Today, Locomotive 93 is celebrating her 109th Birthday, doing what her designers and builders intended, hauling trains! I know in theory, Locomotive 93 is an inanimate object, but I’m here to tell you, you light a fire in her and she comes alive! Here she is, fresh out of the shop on the completion of her 1,472 day inspection, pulling her first train. Listen carefully and you can hear her chugs echoing throughout the valley. It’s not, “I think I can, I think can” Rather it is, “I KNOW I CAN, I K

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The biggest Northern (4-8-4) type locomotive ever built, and the largest operational rigid frame (not articulated) locomotive in the world. New Mexico Heritage Rail's former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe on its way to the historic AT&SF shops in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico #railway #railroad #STEAM #steamengine #steamlocomotive #history #locomotive #thatsteamguy #historicpreservation #operations #heavyequipment #heavymetal #heavymachinery #UnitedStates #train #trains #railway #railroad #trades