Norfolk and Western 578
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- In this video we are going to be taking a look at Norfolk and Western 578, probably the most underrated N&W excursion locomotive.
Enjoy!
I do not own any of the photos in this video all belong to their rightful owners no copyright infringement intended.
Videos used:
• Saga of the 578
• Ohio Railway Museum
To add to this, 578 last operated in Sept of 1978, was the last documented operation I found on the engine from the museums files during my time there. Beautiful engine, and glad it's at least preserved.
Amazing video. I am a volunteer conductor trainee at the Ohio Railway Museum and I have had fascination with this locomotive ever since I was a young lad. #578 served on the Scioto Division between Portsmouth and Columbus from 1917 until 1944 (served between World War I and before World War II ended). After running in mainline service in the Buckeye State, she then ran on the Norton Branch as a branchline passenger engine between Bluefield, West Virginia and Norton, Virginia on trains #5 and #6. In 1957, she teamed up with her E2a sister #563 (built by Roanoke Shops) in a series of farewell to steam trips. Late May 1960 was the year N&W retired steam and the company was the last Class I railroad in North America to run steam in revenue service, hence they were known in the United States as the "last steam railroad". #578 was retired in late 1958 and then came to our museum in February 1959. It was towed onto our property by our saddletank steam locomotive #1 (first modern steam engine preserved in the state of Ohio), and our Pacific began hauling passenger trains on our line in 1960 (at that time we began expanding our track south of Potter Street on the portion of former Columbus Delaware and Marion Interurban Railway trackage of the 1926 Worthington bypass). #578 actually last ran between 1977 and 1978. It would cost us about a million to fully restore the engine to run on our tracks and around two million to run on the mainline.
The diesel locomotive to the left of #578 in one of the photos is United Statea Transportation Corps #7178 built in April 1943 by General Electric as a 65 tonner centercab locomotive. It then served at Babcock and Wilcox in Barberton, Ohio as #1 and then came to our museum in March 2011. It is the only diesel locomotive we have ever owned and affectionally known as "Roger".
Hope to see you in Worthington soon. It is truly "a moving experience" (our slogan) and you will be fascinated by all the steam, diesel and electric equipment and other exhibits our museum has to offer.
Thanks for the extra info! I would love to visit the ORM some day to see 578 in person.
@@CNW1015 we are always looking for new volunteers to join our team as well :)
I would love to volunteer but I already work at railroad museum and Ohio would be one hell of a drive for me.
Beautiful steam locomotive
We need to get all remaining n&w engines together again and throw a party
Good old 578
wee need 587 steamed.
She is not in good condition and the musame doesn't have the funds
She is been restored
And her tender is sitting outside
bro why is thar SO many norfolk and westerns do they like norfolk and westerns😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕