World's Biggest Engines
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The Big Boy locomotive, at that time in history was awesome. Most of the others were larger but at 82 years old, I saw some of the last steam locos, and they always fascinate me to this very day. I am a retired Army Prime Power Production Specialist (was 52E, it has changed). Upon leaving the military I worked for Detroit Diesel as a field service technician. In those capacities I worked with and on very large generators up to 6.5 MW for land based power. Also marine generators, marine propulsion and switch gear. Great field to be in and I am glad that I had the education to qualify for that field. I was prior service Navy as a sonartech in the advanced electronics field. My Navy education allowed me the opportunity to graduate as Distinguished Honor Grad in school. With the schools in both branches totaling nearly four years, it made getting a great job after serving quite easy. Gotta love huge engines! Giant machines are powered by the biggest engines ever made! They will blow your mind! Some of these engines are larger than multi-story buildings and power the largest trucks and vehicles you will ever see. We look at machines from companies like Caterpillar, Union Pacific Railroad, Boeing, MySE, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Wärtsilä. Have you ever seen any of these in real life? In this episode of Xplained we take a look at the biggest machines ever created.
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