Steam power, strong and powerful til the end of an era. Vintage film of steam engines on North American railroads in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Dedicated to Dick Race and Jack Race.
Grand Trunk Western 6322 could’ve been displayed at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Along with Grand Trunk Western 6319 could’ve been displayed at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Connecticut.
Super neat, ive never seen video of it before its life at the GCR. Say where do you find these amazing catches of historical railroads and trains anyway?
Wow that’s very cool. There could actually be a way in very near future if not right now on how to enhance the quality of these videos to see specifically which numbers those are. What surprised me most here was the fact 2 of them were jointly hooked together rather than it being just 1 pulling all of the freight. I’m pretty sure 2 of them weren’t needed in this case but rather used for faster starting times.
I love the Big Boys! Little fun fact, 90 percent of the time when Big Boys were doubleheaded with other big power like in this clip, it wasn’t because the train was to heavy but rather to transport the extra engine to another division point.
Super. I never got to see steam on the C&S between Denver and Wyoming, but I did see the last steam at the Great Western of Colorado served sugar beet mills, and I know some of the history of this particular Mikado locomotive. I lived in Berthoud, north of Denver, and I remember the first SD-7 and SD-9 locomotives in the Blackbird paint scheme, (Missed the F units by that much.) then later on, the Chinese Red locomotives showed up with a tiny C&S on the side of the cab. The Q steamer looks like it could easily be in northern Colorado hosting a fan trip. 💙 T.E.N.
