in spite of all the technological advances, locomotives are still one of the backbones of industry. remove trains from the picture, and this economy suffers inexorably.
One of my childhood memories is of hearing these trains rumble by and blow their VERY loud whistles. My great-grandparents' house was VERY close to the tracks...in Fitzgerald, GA...where my great-grandfather and great uncle were engineers for Atlantic Coastline. It's interesting to look at old maps and the locations of the many DEPOTS...and the small towns where the trains stopped....many are "ghost towns" now.
Congratulations to old gal 844. Good for you girl. Show those dirty nasty rotten diesels that you ain't giving in to their modern ways. Wow....I'm 22 years old and saying this to a steam locomotive that I will never see....GOD I wish I could see another preserved steam locomotive again and take a ride on it...the one in rusk Texas has got me yearning to see more steam locomotives but I am so broke I can't.....😭😭
9:02 is it just me, but does anyone else think there is something plaintive, a sad, lonely wail of an old giant in the sound of the American steam whistle?
Funny, how watching this in 2023, when this video was made in the 90's, 4014 was still rusting away in southern California. No one knew she'd be brought back to life.
The 4-8-4 was definitely the pinnacle of passenger steam power, the N&W, NYC and later C&O models are great examples. 75"-80" drivers, but meanwhile on the N&W, their passenger Js have 70" drivers, yet made excellent use of them, and the C&O, either 72" or 74", also made superb use of them.
Steam engines are just so much more charming than Diesels. Some British diesels are still beautiful, really, but the ones we're making in America today... no beauty, no romance, no grandeur. They're just cold, soulless thingamajigs that have no character to them and aren't exciting in any way.
for the most part at the beginning of this segment it is mostly about #3985 but The Challenger is not the only Steam UP owns at 2:03 here she comes The Queen of The Rails, The Star of The Train World, and yes The Living Legend herself #844 doing what she does best visiting all of us railfans. but #844 has an amazing story to tell at 3:58 in November of 96 when #844 was coming home from Railfest she was fallowing a slow moving freight into Cheyenne half way down Archer the lead engine stalled and came to a stop at the choke point of the track in to Cheyenne. Cheyenne dispatch got on the radio and called #844 to action then she came behind the train and pushed it into Cheyenne. #844 saved the day up there on Archer in 96.
An amusing coincidence in model/unit numbers here --- the only continuously-operating "4-8-4" in the world is unit #844 --- the same numbers as its model :)
One of my childhood memories is of hearing these trains rumble by and blow their VERY loud whistles. My great-grandparents' house was VERY close to the tracks...in Fitzgerald, GA...where my great-grandfather and great uncle were engineers for Atlantic Coastline. It's interesting to look at old maps and the locations of the many DEPOTS...and the small towns where the trains stopped....many are "ghost towns" now.
Congratulations to old gal 844. Good for you girl. Show those dirty nasty rotten diesels that you ain't giving in to their modern ways. Wow....I'm 22 years old and saying this to a steam locomotive that I will never see....GOD I wish I could see another preserved steam locomotive again and take a ride on it...the one in rusk Texas has got me yearning to see more steam locomotives but I am so broke I can't.....😭😭
dylan palombo. You said it
Thomas would said to 844 that he’s a really useful engine
The cool thing in today's world for Union Pacific railroads a Big Boy # 4014 is going back to Cheyenne, WY to be restored to steam operation.
And now all three, 844, 3985 and 4014 are in the steam shop.
It wasn't when I posted that.
13:31 i swear that was a demon possessing my computer
Way to go 844!
9:02 is it just me, but does anyone else think there is something plaintive, a sad, lonely wail of an old giant in the sound of the American steam whistle?
Now that's steam showing that it IS superior! At 4:53
NOW THAT! is showing just what those old steamers can really do!!! steam engines will always be my fav locomotive
13:16 truer words will never be spoken by Jim Brehm.
RIP Bob Hutchinson and Bob Patterson you will be greatly missed
who?
+TheRealZuikaku2 the two engineers who ran locomotives at steamtown. They have passed away sadly.
Nicholas Medovich of lung cancer?
pro trick : you can watch series at Flixzone. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.
@Lyric Dakota yup, I've been using Flixzone} for years myself =)
I wonder were I can find the music they used in this film?
mcloud 25 is a 2-6-2 work horse and has ran ever since it rolled out of the factory in 1925
I agree the 4-8-4 is one of the best types of steam locomotives, the K, Ka and Kb classes where them so...
P.S. stick it dessils
Funny, how watching this in 2023, when this video was made in the 90's, 4014 was still rusting away in southern California. No one knew she'd be brought back to life.
The 4-8-4 was definitely the pinnacle of passenger steam power, the N&W, NYC and later C&O models are great examples. 75"-80" drivers, but meanwhile on the N&W, their passenger Js have 70" drivers, yet made excellent use of them, and the C&O, either 72" or 74", also made superb use of them.
The Santa Fe 4-8-4's also rank above the best.
@@davefrompa5334 That they do
Steam engines are just so much more charming than Diesels. Some British diesels are still beautiful, really, but the ones we're making in America today... no beauty, no romance, no grandeur. They're just cold, soulless thingamajigs that have no character to them and aren't exciting in any way.
13:30
This one is my favorite part.
for the most part at the beginning of this segment it is mostly about #3985 but The Challenger is not the only Steam UP owns at 2:03 here she comes The Queen of The Rails, The Star of The Train World, and yes The Living Legend herself #844 doing what she does best visiting all of us railfans. but #844 has an amazing story to tell at 3:58 in November of 96 when #844 was coming home from Railfest she was fallowing a slow moving freight into Cheyenne half way down Archer the lead engine stalled and came to a stop at the choke point of the track in to Cheyenne. Cheyenne dispatch got on the radio and called #844 to action then she came behind the train and pushed it into Cheyenne. #844 saved the day up there on Archer in 96.
If you don't mind traveling across the world,I would recommend going to a village in Jiayang,China. Don't ask me why,if you go there you will see.
the part where the old steam locomotive was pushing the train that was the little engine that could or the big steam engine that could and did
Yep that's #844 for you.
Union Pacific 4-8-4 Locomotive 844
2:03 [train Whistle] 2:07 [engine chugging]
4:13 first time in almost 40 years that a steam train has actually done what it used to do without actually being a public amusement
Dam right steam towns steam locomotives are canadian !
AMEN; AND TYVM
An amusing coincidence in model/unit numbers here --- the only continuously-operating "4-8-4" in the world is unit #844 --- the same numbers as its model :)
At 0:42, what was the engine on the flatbed?
that was a union pacific 4-6-0. I forget its number , but when its 100th birthday came around, The engine toured the system behind 3985 on a flatbed
oh. wasn't it like 1243 or something?
i think so
And so is the prowess of steam.
Lets face it Diesels suck ass they need to invent a Dash 11 with 5,500 hp eh someday
are the glitches on purpose?
Just vhs at it's fineist.
#844 Kicked Diesels Ass,,, HAhahaha,,,,,,,, Way to go living, Breathing, Beautiful!! Lady................
Indeed
Sad loss n&w
I guess they had Karen's back then too. What mean spirited old woman