldn't resist stopping for this photo. I remember my first steam engine, behind my nursery school in Great Barrington, Mass., as it backed up to the water tower and then reconnected to the cars while I watched it all, about age 5.