Horseshoe Curve from the Cab of a Steam Locomotive | Nickel Plate Road no. 765 

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I was born in Altoona during WWII. Seeing the beautiful, lush western pennsylvania country and hear those lonesome whistles brings a gear to these old eyes.

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30 years ago, 759 took the first step on horseshoe curve, then 765 coming to keep up the legacy of 759.

The very first whistle you hear is the 8" diameter Lunkenheimer 3 chime from the East Altoona Roundhouse. It was mounted on this one day only as a tribute to all of the railroaders that ever worked in or through Altoona. It was used between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, only.

Thank you for bringing me along. French rail road fan.

that is quite a climb.

Thanks for this...Can't beat that sound!

Awesome video from the cab.

A NKP steamer on PRR territory deep in Pennsylvania is just cursed in my opinion. My family worked for the PRR, PC, and Conrail so we are very proud of our Pennsylvania Railroad family heritage.

Just feeling in control of a locomotive like that would probably feel awesome

Wow what a great view

Cool video, 765 is so beautiful! A few years ago I visited the Age Of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek Ohio and got to see 763, if someday 763 was restored I would love to see it and 765 together!

I came a hair from getting a job as an engineer on the B&O railroad in the mid seventys. I hired on Track Service . I just missed getting hired on Train Service as a fireman . Six weeks later the ones they hired went to engineer school .

This is Excellent

The coolest thing! That old girl is showing these diesels how it's really done! Beautiful!

that is the ultimate in a mesmerizing sound of the machine

The whistle on the Fireman side sounded like the old Frisco 1522 Whistle

Wow, the Curve in a steam train.....

Looking forward to whatever excursions you have planned out for this year.

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very cool. I rode around the Curve years ago with parents on PRR and have friends who volunteer with #765, have seen her visit for NS employee special that local railfan group helped with. And riding the Joliet Rocket in June.

Sweet video, the pa horn 👍

thanks for sharing

Totally awesome!

Excellent video.!what a thrill!

Cool, thanks for sharing this.

Thank you for the video

Good stuff, thanks for posting! - Balerio

Nice video guys!!!

Very cool cab ride. • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

Cool view !!!!

Nice one

Should do longer videos from this view

My grandpa was throttle jerker for ATSF, steam had the power but no traction.

Nice.

This is the first time since 1977.

this is fucking heaven

Two whistles on the 765 cool

Great video. Question, in years to come, could you always keep 2 whistles on her like you had in this video? I think it would be cool on the CVSR trips to have a 2nd whistle. But please DO keep the Mars light. It adds a lot of Character to the engine. Also it makes it look like it did when she ran mainline service.

I was here!

Got a Cheesy $30 cab ride at Steamtown! The best 15 minutes of my life! I offered $3,000 for a ride to Moscow and back,but refused it The Insurance of course!!

funny I should see this today, cuz it is 8/20/17 I just got dont scrubbing up after being in the cab of this engine when we were doing runbys at the open house where we keep her in new haven, it is our open house weekend, they were nice this year and let the members blow the whistle when we were going forward and back to signal, and they let me help bank the fire, much training of the younger members was going on, we had one or two learning how to fire, Michael I think his name was learning the ropes of a steam engine as he is a ns engineer but his first foray into running an actual steam engine, oh and I asked if they would let me run the injector to put water in once when it needed it, and so they did, the only thing I did not get to do was do the throttle when they were sitting there putting off steam for the night photo shoot, dont know if that had something to do with fra rules or just did not even feel like letting me even close it, John was saying something akin to some other time, when the time is right maybe, so it was kind of vague, and he basically said he did not want to talk he was running, I had a fun day the weather was warm but not too bad , and I got to learn a few new things, but moreover I got to help bank the fire, practice makes for better technique, I will have my videos up on channel in a short time. but just though I would mention that its coincidence today is the very day of the anniversary of that weekend of that day which had not been done in steam excursion since the 1970's, and maybe one day we will get to do it again, signed Jeremy

I wounder if she will ever be back on these rails again.

I didn't know Steve Fired that's something new I know now

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Quick question can you get listen for the whistle on mobile

more more more post all of the cab video

Is this the same trip featured in the Listen for the Whistle soundtrack?

So i have a question: So you know how in those commercials, and scenes you make with the 765 running Freight service? Would you suppose doing freight excursions? Because I'd love to see the 765 combined with vintage 1942 freight cars.

Wish I could come work for your group but I live in Texas and I hardly know the first thing about a locomotive like 765 other then it’s a steam locomotive and it’s old and strong

I am a bit late to commenting. but I wonder if N&W #611 will ever cross over the horseshoe curve, as the PRR did have ties with the N&W.

Does NS still do this and when will this happen

Joilet Rocket

That train are nkp765

What's the 2nd whistle?

Is the 765 back to her normal self without the mars light at 767 numbering?

why did the 765 have the 759's bell

You guys should have put prr 6 chimes on that day

It looks like ya'll are cooking baked potatoes on the fire box.

I must ask, is Rich Melvin doing ok? I hope he just retired, and that nothing tragic has happened to him. When people put it as, "we have lost a legend", it makes me wonder...

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Britain should do an Anti Maggie Thatcher & open the mines , do your locos have clean burn & gas scrubbers , Britain is sitting on a fortune & knows how to make mines safe ! When she was in power our mortgage int rates went to 16% , and she allowed something Spain will never forgive her for, dumping highly toxic Plutonium waste off the Galician coast.I was a crazy steam powered train youth , & from my dad giving the crew of Mallard at King's Cross Station I was allowed on the footplate& had a toot on the whistle, I'm 78 a lefthander bad short term memory but vast long term, remember at 3 in my pram seeing your Dakoters feeding the Berlin airlift !

She’s a chuffin’ HARD !!!!!

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