Class 55 'Deltic'-vs-'BIG BOY'

[SouthEastern-465]

What do you think is the best out of these,please write a reason,and why chose the one you favoured.

 

[generalvegitable]

what is the Big Boy?

 

[37401]

British locos beat American S**t anyday

also isnt BIG BOY a steamer?

 

[SouthEastern-465]

what is the Big Boy?

Biggest steam loco in the world and comes from USA.

 

[37401]

and comes from USA.

Land of the "ying yings" can`t stand any american locos nor do i like Steam, plus you cant compare Diesel to steam!

 

[90019]

Land of the "ying yings"

No, they're built in Canada.

 

[mumrar]

Well, I'm a Deltic lover through and through, but there's no comparison. The big boy was mechanically an absolute beast and monstrously powerful, more so than any Deltic certainly was. But they were built for totally different reasons and to different specifications. A fairer comparison may be the Big Boy and a 60 or 59 to be honest.

 

[Daimler]

What an odd comparison!

However, it's a Deltic, for me - and this is a steam lover speaking.

I always find American steam locos far less elegant than British ones - and indeed far less elegant - and less stylish - than a Deltic, say. So a Deltic.

Had this been 'Deltic' v. 'A3' or 'A4', the result would have differed!

 

[berwickspotter]

Deltic every time for me there was nothing better than seeing one of these beast
thundering up the ECML

 

[ukrob]

What do you think is the best out of these,please write a reason,and why chose the one you favoured.

Why don't you give us your opinion too?

 

[generalvegitable]

Deltic for the same reason as daimler

 

[SouthEastern-465]

My favorite loco out thet two is the 'DELTIC' for one it's sheer size,loyal Inter-city loco,good looking.

 

[generalvegitable]

why did you give us the option of the BIG BOY rather than a proper english loco

 

[SouthEastern-465]

I would of thought that this would of been a good debate as there are all diffrent opinions,diffrent liking in the railway,etc..

 

[Sir_Clagalot]

Compare a 9F to a chinese QJ 2-10-2... The QJs are monsters!!

 

[SouthEastern-465]

No affense but this is off-topic

 

[generalvegitable]

I'll bet that our huge garrat is bigger than the american BIG BOY

 

[TGVDUDE]

I'm not to keen on American Steam loco's because they are far less stylish than ours!, although Big Boy is a BEAST!!!!! has to Be a Deltic!