Gettysburg Railroad 

Especially if you love watching steam locomotives that have been maintained so poorly that the FRA has to make an inspection schedule :)

@@overpoweredsteamproduction513 That has Nothing to Do with my Comment What so Ever. Poor management has nothing to do with my Comment.

The Gettysburg and Northern are still in operation, run by Patriot Rail. You still have the opportunity to see it and film it.

The Gettysburg Railroad doesn’t even exist anymore it’s the CSX Hanover Subdivision now

It was sad that 1278 had discontinued in service since that incident happened in June 16th 1995.

No, it’s a different operator and is freight only. The coaches were sold or scrapped. CSX is on the ex-WM tracks. Gettysburg is on the ex-Reading tracks north to Mt. Holly Springs and the interchange with NS’s ex-Conrail and ex-Reading line to Harrisburg. They had very nice brochures for the tourist train in the 80’s and early 90’s, I have some of them. I rode it once in April 2001 after my male cousin’s wedding in Carlisle and Harrisburg. It was a 32 mile round trip pulled with a red GP high hood diesel. Steam was long gone at that point. The double deck open air car really vibrated and we moved to regular coach during the ride. You captured scenes that will never be seen or heard again. #76 was at Owosso, MI and is now a static display in a town in western MD painted in B&O. The BM&R now R&N 2102 visited Gettysburg on May 21, 1988 during a mainline excursion from South Hamburg, it ran on Conrail from south of Temple station to Carlisle Jct. I’m riding behind 2102 again on Oct 1 from Reading to Jim Thorpe. I rode behind it twice before, April 1988 South Hamburg to Temple and Sept. 7, 1991 from Emmaus near me to Pennsburg when BM&R ran on ex-Reading branches owned by the Commonwealth of PA. The Emmaus to Pennsburg line was owned by East Penn Railroad since July 1995.

Thats because it was sold!

76 was probably the best locomotive they had on their roster

Yeah. Even though it was sad that Canadian Pacific 1278 hasn’t operated since June 16th 1995 due to a backdraft boiler explosion incident that caused the heritage railroad to close down. The engine is possible of returning back to operation again, but currently there are no plans for it. The rest of their steam locomotives are also not being planned to be brought back in service, except 38. That engine is currently undergoing restoration back to operation soon.

Honestly, I think you mean cool like heaven.

That open air car double decker was from an autorack. Scrapped since 2009-10

Yep, converted into a 2 level open air car.

I believe that double decker open car was scrapped. Along with the two open cars at Knox and Kane. Correct me if I’m wrong

Me too. Despite their poor operations and maintenance they have back then. Which is what had happened with Canadian Pacific 1278, back in June 16th 1995.

I feel sorry for Canadian Pacific 1278.

If poor 1278 wasn't going to blow up, the other two would've destroyed themselves to get the attention of the outside world, the poor consolidation sounds ready to throw her cylinder off.

That’s Right.

Indeed. Because the FRA steam standards weren't a thing back then, until the early 2000s I believe

That would be Because they are. Gettysburg railroad crews were not trained to maintain steam locomotives, or even to properly operate them for that matter, which culminated in the pacific, 1278, suffering a crown sheet failure and "backdraft" explosion in 1995.

BOOM

it happened in 1995.

Backdraft

1278 isn't totally dead, she's getting restored back to operation by the Age Of Steam Roundhouse.

Don’t you mean 1293?? I thought 1278 was being used for parts. But IF 1278 is being restored, uh... whole new firebox and back head. But there could be more.

76 was purchased by a restoration group for eventual operations on the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay in Michigan. 1278 is at the Age of Steam museum in Sugar Creek OH.

@@fmnut Actually 76 isn't gonna operate its now on display in Maryland and now renumbered as 476

@@evanf1293 just repeating the most recent info I could find on the web. Thx for the update.

@@fmnut yeah I thought the same thing as you til a friend of mine told me

@@evanf1293 Yes, it turned out that the running gear was so shot on this engine due to Gettysburg's poor maintenance that it would have been cost prohibitive to restore it. So, that's basically two locomotives that they ruined that will most likely never run again.

They operated for a few more years after that, but that incident pretty much killed them i believe. I'm not sure if they still do anything or not. Alot of their equipment was sold at auction a few years after the boiler explosion. 1278 is currently at the AoS roundhouse.

@@drby0788 Sloan Cornell was the owner of the GETY and the Knox and Kane RRs. In 1996, the Gettysburg Railroad was sold to RailAmerica which operated the line as the Gettysburg Railway. In 2001, the Gettysburg Railway was sold to Pioneer Railcorp and the Gettysburg and Northern Railroad took over operations. Excursions were run by the Gettysburg Ry and G&N, but have since ceased. Cornell moved his passenger operations to the K&K, purchased a Chinese 2-8-2 and restored track over the Kinzua Viaduct.

@@drby0788 Yeah,Sloan Cornell never did recover after Jimmy's death.

@@JBB4118 Who was Jimmy?

@@Trainsbigandsmall Jim Cornell,Sloane's son.

IIRC, DLW and RDG.

@@wrailfan Looks like one was an ex-LIRR ping pong.

A couple of Erie Stillwells also.

@@fmnutdon’t forget NYC and New Haven

Yes, I believe it is.

I think the auto rack was scrapped along with a few others. Also the open platform combine is at Middletown Hummelstown RR I think

Alco RS 36, originally Nickel Plate Road, then N&W.

@@fmnut I was thinking it was RS something or other from the way the end of the long hood was shaped. They have that very distinctive look but I wasn't sure of what model RS it was. The short hood being a low hood always throws me off rather they are RS type also. Not just what model RS they are but if it is or not because the short hood being low. Thanks for the info. Stay well. 👍

@@williambryant5946 hi or low hood is not really a spotting feature. In the late 50s/early 60s, models from EMD and Alco were available with either height as an option. Adding to the confusion were hi hoods that had their noses chopped later in life.

@@fmnut Yeah that's what I was trying to say. It throws me off because of the short hoods being different and not the same for a certain model or being changed later.

A 2-8-0 built by Baldwin

@Danny Smutek yep