Yankeetown Dock/Squaw Creek Coal: Remastered
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- By request, I have remastered one of my original posts from DSL days in higher def with enhanced color and some stabilization. I also added in all of my original footage from the area. Thanks for watching.
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Thanks for the excellent video. Rsd15, sd38 and u33c high nose, it doesnt get much better than that for a rail fan.
Don't forget the Fairbanks. Rarest of all.
@@fmnut And the best looking loco in the fleet by far.
@@fmnut the opposed piston fm prime mover is legendary. Used to lull me to sleep as a boy growing up along the Ohio river listening to towboats pushing loaded barges up river at night. I remember delivering groceries midstream in my high school years with what was basically a floating truck. After tying our delivery boat onto the towboat, we would come aboard as the boat was under power . The 12 cylinder model I remember was a very long and tall engine. To hear it under full throttle, was amazing, although it wasnt a struggle with two of these "trainmaster" diesels hooked up to each of their separate propellers through reduction gears. From what I understand, there are still great lakes ore ships that still use the O.P. , although I am not familiar with them other than a book that I have. I later went onto work as a deckhand for one of the barge lines I used to deliver groceries to. Our mechanic said that the o.p. FM engine was the best type of engine he ever worked on. He preferred them over EMD, Alco, GE, etc. I know there were some towboats powered by Baldwins, but that was a bit before my time. I'm sure the 608SC engine was a torque monster being essentially a "Centipede" locomotive on water!
@@TheBrandon40500 I'm a sucker for the Alligator myself, but to each his own.
@@torquetrain8963 all of the big Great Lakes vessels with FM's have been scrapped. AFAIK only the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Griffon remains in service with OP's.
You know things are great when 29 minutes seem like secunfs!!! Time truly does fly when enjoying what you're watching or doing!!! Great video.
Marion.
Gawd I re-read what I wrote....Wow....I meant Seconds.....no idea what secunfs are...
Apologizes.
Man, whenever I saw a stray Squaw Creek railcar somewhere on the high iron I always had to wonder "what was that operation like?" So very hard to find footage of them in their day, so thank you for this unique glimpse! Such an incredible roster, classic GE, ALCo, EMD, and even Fairbanks-Morse with high hoods. Underrated, that's for sure!
Yeah, this is amazing!
Ok...THAT was cool!!
Thanks for sharing. Keep up the great work. Love the channel.
Another excellent video Fmnut.That FM switcher near the end of the video was cool with nice sounding horn and prime mover , and those Yankeetown EMD's were a wonderful sight to see. I also thought the Squaw Creek U-boats looked good as well. I love this older footage , thank you very much ! 😁👍
Fantastic video
12:37 YDC 22 is now CMYX 22 at the Cumberland Mine Railroad, and can be seen in many RUclips videos.
Great Classic Video
Amazing
I've heard of Squaw Creek RR a gazillion years ago but, never researched it. I always assumed they were a relic from railroading past that probably fizzled out in the 50's or 60's. Was I ever wrong and, they even have my beloved SD38.
Actually the SD38s were Yankeetown Dock, not Squaw Creek. This line is still active operated by Respondek Rail as Squaw Creek Southern.
Turned out great 👍
Fantastic video friend!
Squaw Creek rebuilt the former Southern U33C in the 90s and gave it a chop nose. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of photos or videos of that locomotive after the rebuild.
I wonder if anyone caught the Shamrock coal Oneida & Western sd40-2s
On the L&N back in the day?
Does any of this still exist? I know one of the yankeetown 38s (I believe it was number 22) came here to Pennsylvania to work on the Cumberland mine rr...
The operation was taken over by Respondek Rail and operates as the Squaw Creek Southern. Wikipedia will give you all the details.
It was number 22, yes -- still numbered 22 but now painted in US Steel's blue scheme.
The 9842 is in Cedar Park Texas on an excursion railroad Austin Steam Train, The 9843 is in Pine Bluff Arkansas at the SSW musuem.
Peabody yellow & green
Where is Squaw creek coal located?
Southern Indiana, near Evansville. Yankeetown loaded coal in barges for river shipment. Squaw Creek took coal to a power plant that supplied an aluminium refinery. Both were partially owned by Peabody Coal, using coal from their Lynnville mine.