N&W 611: The Power and Might of the Queen 

wow i wish i could have operated a magnificent beast of locomotive like 611

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The 611 can do the work of 2-3 P42 Genesis locomotives.

Also in theory 611 can beat mallard's speed record.

hahaha you like N&W 611 and like LMS princess elizabeth

they have loose axles

I always thought the curves were were pretty sharp too, but it's mostly the angle of the shot that makes them look sharp.

yes i would like to ride in coach behind her tender if her service stays running

Thanks Eric!

Well thank you for your support 😄

Comments like that are what keeps me motivated and happy in my work, so again thank you!

Thanks Mike!

Haha it was nice meeting you too!

Cars from multiple groups and organizations form the train, the engine pulls them

No doubt about that.

yup along with maybe LMS princess elizabeth

Finally, someone with common sense. Yes, we can have own opinion of the true Queen of Steam, and IMO, it's the 611 for mechanical reasons.

+ austrorus Magnificent beast indeed, & the most powerful 4-8-4 "northern" in existence. as for the snow thing, she probably could plow through snow, to a certain extent, but usually railroads over here will assign a certain train for plowing snow, usually a russel plow, flanger, rotarys etc, which are designed for plowing snow. If your talking about the car directly behind the engine, that's its tender, which carries both coal & water. If your talking about the car directly behind the tender, it is just for extra water so they don't have to stop as often to fill up.

the diesel usually provides electrical power to the passenger cars unless there's a generator car in the consist

Yes you the diesel is used for electrical power for the passenger cars ugh priceless knowledge about excursions

The only time 611 really needs diesels is on Old Fort loops now, they did have 1 in the consist, most likely for dynamic breaking, but since the 611 is very modern for its time, most likely that diesel wasn't in use.

@@usstiger_cd4165 There were two diesels on 611’s 2016 trip over the S Line, those being Norfolk Southern’s Southern heritage unit GEVO 8099 and Southern Railway FP-7 6133.

@Julian R Yea. Besides he never mentioned where he was from but it would be cool if that happened, and if he mentioned the NYC railroads treatment of Hudson’s and other steamers.

You mean Thomas and friends Connor

Sir they took her out west on flat ground no cars in tow and some people said she achieved a speed of around 125 mph. THAT IS HAULING ASS for A STEAM TRAIN

@@mrperdue5854 That isn't the question, my answer is yes, and hopefully soon, it would be cool 611 going through my town pulling an NS Excursion from Raleigh in Charlotte NC beating some Piedmont trains to it, and no if it was going to beat the speed record it will most likely be on the NEC where it can go over 125 hauling some cars with it.

means the wheels are slipping. every quarter of a wheel turn the valve on one side or the other opens to let the steam from the piston exhaust through the stack, the stack is designed so the escaping steam sucks air through the firebox, which makes it hotter and helps produce more steam. when the wheels slip because too much power is applied, the pistons "run away" and cycle much quicker. A steam engine has the maximum possible force on a piston when the piston is at rest, so when applying power from a stop, the entire weight of the engine has to apply enough friction to the rails to counter the weight of the train. which is why heavier steam engines are better. There is an old saying that steam engines can pull trains they can't start, and diesels can start trains they cannot pull. A single Steam locomotive of comparable size to a diesel has 4 times the amount of torque, for the same overall weight, which is why longer trains with diesels typically have 3 or 4 diesels, but a single steam locomotive could do the job of all four.

wheelslip i think

Yup

Desviados TS and how many streamlined steam locomotives overall are surviving

CNR 6060 should be running again soon, it’s semi-streamlined. Don’t forget the NC&StL 576 in Nashville.

PereMarquette1223 I’m not sure if 576 is streamlined

Amtrak121 it’s semi-streamlined just like the 4449.

Is 4449 !

@@LeandroGames428 4449 was built for the Southern Pacific

Is you dum

It’s the 611

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Who cares? Photographs well.

I didn't know that, thanks.

No problem, glad I could help.

Combustion efficiency on coal is not hard. It just requires a little bit of knowledge and practice on the part of the fireman. The coal is thrown in a certain pattern, thick on the edges thin in the center with care taken to not leave any holes that let excess air through or thick patches that block the air excessively. With a bit of practice swinging the shovel, the fireman will cause the engine to swallow its smoke and burn efficiently, using less coal per mile than an engine belching black as it goes. Of course the photographers love the impressive image that rolling black smoke makes, and sometimes the fireman will make the engine smoke on purpose for photo runbys. I sometimes do it too with the steam tractor when waiting for a turn on the plow, laying the coal on thick for photos knowing that once the plow digs in and the governor opens up the fire will become intense and eat the soot up.

@@renegadeoflife87 I'm with you there. My opinion is they stoke the fire a little in areas that'll probably gather a lot of sightseers. I've seen videos of 611 working hard in remote areas and she has a relatively clean stack. I don't mind the theatrics, but I prefer to see her running clean.

not all diesels are some like the Krauss Maffei are great

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Metra MP36 407 it kinda does though ._.

Everyone has their own tastes. 765 is my taste.

611 has been and will always be king but I still love 765. 765 was one of the 1st REAL steam engines I've ever seen.

it does on any comparison. Tractive effort, Speed, service intervals.

Depends on the application. 611 was express passenger- she rides fast and smooth, while 765 was fast freight- she's a bit rougher on the drawbar and doesn't go quite as fast, but can she ever pull hard.

If someone sees 611 for the good, it still the good way of seeing it.