TexasSP posted:They weren't simply going bigger just to go bigger.
Yeah, they clearly wanted to go for headlines. Not only would they have the largest steam locomotive currently running (a fact that could change on any given day), they wanted to say they had the largest one ever made.
It makes for excellent copy for a non-train-fan writer/editor.
Beats me why so many people in the hobby can't see the simple logic behind that.