The Clumsy Steam Excursion Star | Grand Trunk Western 4070 | History in the Dark 

Fantastic video about 4070’s career, as eventful as it was she still managed plenty of safe and on time arrivals over the years. For those interested, the latest project update can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HMO6-qfz_8A.htmlsi=6AnZMB7hqRVDD-L2

Well well well well, if it isn't my favorite Mike!!! I live about 45 minutes south of the roundhouse where she's being kept; yes, she's been through A LOT of misfortune, but I know she'll make her return!!

Grand Trunk Western 4070 is another wonderful steam locomotive. I sure hope to see it running soon.

I’m glad you pointed out some of the recent developments in the case. We’re still plugging away at this project, it’s a marathon to be sure.

1955 turntable accident... She did the Oliver fall into the well. (TTTE Fans get what I mean.)

I was involved in the early years of the Cuyahoga Valley Line. I chased the first trip, which was a press run, on Saturday, June 28 (not 26), 1975. When they got to the Hale farm stop, they noticed that the engineer's side trailing wheel bearing was running hot, and when one of the crew opened it it flamed out (I happened to be standing a few feet away). So it was done for that trip, they took it down to the MoW siding at Bath Rd. a little over a mile South and it sat there until it could be taken back to Cleveland. That was it for about six weeks. Then one of the first weekends of regular service on a Sunday, the first time I rode the train, it started raining when we were turning around in Akron, and kept raining - hard - all the way back up towards Cleveland. We got north of Independence (the first scene with the train under all of the overpasses) and stopped for a couple of the crew to walk ahead because the rails were covered with water. Sure enough, a significant amount of the track had washed out and we weren't going any further. This was on a Sunday before cell phones, but the Director of Hale Farm, who was on the train, found a phone booth with a phone book, and arranged for seven or eight buses to come get everyone and take us back to the Cleveland Zoo, within two hours. The Diesel was on the train to pull the train to and from the Zoo, not just as backup power, although it did have to take over a few times over the years because of problems with 4070. In October of 1983, 4070 and the MRHF train were leased by the successor group that owned RDG #2102 to pull a fundraising trip from Akron to Willard. It was horrible rainy day, so there are not a lot of photos of the trip. I chased and shot 400 ASA B&W. As for trying to restore it, the late Jerry Jacobson offered to buy it at least once, and maybe more than that, but the MRHF people would not consider selling, even though it certainly would have been restored to operation by him.

I love this engine!

For just a bit of trivia when the 4070 was in South Dayton, NY it broke a rail on the New York & Lake Erie track and the movie train had to be pushed by NY&LE # 75 an Alco S-2 switcher on the back of the train !

I sure hope to see her on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic again someday.

I missed my opportunities to ride on one of 4070s excursions back in the day. The closest I came to it is that one of the volunteers for 4070 was in the same model railroad club as me in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Another steam engine that may be coming online in the next few years is NC&StL 576 in Nashville, TN. I was involved with the Tennessee Central Railway Museum for several years before life got in the way. The then president of the TCRM, Terry Bebout was dreaming and working on getting 576 out of Centennial Park in Nashville even from the late 90s. According to the website, Terry is still around and is one of the board members on the Nashville Steam Preservation Society organization. I'm glad to see that he's still around to see his dream come true.

O yes, GTW 4070. This is going to be good.

I grew up riding CVL behind this engine. It was the star of the the show when I was growing up and as bonus the only way to get to Grandma and Grandpas house from ours was through the Cuyahoga Valley Park. If I wasn't riding the train I was trackside watching her. Ill never forget when I was little and got a cinder in my eye. There was no Climate controlled coaches then.

USRA LIGHT MIKADO AUSPIECE!

Oh boy. It’s the excursion star that was kind of cursed with gremlins.

Am I Clumsy?

I would love for you to do a history of Chesapeake & Ohio Greenbrier 614 or Texas and Pacific 610

Interesting that a 2-8-2 was used for exercusion trains. Thank you Darknest for sharing this.

The USS Pennsylvania of the rails!!! It's hilarious!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Yes, she will get a 2nd chance at excursion life, thankfully without Jensen. Wish the MRPF Luck to get her running again. BTW, can you do a video on UP Challenger #3985?

Hey man. I get it. Dick Jensen was in over his head. But he TRIED. The man LOST HIS LIFE trying to preserve history. Even though the results were often less than ideal, he did his best. Let’s try to edify his memory when we speak of him, OK? Thank you for your consideration, and YOUR hard work.

Make a video about the Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof or the Greek destroyer Adrias.

Is Jensen now the new British Rail meme?!

Wow Jenson didn't actually doom her that's a surprise

*Still waiting for the day when @History in the Dark does a video on Frisco 1522... X3* Anyways... excellent video on 4070. ;)

Idea: Do a video on the Muleshoe Curve

All you have to do is make a video about Southern Railway 4501 and then you have basically completed the supposed trio of excursion mikados in North America. If you don’t know what I mean, people associate 587, 4070, and 4501 as a trio for some reason, but I myself don’t see the connection.

She got gremlins from the turntable

Amtrak 708 has a cracked truck rn lol

Jensen and train accidents? How surprising.😒😒😒

CONSIDERING THE PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE SHE OPERATED MOST CARS DISSOLVED FROM RUST SO AND MANY OF THEM HAVE FRAMES THAT ARE GONE SO I WOULD THINK YA A BROKEN FRAME OR IS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL

Hey at this point Jensen was competent, later would be when he became a corrupted Eff-Up. I'm not gonna hold my breath at 4070 returning, sadly it doesn't seem like it's gonna happen.

This is clearly NOT a some kind of wonderful!

4070 will never run again. The MRHF bunglers don't have a clue and have proved it for nearly 35 years. They don't know that they don't know.