Yeah, and it has two complete sets of driving wheels. Not unlike two complete locomotives, and big ones at that, melded together into one big machine. Not the highest traction (pulling force ) rated locomotive but close. The engine and tender weigh 1 1/4 million pounds and can reach 80 MPH. The firebox is 27 feet deep and is fed from the tender by an auger; no human could possibly keep up with those fuel requirements with a shovel.
Great to hear one is going in for restoration! I went twice to Scranton, PA to see the one on display there and would travel a fair distance to see one belch smoke and actually move.
I hope there is enough integrity in the boiler and various other, critical parts that it can be restored. There had been talk of restoring one years ago for a movie but the project was scrapped due to the expected cost and the fact that there was a fair amount of uncertainty that it could even be done.
Brian
I've never heard of an articulated locomotive before. The thing is a monster.