The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #170300   Message #4118440
Posted By: BobL
01-Sep-21 - 03:37 AM
Thread Name: BS: settin on the levee, waitin for the 4014
Subject: RE: BS: settin on the levee, waitin for the 4014
I suppose the nearest thing we had in the UK was the LNER's Class U1 Beyer-Garratt. Its 180 tons compared with Big Boy's 350 (or thereabouts) would be about equivalent on the smaller British loading gauge. Although only one was built, it wasn't particularly successful, and was scrapped in 1955. New build like Tornado? No chance.