11:12 I loved seeing those little kids jump up and down from the excitement! Brought a tear to my eye! This is why we need steam folks, for memories that last a lifetime!
Exactly my point. the best Steamers are dead, we need them back. N&W 1218, Atlanta & West Point 290, & many others had their careers cut short, they deserve to be brought back to bring back more exciting memories for the Next Generations
Yeah, double heading with AFT Colors For SP 4449 with aft baggage, then that contest without Safety express coaches and Amtrak coaches instead. AMTK 503 diesel helper.
@@TM24_MBP If you got the cubic meters of 100 dollar bills to make something like that happen, by all means, do with that money as you please in regards to making that sorta thing happen. Otherwise, dreams and train sims are the land where one makes that happen.
She never wore a C&O scheme in regular service. The closest she’d ever come to being in a C&O scheme was when she was on display at MSU, with C&O lettering on the tender, but the same road number of 1225.
Nkp 765 dress up as The Chesapeake and Ohio 2765. Originally 2765 was build by ALCO in 1947, the engine was used in revenue service on the C&O in 1955, the locomotive was scrapped in 1961.
Actually, C&O 2716 was still in her Southern scheme at this time, and she also had her firebox problems, which wouldn’t be solved until FWRHS took 2716 into their hands 2 years after 765 was pulled out of service. But hey, dressing 765 up as a Kanawha was pretty cool, and it’s better than no steam at all on CSX.
Why is CSX against steam now? They denied the move of WMSR 734 10 miles to pull an excursion in WV June, 2010 on non-CSX track, and Ross Rowland's 614 can't pull the Greenbrier Express because most of it runs on CSX track. One of their statements was "No steam on its own wheels is official policy". At least NS is permitting steam movements again with TVRM and FWRHS 765, the locomotive in this video which will pull several employee specials for NS this summer in Indiana and Ohio.
2 questions: 1) Why the ubiquitous diesel engine on steam excursions; and 2) does rod clanking mean rods are loose? Nearly all steam locomotives had rod clank.
Answers to your questions: 1.) Diesels are sometimes added as helpers in territory where grades may pose a problem for getting the train over the road. But more often then not, they're in the consist to provide electrical power for the coaches (lights, A/C, heating, etc) and to help with dynamic braking going downhill. 2.) Clanking does signify some slop in the valve gear. You'll inevitably hear some clanking on almost any steam engine, but the louder it is, the bigger of a problem you may have. Nothing a little time in the shops can't fix.
GameBreaker64 They did. The hooter whistle heard in this video was actually C&O 2700’s whistle. FWRHS used a number of parts off of 2700 to turn 765 into 2765.
please when someone is able to can you confirm for me Corbin? I couldn't find it in TN. and there are at least, 7 or 8 other states that have a Corbin, inc KY. thanks.
Kourtney Kardashian Not sure, CSX isn't very accommodating and they said the line was not well enough maintained for a locomotive of that size. They just didn't enjoy it.
Although there once had been engines her size that ran along that line, changes had been made since the end of steam. She first caught her fireman side running board on some hoppers and later had to be towed to a wye as the one she was supposed to use would not handle her huge tender.
Given that most - if not all - of the cars in this train were used on the following "New River Train" from Huntington to Hinton, WV later that month, I'd say there was about 28-30 additional coaches.
Trains and adventures tv Rebulding a steam locomotive from the rails up is a lot of work and costs so much money. Just ask the Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Trust.
so The original C&O 2765 Must Run on Diesel! Pulling The 87,492! Blowing its Loud Diesel Horn/Ringing its Diesel Locomotive Bell! Purring The Diesel Motor in The Side The Boiler 4 Departing From Chicago's Union Station & Onward to Jacksonville, FL!
