We were not fighters like them; we were cunning and cowardly, and it was because of our cunning and cowardice, and our inordinate capacity for fear, that we survived in that frightfully hostile environment of the Younger World.
Union Pacific's 4-6-6-4 Challenger steam locomotive #3985 is the largest operating locomotive in the world. Built in July 1943 and still used by UP for occasional excursion throughout the western United States, the 3985 weighs 1,073,900 pounds (537 tons).
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 19B â One of the most well known Indian locos outside India is a 'B' class tank, #19, of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway which was sent to Chicago, USA, in 1961 after purchase by a private party, and later was for many years at the Hesston Steam Museum in Indiana (USA).