A New York Central film titled 'The Steam Locomotive', detailing the various parts of the New York Central 'Hudson' locomotive and briefly detailing the disposal, servicing, maintenance, preparation and operation of this unit.
My Grandfather Was an engineer on the West Shore Railroad and Then on the NYC Central System . He retired as a Senior Locomotive Engineer and was a Member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers until he retired in 1939 ! He ALWAYS SAID " STEAM is KING " He operated Mohawks, Niagara's and Hudson's among many other types of locomotives .
Back when America dealt in honest work.. What a time. The infrastructure to make this happen was vast and ingenius. Now it's all about how much money you can trick out of the consumer. Delivering the best product / service is no longer in the companies' best interests. Damn shame.
Because Americans won't pay a dime more for a good than they think they need to. Why should I pay $10 for a hammer at my mom and pop hardware store when I can get it for $9.75 at Walmart? That's how we got here.
Wonderful video about the New York Central Railroad’s Steam Locomotives. It’s a shame that none of the famous steam locomotives like the New York Central Hudson’s and Niagara’s were preserved to this day, in fact there are a few New York Central Steam Locomotives preserved. There’s only five, those are New York Central 2933, 3001, 6721, 6894, and New York Central & Hudson River Railroad No. 999. There is also one other steam locomotive that I think should’ve been preserved to this day. It’s New York Central No. 1977 (Built by American Locomotive Company in 1920). A H-7e class 2-8-2 “Mikado” that hauled the NYC’s Farewell of Steam Excursion in May 3rd 1957 (Which was the very last steam powered passenger train on the New York Central). Before being scrapped not long after. If it had been preserved to this day, it likely could’ve been in operation at the Reading & Northern Railroad (A.K.A The Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad) headquartered in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania.
The engineering and craftsmanship that went into these magnificent machines is just mind boggling. They were very complex and purely mechanical. But it took the skill of the engineer and fireman to keep everything running just right. All this without computers.
16:44 rarely seen footage of the Dreyfuss J3A with the PT Tender taking on water on the fly. Now imagine if the 20TH Century Limited paint scheme was reversed by the NYC. Lionel has done this, they cataloged NYC 5454 in the “Flipped Paint” livery.
I remember watching movies like this in grade school in the late 1940's and early 1950's. I enjoyed and learned from them then and find them still just as interesting today. The US was a manufacturing giant back then. My Dad had a Buick like Mr. Smith's for about 30 years. Lots of memories.
I wonder what was the need to scrap all the marvellous steam rail engines. And this happened throughout the world, in every country. Why they couldn't preserve them or they could simply have allowed them to stand in lock sheds... Nobody can estimate the money which will go into building a new steam engine. It is massively expensive. The tornado rail engine built by britain made it clear that it's immensly expensive now..
Why would a railroad do anything like that? They couldn't get away from steam fast enough. It was enormously expensive and very inefficient. You don't make money that way. And they weren't in the museum business, either.
@@josefelipegonzalezfidalgo6656 *NIAGARAS ARE JUST GARBAGE!* They never streamlined one, they never had Scullin Disc Drivers like the Mohawks, and they were just too boring. It’s HUDSONS and MOHAWKS for the New York Central that are famous.
