kipps - 9/11/2024 06:35
Kooiker - 9/10/2024 11:16
Its "insurance".
Kind of like taking a 2024 cell phone along in your pocket when you go out cruising in your 50's, 60's or 70's car.
Another reason is to take some of the load off of the steam locomotive, and conserve water and fuel. the extensive infrastructure needed to fuel and water those locomotives is gone now, and extra logistics are needed to keep it going. At least one of the yellow cars between the Big Boy and the diesel-electric is an additional tender car, which helps, but doesn't completely eliminate the fuel/water logistics problem.
Big Boy
