How heavy was a Big Boy steam locomotive?
545 tAbout 601 US tons · Giant
About 545 tonnes with its tender, among the largest steam engines ever built.
That's about 6,400 big red kangaroos (85 kg each).
🚂545 t
🪖an Abrams tank
By weight: a Big Boy locomotive is about 9.1× heavier than an Abrams tank.
Things about the same weight
- How much does a Boeing 787 weigh?254.011 t
- How much does the ISS weigh?419.725 t
- How much does a Boeing 747 weigh?447.7 t
- How much does a cumulus cloud weigh?500 t
- How much does a Falcon 9 rocket weigh?549.054 t
- How much does an Airbus A380 weigh?575 t
- How much does Christ the Redeemer weigh?635 t
- How much did the Antonov An-225 weigh?640 t
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