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Re: UP BIG BOY 4014 - FT WORTH TX
« on: October 11, 2024, 10:02:47 pm »
Just an amazing piece of human engineering to design, fabricate and put that beast together and it all works in engineering harmony.

Terrific it's been kept and not scrapped at some point in time and lost to history.

I’d like to know how they cast and machined all the parts.
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