My friend was in Shreveport yesterday to see 2816 I didn’t see it since I’m on my way back from Virginia but I do have plans to film it on its way back north
@@LouisianaRailProductions one of my friends was in Shreveport to see 2816 I didn’t see it since I’m in Kentucky right now I do plan to video it on its return trip north
Brother, you guys never disappoint. That was awesome. I was finally able to catch her this morning leaving Shreveport. Got it from the bridge and south of Frierson.
Did she leave late? They were expecting to come through Houston around 3 or 4 PM. Waited at my spot in Memorial park until past 5:30 when my wife started calling to see what happened to me! 😂
@@WayneAnding Thank you. Were you able to get any footage in Memorial Park? I had been hoping to shoot her going over the trestle in the middle of the Park.
Thank you! Amazing video of our amazing old lady. I grew up around steam locomotives in the UK, and I remember my dad each time I see video of The Empress. I admit I cried a little. CPKC did a wonderful job restoring our beautiful girl and I’m proud of her progress. ❤️🇨🇦❤️
What a beautifully awesome video and narration of our Queen 2816 Empress Hudson, the pride of the Canadian side. Thank-you and God bless, Mate. 🍁🤝🇺🇸👍👍👍🙂❤️💯%
I was there when it was at Shreveport. It was awesome. The crew was very friendly and they blew 2816's whistle. Not fully though so the crew didn't deafen people's ears. However it wasn't just 2816, 1401, & 07 there. CP SD70ACU 7013 decided to join the 3 historic engines. What an amazing day.
I just caught her in DeQuincy on the CPKC Beaumount Sub with some buddies of mine passing the depot...only at 10mph, so smooth and the whistle was perfect😊
Nice video! Spent all morning there spying on the Kiamichi in Ashdown trying to get them in action as much as I could on the 22nd. Hopefully the Big Boy's trek later this year will bring better weather with it.
excellent video! i chased it from the concrete bridge at Gregory Blvd to Amsterdam as well. Funny thing is that just as it was arriving in Amsterdam it tripped a hotbox detector outside of town
Thankyou for your presentation and time & effort... very well done😃👍 I was fortunate to see the Empress in Moose Jaw Sask. she's beautiful, an awesome consist. TX again!
Absolutely awesome. I agree with others, this is the best video from the Final Spike Tour thus far! You deserve so many more subscribers than what you have. Keep up the stellar work! -Drayton
You did amazing work on this one man! Definitely hope CPKC can keep the Empress operational in the future as much as everyone else hopes the same thing. Easily one of your best videos yet!
If they are smart they will run her like UP runs Big Boy though probably not as often maybe every other year. Not sure if this is possible but they might be able to run her on the Holiday train one time
Well done on this excellent video! Had the pleasure of chasing the 2816 from Shreveport to DeQuincy on the Beaumont Sub today and it did not disapoint!
I got the chance to ride behind the Empress back in 2007 when it doubleheaded with Milwaukee Road 261. It's astounding that Milwaukee Road 261 didn't at least make an appearance when the CP Business Train was in St. Paul Minnesota while it was on display
I've been watching your content for a little while now, and I must say, you do an excellent job at these videos, and this was no exception. Thanks for the great video!
Great video! I was standing to the right of you at 21:15 in Stapp and just on the other side of the crossing in De Queen. We chased starting in Heavener and ended in Shreveport.
TY Brother and Keith Creel is or was a Great Leader when he was with the CN in Chicago. So hopefully he hasn't forgotten what he preached. RESPECT 😁🤔❤️🙏
That was such a fun chase. Made the same trip from KC to Shreveport myself along with a friend. You had a few of the same spots as said friend, including the bridge in KC, Poteau, departing Heavener, and Mooringsport. I caught it at: 12th Street in KC Pittsburg, KS Gentry, AR Sallisaw, OK Arriving at Heavener, OK Rich Mountain, AR De Queen, AR Texarkana, TX Ravanna, AR My plan was to catch it in Blanchard, LA too, but due to the traffic and so many rough backroads around Ravanna, I wasn't able to get back in front of it
Love your chatty narration. I wanted to get some footage of her steaming through Memorial Park in Houston yesterday. Waited for 3 hours, but apparently, she was pretty severely delayed. I guess there's a reason the old song said she'll be coming round the mountain WHEN SHE COMES.
2816 is the only operating 4-6-4 Hudson in North America, however, her origin is more legendary than you think. The Montreal Locomotive Works was the Canadian subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company and she’s actually an ALCO product and her class are the cousins of the legendary New York Central 4-6-4 J Class Hudsons. She not only carries on the legacy of her class, but also the legacy of the Hudson type and the New York Central’s J Class Hudsons. It would be crazy if she was cosmetically changed to masquerade as one of the Central’s Hudsons like 5340 or 5344.
#2816 was a second choice for F. Nelson Blount when he assembled the Steamtown USA collection. He originally wanted an NYC Hudson... but you know what happened: a certain "villain" of #HistoryInTheDark sent them to the scrapper, and Mr. Blount was forced to settle with #2816.
I was onboard this segment and shot a lot of video in the cab and from the train. This is an excellent production and I would like to include a few short clips from it in a video I'm creating for the Railway Age website (with full attribution of course). Keith Creel broke the news of the Final Spike Tour to Railway Age two years ago. Bill Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief.
Hey Bishop! It's Patrick! It was fun getting to meet and hang out with you at the Blue Parkway bridge. Hope your chase was not too crazy, and glad to see you managed to get plenty of awesome videos! I also happened to see the 2816 at Amsterdam during its servicing stop, but I was at the secondary crossing down a ways from where you were. Feel free to check out my video whenever you get a chance. Great videography and narration! Happy railfanning dude!
This video was truly amazing! Great seeing the chase from someone else's perspective. You've done it justice my friend. Planning on getting it coming back north?
Also, I was planning on getting that exact shot at 28:53, couldn't catch back up to it from my previous shot in Horatio, AR, unfortunately. Glad you got it!
I chased it from Pittsburg to Neosho the way we did it was we stood on an overpass in Pittsburg and watched it do a crew change and we got ahead of it and we stopped in asbury to let it catch up and we paced it at 55 mph from asbury to just south of Carl junction and then we went to Webb city Mo to get on the interstate to Neosho and we saw it pass at a park in Neosho the routes we took were K 171 E Mo 171 S Mo 249 S i 49 S Mo 175 S and Mo 86 E
She’s hauling serious tonnage too. At least equal to 21+ 80ft full scale heavy steel coaches There are 15 coaches 2 car body diesel’s which I low balled at equal to 1.5 coaches each rounding to 3. And two auxiliary tenders converted to hold purely oil or purely water some tenders fully loaded weigh as much as 1.5 coaches or more on their own. So I rounded it to a low estimate of 21 fully loaded coaches of weight Not counting the primary tender as it usually is factored as part of the locomotive in its total weight.
Your camera is amazing. Not only does it pick up the sounds of 2816 as it goes by and keeps going, it also made all of the raifans disappear, giving the optical illusion that you were chasing it all by yourself.😅😅😅 Also: does the 2816 have an "electric-fake" steam whistle? It seemed to have different sounds at different places.
So along with the 6 chime, there’s an air whistle mounted towards the front of the engine. I’ve heard the chime deafens the crew inside and gives the fireman a “shower”.
It's not a fake whistle, it's a Canadian Pacific 5 chime whistle. The reason why it sounds different compared to a normal Canadian Pacific 5 chime is first because it's operated on an air valve so that it's louder. Second, my guess is that this whistle was tuned differently as it originally came from a Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 steam locomotive.
People be careful when you get near this train to take pictures or selfies. These older trains have protruding parts not on the current locomotive s. A young lady was killed in Mexico trying to take a selfie of this train!!
If you are referring to the one on the locomotive, and the one on the rear observation car, that's so those in that car can give you a "shout out" as they go past all of the "foamers" (fanatic railfan photographers)...it's a form of a "salute", or "thank you" for your work and appreciation for the train!
Very Awesome Bro June is coming You have any plans in June We're almost in the sixth month of this year Your buddy Matthew is having a Birthday coming up in June 8th 🎂🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻 Matthew's 35th Birthday 🎂🤘🏻🎸🤘
I saw the very graphic video of her trying to take a selfie. So sad,but. again young people not realizing the danger of these trains. Same story with young people trying to take selfies with wild animals.
When you mentioned that the Empress was stored behind closed doors for several years that was because Harrison was an asshole! He wanted nothing to do with steam
Cannot Believe you basically skipped Houston seeing you were coming to Kendleton anyway , so I get in my car drive down there to see it and it's tucked in CNKC yard . Can't even get a pic of it ,THANKS FOR NOTHING .
I'm in Houston as well, and I would have loved for her to stop here, but where do you want them to have the event? CPKC doesn't own any tracks in Houston and UP wasn't exactly celebrating this merger.
Also, UP CEO Jim Vena has expressed interest in a dual tour with the Empress and Big Boy. It seems likely that if that works out, it should include a tour stop in Houston. 🤞
THE engine has two steam horns one of which is a off-on not a MODULATING valve, when used it sounds horrible not the old engine I knew PLEASE CHANGE IT TO A MODULATING VALVE PLEASE PLEASE it is degrading. Please note NO AMERICAN Engine Has been degraded and all have a modulating steam whistle
It’s a beautiful consist, but frankly, I am so sick of seeing mismatched cars, from different era’s, and from a dozen different manufacturers on excursions. It’s one thing to see that on a Museum Excursion due to their filing status as a historical or restoration based facility, but when you see it on a train ran by a multi billion dollar company with enough money to have the correct equipment is very obnoxious. Call me neurotic, dumb, or just a foamer, but it’s just something I do not like to see. Especially with that ugly super dome in the middle of the consist. It’s a full scale train, not a Bachmann scale model.
Brother, you guys never disappoint. That was awesome. I was finally able to catch her this morning leaving Shreveport. Got it from the bridge and south of Frierson.
This was a fun one to make! Thanks for watching everyone and enjoy the weekend!
My friend was in Shreveport yesterday to see 2816 I didn’t see it since I’m on my way back from Virginia but I do have plans to film it on its way back north
I live in Calgary and i saw it leave! Also awesome video man as usual
I was set up at Tipton Forge with you! I was the guy with the giant tripod and TSRR hat
@@southernkansasrailfan1964Oh sweet man! Hope you were able to angle out that guy leaning on the bridge haha
@@LouisianaRailProductions I was zoomed out, but it's probably one of my favorites from the chase. Between the speed and sound, it was awesome!
You have gone above and beyond to bring this video to fruition. It's definitely big time RUclips quality.
Loved the Rich Mountain portion, good job on getting multiple shots. Glad we got to chase this one together for sure!
One for the books brotha!
@@LouisianaRailProductions one of my friends was in Shreveport to see 2816 I didn’t see it since I’m in Kentucky right now I do plan to video it on its return trip north
Thanks for the high quality video, and accurate, informative narration. This has to be the best video of this steam tour so far.
Means a lot to hear that! Thanks!
Fantastic shots you got. Thanks for including us.
I can only hope this brings a very bright future for #2816 as she roams the mainline once again!
Great videography and photography!
Thank you!
Great video gord from sw saskatchewan @@LouisianaRailProductions
Amazing to see 2816 stretching its legs off of original Canadian Pacific territory and into the Southern USA and beyond!
Awesome video as always.....thank you....👍🇨🇦
Great video as always…
My new Fav Steam Locomotive! she is gorgeous and she def puts on a Show! she is very very worthy of the Nickname Empress!
Awesome production. Love the shot at 30:39. We had a great chase of the 2816 on drizzly May 9.
Fantastic shots of her CP 6 chime .
I seen it in Anacoco Louisiana 😊.
A ones in a lifetime experience. Thanks 👍 😊
Outstanding coverage of the trip from KCity to Shreveport by the "Empress".... Great work, as always!!!!!
It's definitely an elegant train presentation video !! Greetings from India.
Brother, you guys never disappoint. That was awesome. I was finally able to catch her this morning leaving Shreveport. Got it from the bridge and south of Frierson.
Awesome good deal!
Did she leave late? They were expecting to come through Houston around 3 or 4 PM. Waited at my spot in Memorial park until past 5:30 when my wife started calling to see what happened to me! 😂
@@bartwentink2189 no got held up in Singer, La with PTC issues. Made tower 26 a little after 7.
@@WayneAnding Thank you. Were you able to get any footage in Memorial Park? I had been hoping to shoot her going over the trestle in the middle of the Park.
Thank you! Amazing video of our amazing old lady. I grew up around steam locomotives in the UK, and I remember my dad each time I see video of The Empress. I admit I cried a little. CPKC did a wonderful job restoring our beautiful girl and I’m proud of her progress. ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Truly an amazing sight to behold!
Well done sir! Thanks for sharing!
What a beautifully awesome video and narration of our Queen 2816 Empress Hudson, the pride of the Canadian side. Thank-you and God bless, Mate. 🍁🤝🇺🇸👍👍👍🙂❤️💯%
Superb video. Thanks.
I was there when it was at Shreveport. It was awesome. The crew was very friendly and they blew 2816's whistle. Not fully though so the crew didn't deafen people's ears. However it wasn't just 2816, 1401, & 07 there. CP SD70ACU 7013 decided to join the 3 historic engines. What an amazing day.
Been waiting to see this video. Superb job!
That was cool to watch it cross over the krr and to see you pan your camera over to that krr train. Man I would sure love to meet you someday.!!
Well I’m in that area a few times a year! Maybe the next time!
Went down from Jackson all the way to Shreveport to see it surely was a great time met alot of nice folks there
Well done thank you!
Great video Bishop!
Thanks for the Great Video!!
I doubt there will be another video of this event on RUclips (or elsewhere) that's as polished and as well produced as this! Outstanding job Bishop!
I really appreciate that! Thanks a lot!
I just caught her in DeQuincy on the CPKC Beaumount Sub with some buddies of mine passing the depot...only at 10mph, so smooth and the whistle was perfect😊
Nice video! Spent all morning there spying on the Kiamichi in Ashdown trying to get them in action as much as I could on the 22nd. Hopefully the Big Boy's trek later this year will bring better weather with it.
excellent video! i chased it from the concrete bridge at Gregory Blvd to Amsterdam as well. Funny thing is that just as it was arriving in Amsterdam it tripped a hotbox detector outside of town
We heard that too!
Man, I really enjoyed that a lot. Thanks for putting it together. Good footage of the train too.
Great production! By far the best coverage of 2816’s tour.
Outstanding video. Well done.
Awesome video as always. I love your work and I have photographed 2816 alongside you at Heavner close to the trailer.
Great video, very well done! Lovely shots and awesome sound!
@5:50 that locomotive was in Shreveport the other day. Literally the other day. I saw it crossing the bridge
Yep figured we’d run into it again at some point!
Thankyou for your presentation and time & effort... very well done😃👍 I was fortunate to see the Empress in Moose Jaw Sask. she's beautiful, an awesome consist. TX again!
Best coverage I have seen to date of this epic,historic run. Thanks for all of your efforts.
Great shots of Rich Mountain! Chasing a train is hard, but you did a great job of keeping up and capturing amazing scenes. Thank you.
What the video doesn’t show is a lot of yelling in the car haha!
Sweet!
Absolutely awesome. I agree with others, this is the best video from the Final Spike Tour thus far! You deserve so many more subscribers than what you have. Keep up the stellar work! -Drayton
Means a lot man!
You did amazing work on this one man! Definitely hope CPKC can keep the Empress operational in the future as much as everyone else hopes the same thing. Easily one of your best videos yet!
If they are smart they will run her like UP runs Big Boy though probably not as often maybe every other year. Not sure if this is possible but they might be able to run her on the Holiday train one time
@@texastrainfan56 I hope so man
Nice video man I’m currently chasing it!
Where is it Now ?
@@Doug-v5f It’s In Liberty, TX
Hope you had good results!
That's a epic cpkc unit
Great video my friend!
Well done on this excellent video! Had the pleasure of chasing the 2816 from Shreveport to DeQuincy on the Beaumont Sub today and it did not disapoint!
I wish I could see that engine in Baton Rouge and a diesel with a CPKC livery, too.
I got the chance to ride behind the Empress back in 2007 when it doubleheaded with Milwaukee Road 261. It's astounding that Milwaukee Road 261 didn't at least make an appearance when the CP Business Train was in St. Paul Minnesota while it was on display
I've been watching your content for a little while now, and I must say, you do an excellent job at these videos, and this was no exception. Thanks for the great video!
Really appreciate that man!
@@LouisianaRailProductions Yeah, no problem!
Thank you for using the good whistle on the intro lol
I’ll be out there on the 16th in Poteau to film the train at Dewey street
imagine 2816 and CN 6218 double heading that be a sight to see very good to see Canadian steam in the limelight again though
Or 6218s brother 6167!
Great video! I was standing to the right of you at 21:15 in Stapp and just on the other side of the crossing in De Queen. We chased starting in Heavener and ended in Shreveport.
Unreal how many people we were around throughout the day.
Good times. Hope Shreveport was represented 😊
Yeah I had a wedding to attend in Little Rock so I wasn’t able to cover the Shreveport area. Maybe on the northbound run!
@LouisianaRailProductions Flying Crow did a short video at Deramus, but I did not recognize any old timers.
Well done! Like always, such a great video.
Thanks!
TY Brother and Keith Creel is or was a Great Leader when he was with the CN in Chicago. So hopefully he hasn't forgotten what he preached.
RESPECT 😁🤔❤️🙏
That was such a fun chase. Made the same trip from KC to Shreveport myself along with a friend. You had a few of the same spots as said friend, including the bridge in KC, Poteau, departing Heavener, and Mooringsport.
I caught it at:
12th Street in KC
Pittsburg, KS
Gentry, AR
Sallisaw, OK
Arriving at Heavener, OK
Rich Mountain, AR
De Queen, AR
Texarkana, TX
Ravanna, AR
My plan was to catch it in Blanchard, LA too, but due to the traffic and so many rough backroads around Ravanna, I wasn't able to get back in front of it
Love your chatty narration. I wanted to get some footage of her steaming through Memorial Park in Houston yesterday. Waited for 3 hours, but apparently, she was pretty severely delayed. I guess there's a reason the old song said she'll be coming round the mountain WHEN SHE COMES.
Yeah the Shreveport to Kendleton run seemed like an eventful day to say the least.
Nice video! I was in watts too lol
This was really awesome and magnificent
thank you very much.🇨🇦🎇🎆🇺🇲
🇺🇲🇨🇦🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🇨🇦🇺🇲
2816 is the only operating 4-6-4 Hudson in North America, however, her origin is more legendary than you think. The Montreal Locomotive Works was the Canadian subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company and she’s actually an ALCO product and her class are the cousins of the legendary New York Central 4-6-4 J Class Hudsons. She not only carries on the legacy of her class, but also the legacy of the Hudson type and the New York Central’s J Class Hudsons. It would be crazy if she was cosmetically changed to masquerade as one of the Central’s Hudsons like 5340 or 5344.
Holy shit that’s huge. That is super important to know
#2816 was a second choice for F. Nelson Blount when he assembled the Steamtown USA collection. He originally wanted an NYC Hudson... but you know what happened: a certain "villain" of #HistoryInTheDark sent them to the scrapper, and Mr. Blount was forced to settle with #2816.
@@kristoffermangila Yeah I saw his videos.
I was onboard this segment and shot a lot of video in the cab and from the train. This is an excellent production and I would like to include a few short clips from it in a video I'm creating for the Railway Age website (with full attribution of course). Keith Creel broke the news of the Final Spike Tour to Railway Age two years ago. Bill Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief.
Certainly interested. Shoot me an email at la.rail.productions@gmail.com!
Well done!
Good Catch CP 2816 Steam Engine I Caught CP 2816 Rosenberg Tx
Hey Bishop! It's Patrick! It was fun getting to meet and hang out with you at the Blue Parkway bridge. Hope your chase was not too crazy, and glad to see you managed to get plenty of awesome videos! I also happened to see the 2816 at Amsterdam during its servicing stop, but I was at the secondary crossing down a ways from where you were. Feel free to check out my video whenever you get a chance.
Great videography and narration! Happy railfanning dude!
Patrick!! Yeah man it was great passing the time with you there. I’ll for sure check out your video!
Love The New CPKC Paint Scheme
So do we!
Asbury is a really good location for long shots and video
The Blue Parkway viaduct is closer to Grandview than (West) Belton. Also, isn’t the Shreveport Yard no longer Deramus Yard?
It hasn’t been officially called Deramus in a very long time. Well before the KCS was gone. Just a nickname a lot of us call it.
This is great! I am looking for anyone that might have a still of the train crossing the Mooringsport bridge. Do you know of any?
This video was truly amazing! Great seeing the chase from someone else's perspective. You've done it justice my friend. Planning on getting it coming back north?
Also, I was planning on getting that exact shot at 28:53, couldn't catch back up to it from my previous shot in Horatio, AR, unfortunately. Glad you got it!
I’ll be on board the train tomorrow from Beaumont to Shreveport. Was originally gonna chase, but I couldn’t pass this opportunity up!
@@LouisianaRailProductions Oh wow, that's insane, have a great time!
Hey loved the video! What music did you have during the intro?
Into the Beyond by Christopher Moe Ditlevsen. It can be licensed from Epidemic Sounds.
Hello. When is going to be passing back through Shreveport on its way back? I would love to see it
It’ll arrive to Shreveport the afternoon of the 17th.
@@LouisianaRailProductions do you know exactly what time? For how long is going to stay there in Shreveport?
I chased it from Pittsburg to Neosho the way we did it was we stood on an overpass in Pittsburg and watched it do a crew change and we got ahead of it and we stopped in asbury to let it catch up and we paced it at 55 mph from asbury to just south of Carl junction and then we went to Webb city Mo to get on the interstate to Neosho and we saw it pass at a park in Neosho the routes we took were K 171 E Mo 171 S Mo 249 S i 49 S Mo 175 S and Mo 86 E
She’s hauling serious tonnage too. At least equal to 21+ 80ft full scale heavy steel coaches There are 15 coaches 2 car body diesel’s which I low balled at equal to 1.5 coaches each rounding to 3. And two auxiliary tenders converted to hold purely oil or purely water some tenders fully loaded weigh as much as 1.5 coaches or more on their own. So I rounded it to a low estimate of 21 fully loaded coaches of weight Not counting the primary tender as it usually is factored as part of the locomotive in its total weight.
Your camera is amazing. Not only does it pick up the sounds of 2816 as it goes by and keeps going, it also made all of the raifans disappear, giving the optical illusion that you were chasing it all by yourself.😅😅😅
Also: does the 2816 have an "electric-fake" steam whistle? It seemed to have different sounds at different places.
So along with the 6 chime, there’s an air whistle mounted towards the front of the engine. I’ve heard the chime deafens the crew inside and gives the fireman a “shower”.
It's not a fake whistle, it's a Canadian Pacific 5 chime whistle. The reason why it sounds different compared to a normal Canadian Pacific 5 chime is first because it's operated on an air valve so that it's louder. Second, my guess is that this whistle was tuned differently as it originally came from a Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 steam locomotive.
I get the Empress,but what are futuristic diesel units Behind her, Hope I live long enough to see them
its the EMD bulldog nose F unit
CPKC is now the largest Railroad in North America
2816 with the absence of the ditch lights.
People be careful when you get near this train to take pictures or selfies. These older trains have protruding parts not on the current locomotive s.
A young lady was killed in Mexico trying to take a selfie of this train!!
Why is there 2 whistles?
If you are referring to the one on the locomotive, and the one on the rear observation car, that's so those in that car can give you a "shout out" as they go past all of the "foamers" (fanatic railfan photographers)...it's a form of a "salute", or "thank you" for your work and appreciation for the train!
Very Awesome Bro
June is coming
You have any plans in June
We're almost in the sixth month of this year
Your buddy Matthew is having a Birthday coming up in June 8th 🎂🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻 Matthew's 35th Birthday 🎂🤘🏻🎸🤘
6:51
just a few hours ago, 2816 hit and killed a girl who stood on the rails.
I saw the very graphic video of her trying to take a selfie. So sad,but. again young people not realizing the danger of these trains.
Same story with young people trying to take selfies with wild animals.
When you mentioned that the Empress was stored behind closed doors for several years that was because Harrison was an asshole! He wanted nothing to do with steam
Cannot Believe you basically skipped Houston seeing you were coming to Kendleton anyway , so I get in my car drive down there to see it and it's tucked in CNKC yard . Can't even get a pic of it ,THANKS FOR NOTHING .
I'm in Houston as well, and I would have loved for her to stop here, but where do you want them to have the event? CPKC doesn't own any tracks in Houston and UP wasn't exactly celebrating this merger.
Also, UP CEO Jim Vena has expressed interest in a dual tour with the Empress and Big Boy. It seems likely that if that works out, it should include a tour stop in Houston. 🤞
THE engine has two steam horns one of which is a off-on not a MODULATING valve, when used it sounds horrible not the old engine I knew PLEASE CHANGE IT TO A MODULATING VALVE PLEASE PLEASE it is degrading. Please note NO AMERICAN Engine Has been degraded and all have a modulating steam whistle
It’s a beautiful consist, but frankly, I am so sick of seeing mismatched cars, from different era’s, and from a dozen different manufacturers on excursions. It’s one thing to see that on a Museum Excursion due to their filing status as a historical or restoration based facility, but when you see it on a train ran by a multi billion dollar company with enough money to have the correct equipment is very obnoxious. Call me neurotic, dumb, or just a foamer, but it’s just something I do not like to see. Especially with that ugly super dome in the middle of the consist. It’s a full scale train, not a Bachmann scale model.
Brother, you guys never disappoint. That was awesome. I was finally able to catch her this morning leaving Shreveport. Got it from the bridge and south of Frierson.
Good deal man!