I would love to know the grade and number of coals and tonnage. Like some have said the low end power these things had was impressive. Really missed out, and now with the future of 611 dark with the FRA inspection in February who knows what will happen.
At that time high-power diesel locomotives were available to replace those old steam locomotives, but the old steam locomotives were still in good condition, so why not just keep using them up until they need significant repairs, and THEN buy the new diesel locomotives. And that is exactly what railroads did.
Railroads are all about profit. The maintenance and upkeep + extra crew cost to keep these big steam engines alive was costing railroads too much compared to a smaller crew with diesels that required far less maintenance. Also have to remember Water + coal Towers and logistics. Diesel pumps were far easier to install and load. In the end it came down to money. Maintaining 10 Older Steam engines, the stuff to keep them running, the special crew to know how to work them was far more costly than 30 Diesels which was far easier to teach how to run. Diesel just turn on, fill up and go. No need for huge crews to keep a Steam loco running and holding pressure+dont need 1-3 hours to even cold start a Steam. Also repairing and taking apart a diesel engine was far easier than taking apart a giant steam engine with millions of parts. Diesels fire right up (well 95% of time) You can therefore have much more trains=much more profit in same time frame.
@@iancaddy146 I got a bunch of video clips like this from a buddy years ago. I don’t recall where he got them. I feel like someone in his model railroad club had them, but I don’t remember now.
This looks a lot like a couple of Sunday River Productions Super-8 prints that I have. It was probably transferred from one, because Sunday River dubbed audio from professional recordings that were also done on the N&W onto films that started out silent. Then again, Sunday River later made VHSs and DVDs of a lot of the same films, so this may be sourced from those, too.
![Hitler declares war on the USA - Reichstag Speech of December 11, 1941 [german/ english subtitles]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uJlHbAy222o/mqdefault.jpg)
God... I envy the people who got to see this stuff back in the day. Such beautiful machines, and cant forget the iconic hooter whistles...
Imagine being able to stand track side and watch this spectacle. It's better than any planned railfan event you could possibly put together.
Love the extra water tenders and the helper sanding hard up the grade
This is real railroading. No namby pamby diesel whining. Just pure power working the Blue Ridge grade! 😂
Absolutely!!
Thanks and also keeping it in the correct aspect shape...
Amazing work machines.
I would love to know the grade and number of coals and tonnage. Like some have said the low end power these things had was impressive. Really missed out, and now with the future of 611 dark with the FRA inspection in February who knows what will happen.
that sure is alot of huffin n puffin
Great amount of low end torque
For sure!
I wish I could have experienced that in real life. 🐱
Me too! I would have loved to have been trackside to see this.
At that time high-power diesel locomotives were available to replace those old steam locomotives, but the old steam locomotives were still in good condition, so why not just keep using them up until they need significant repairs, and THEN buy the new diesel locomotives. And that is exactly what railroads did.
Railroads are all about profit. The maintenance and upkeep + extra crew cost to keep these big steam engines alive was costing railroads too much compared to a smaller crew with diesels that required far less maintenance. Also have to remember Water + coal Towers and logistics. Diesel pumps were far easier to install and load. In the end it came down to money. Maintaining 10 Older Steam engines, the stuff to keep them running, the special crew to know how to work them was far more costly than 30 Diesels which was far easier to teach how to run. Diesel just turn on, fill up and go. No need for huge crews to keep a Steam loco running and holding pressure+dont need 1-3 hours to even cold start a Steam. Also repairing and taking apart a diesel engine was far easier than taking apart a giant steam engine with millions of parts. Diesels fire right up (well 95% of time) You can therefore have much more trains=much more profit in same time frame.
This is what these mallets were best at.
Absolutely!
To right ✅️ they were
Does anyone know where that curve was located?
I'm having trouble finding it on maps.
Boy the amount of traction sand they are pouring actually looks like dust cloud
Yes!
Is the sound added on after or is it authentic. It sounds so real
As far as I know the sound is original.
It's original. it's an excerpt from "Pillars Of Smoke In The Sky."
Get it dawg !!!!
Wow What year was that?
I’m not sure. I think early to mid-50’s but that’s just a guess.
Where did the video come from? If we know that we can pin down a date probably.
@@iancaddy146 I got a bunch of video clips like this from a buddy years ago. I don’t recall where he got them. I feel like someone in his model railroad club had them, but I don’t remember now.
This looks a lot like a couple of Sunday River Productions Super-8 prints that I have. It was probably transferred from one, because Sunday River dubbed audio from professional recordings that were also done on the N&W onto films that started out silent.
Then again, Sunday River later made VHSs and DVDs of a lot of the same films, so this may be sourced from those, too.
@@Narrowgaugefilms That would make a lot of sense.
Does anyone know where those curves are located?