I've been looking for another LLW (Lima Loco Works) Lego model to go along with my 765/1225 and I think if I can afford the basic parts, this will be the engine I build
Loved the video @bricktrooper8236! Can't wait for the next video man! First video of yours that I'm watching and absolutely loving the content man! Imagine Building these Massive Steam Locomotives as well as the UP Big Boys in Minecraft with the Create Mod and the Create: No Limits add-on as well as the Newly released Create: Interactive. Granted, as they are the Same Gauge as the LMS Stanier Class 5's (aka the Black Fives for their All Black Liveries), they'd have to be either 2:1 or 2.5:1 Scale but building them in Modded Minecraft would be such a Thrill! The only drawback is that the Big Boys would look more like the Challengers that preceded them as the Current largest Boogie Type is the 6 Wheeled Boogie. The Limits within the Create Mod for how Many Boogies in Total are on a Single Train can easily be taken Care of with the Create: No Limits add-on, so you can have More than 10 Boogies on a Train with an Allegheny because Notch knows the Engine and Tender Alone take up 6 of those 10 Boogies. Back when A Day out with Thomas came over to Baltimore in around 2012, I actually got to see 1604 in person with my Parents and there was a Glass or plexiglass Window covering the Opening to the Coal Tender. Believe it or not, but there actually is a Drill at the Bottom to Feed Coal into the Firebox which leaves the Classic "Shovel it in" method we usually see in Steam Locomotives as a Means of putting extra coal on the Fire.
The N&W railroad had incredible examples of steam power during the steam era and these locomotives delivered high quality performance records. It's great to see that N&W locomotives J class # 611, A class #1218, and Y6a class #2156 have all been preserved and still exist today. The Norfolk Southern steam program has had an impressive operating history and it's incredible to see that J class engine 611 still operates in excursion service today. The class A and Y6 articulated steam locomotives were amazing to see in operation from steam era video footage, and engines 1218 and 2156 are brilliant representatives of N&W articulated steam power.
I have ridden behind 1225 a number of times. I was on a double heading trip with 1225 & 765, what a great trip and time that was. Luckily I videotaped the whole excursion.
Here’s a clue, become a member of Steam Railroading Institute and you get a 2 day advanced notice of ticket sales before they go on sale the to general public.
Nothing from the West? This video is warped. The Northern Pacific railroad invented the Northern. And yet not a single NP Northern exists. What about the Milwaukee Road F7 Hiawatha? What about the Chicago & Northwestern H class Northerns? They were the biggest Northerns in the Midwest. Your list is lacking.
@bricktrooper8236 yep she will be running this weekend for the frist time since 2021 I also got in contact with the Steam Railroading Institute and asked if they could put the Polar Express lettering on 1225s tender
My grandpa was an engineer and ran this very locomotive when he worked on the C&O. I saw it on the way to the museum when i was a boy. I snapped a picture as it passed by my house between two diesel locomotives.
@@gcanaday1 no, he hauled coal for the C&O and retired shortly before they bought the B&O and it became the Chessie System. I think maybe 1982. He was pretty old. He lived in a little town called Luckey, OH till the day he died. I didn’t get to say goodbye, I was away in the Middle East at the time. He was a great man.
The C&O "Allegheny" h8 class locomotives were a unique & impressive type of articulated steam locomotive used for hauling coal trains in the Virginia/ West Virginia area until the mid 1950s. It's a true shame that none of the 8 Virginian rr AG class locomotives (900-907) were saved from the scrapping torch, I would love to one of them preserved on display today ; however I am glad that both C&O engines 1601 and 1604 still exist today housed in museums, I really like articulated steam power.
1225 in 2023: I wish i could run again A year later 1225: YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!! I AM FINALLY RESTORED TO OPERATE AND I WILL MEET MY BROTHER 765!!!1!1!1!1!1!1!
I would say you need the Milwaukee Road class F7 Baltics on this list! These locomotives could very well have been the fastest locomotives ever built! Few official records were ever attempted because runs over distances longer than 20 miles had to routinely be made at average speeds of 120 mph in order to maintain the schedule in the published timetable! These locomotives ran with the needle pegged at 120 every day both up and down grades pulling full 16 car 800 imperial ton trains! I would say it is extremely lucky for the Mallard that the Milwaukee Road never put much effort into officially trying to determine the true top speed of these locomotives both sending every last one to the scrappers. Another interesting note when researching these locomotives was the reaction of speed record “hunters.” Back in the 30’s, there were journalists traveling around Europe and the Eastern US looking for the “World’s Fastest” steam engine. They would attend every one of the special highly publicized record attempts. Every once in a while, one of them would wander out to the American Midwest to investigate a “rumor” there might be a fast train out there. Of course they didn’t believe it because there were never any huge public events announced. Then, they would be flabbergasted when riding in the cabs with these railroaders whose job it was to haul hundreds of passengers everyday at speeds often averaging in excess of 115 mph for hundreds of miles! They would be watching the blur outside the cab, see the needle hovering above 115 and the engineer just sitting in total silence watching the track and his cab signals. Often the only time they would back off was to reduce speed to 90mph to go through the Rondout interlocking. And their engines, after making one of these 400+ mile runs, most of the way in the triple digits pulling a 16 cars train, would load up and immediately do it again! For men and machine, record attempts was their job, not a special occasion.
@@bricktrooper8236 and a lot of people just don't realize that these steam-powered beauties have a soul. So, in a sense, scraping them and putting them into a furnace is murder
OK you need to really work on this thing first there’s no strings on the titanic final second there is no ropes on the polls and third the titanic funnels are too short and you can’t even split it in half😡😠😤
That's right because I can still remember when I was 3 years old in 1956, watching those alleghenies pull coal drags about 3 blocks from my house in Charleston, W. Va.
Pere Marquette 1225 Will Not Coming Back Because He Eventually Passed Away Last Year His Death is His Cause of Death Boiler Explode He Died January 20 2022
