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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
A large 4-8-4 mainline steam locomotive in 7 and 1/2" track guage. The Hesston Steam Museum. Hesston Indiana USA. August 2005.
I took this photo on an August 2005 visit to the Hesston Steam Museum in northwest Indiana, wich is now one of My Link Pages to the right of Your computer screen.
www.hesston.org
With a very small track guage of only 7 and 1/2 Inches...This little locomotive is very fast, powerful, and heavy just like it's mainline prototype. It also burns coal and boils water just like the real ones did decades ago. It also makes loud puffing and chuffing under heavy load conditions and throws out cinders from the smokestack as well, just as the prototype did during the steam era.
Honey, I shrunk the train.
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