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The Biggest Locomotive in the World

This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), showcases "the biggest locomotive in the world," a huge engine built by the Santa Fe Railroad in its Topeka, Kansas shops.

THE BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD: BUILT BY THE SANTA FE RAILROAD AT ITS TOPEKA SHOPS

About this Document

  • Source: The Modern Railroad
  • Author: Edward Hungerford
  • Publisher: A.C. McClurg & Co.
  • Published: Chicago
  • Date: 1911