I was thrilled to discover this as I live about 20 miles northwest. Bellefontaine was closed to steam in February 1956. The first part of the film is in Bellefontaine, Ohio. The roundhouse, turntable and coal dock are all at Bellefontaine. Mohawk 3005 was "The Mohawk that Refused to Abdicate" in Trains Magazine and it appears at 8:00, heading around the curve to go west to Sidney and Indianapolis. Springfield, Ohio, begins at 9:45. The distinctive depot and the street running are notable. Beech Grove (Indianapolis) begins about 11:00. It is hard not to notice the 6000-series Niagaras stored outdoors, rusting. The last of steam at Indianapolis was retired in April 1957. The last NYC steamer was retired in May 1957 at Cincinnati- a lowly H-class 2-8-2.
Thanks for more Bellefontaine footage. I wish tho there was "more time" to watch the valve gear. Unfamiliar type, Im still trying to figure oout how the reverse th valve action. Walschert is fairly easy, This (Baker ??) is not. LOL
@@dennis-ul5ht Okay thanks & got it now. If it had been NKP I would known instantly. As a little boy I remember visiting my Aunt and Uncle up in northern Ohio and being inthralled by the NKP fast freight trains. It was a very cool name for a Railroad also.
@@dennis-ul5ht I was born in 1946 so Steam was on the way out and Diesels were talking over quickly. But as a little boy I have fond memories of listening to steam trains whistling through our neighborhood in the summer when the windows of our house were open and the days before air conditioning. I used to hide under the bed sheets and check the RR timetables with a flashlight to identify which train it was. I grew up in Norwood Ohio so I got to watch the B&O SW, Pennsylvania, N&W and the CL&N railroads and the occasional NYC when they were rerouted. I got in trouble a many a time when I would be coming back home from the movies on Saturday and I would get to watch one train after another on the B&O Pennsylvania line. One train would go past and another headlight would appear in the distance. IF I saw Smoke there was No Way I would be leaving the bridge over the underpass. There is nothing more exciting than a Steam Locomotive at speed.
Any idea why NYC locos are that far west of New York. Is it a simmilar thing were the loco rail road rented them out like the PRR did with the Santa Fe Texas class steamers?
I was thrilled to discover this as I live about 20 miles northwest. Bellefontaine was closed to steam in February 1956. The first part of the film is in Bellefontaine, Ohio. The roundhouse, turntable and coal dock are all at Bellefontaine. Mohawk 3005 was "The Mohawk that Refused to Abdicate" in Trains Magazine and it appears at 8:00, heading around the curve to go west to Sidney and Indianapolis. Springfield, Ohio, begins at 9:45. The distinctive depot and the street running are notable. Beech Grove (Indianapolis) begins about 11:00. It is hard not to notice the 6000-series Niagaras stored outdoors, rusting. The last of steam at Indianapolis was retired in April 1957. The last NYC steamer was retired in May 1957 at Cincinnati- a lowly H-class 2-8-2.
I love the turntable. My father in law used to work at the "roundhouse" when Powell Valve used it.
i worked their to , back 1977-78, ran a miles muti way machine.. the round house was huge but it wae cold in the winter lol.
That is my dad and my grandpa hanging out the train at the very end of this video.
Great vid, Been to Bellefontaine many times.
B & O= Best and Only
Thanks for more Bellefontaine footage. I wish tho there was "more time" to watch the valve gear. Unfamiliar type, Im still trying to figure oout how the reverse th valve action. Walschert is fairly easy, This (Baker ??) is not. LOL
Ohio residents were fortunate in that the B & O, PRR, NYC, N & W, and NP all had significant steam operations all through the state in 1956...
NP ?
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Okay thanks & got it now. If it had been NKP I would known instantly.
As a little boy I remember visiting my Aunt and Uncle up in northern Ohio and being inthralled by the NKP fast freight trains. It was a very cool name for a Railroad also.
@@michaelrief4424 I mostly missed the steam era but recall when Mike 4070 came through Norwalk on the former NKP (got it right!) in the early '80's..
@@dennis-ul5ht
I was born in 1946 so Steam was on the way out and Diesels were talking over quickly. But as a little boy I have fond memories of listening to steam trains whistling through our neighborhood in the summer when the windows of our house were open and the days before air conditioning. I used to hide under the bed sheets and check the RR timetables with a flashlight to identify which train it was.
I grew up in Norwood Ohio so I got to watch the B&O SW, Pennsylvania, N&W and the CL&N railroads and the occasional NYC when they were rerouted.
I got in trouble a many a time when I would be coming back home from the movies on Saturday and I would get to watch one train after another on the B&O Pennsylvania line. One train would go past and another headlight would appear in the distance. IF I saw Smoke there was No Way I would be leaving the bridge over the underpass. There is nothing more exciting than a Steam Locomotive at speed.
Any idea why NYC locos are that far west of New York. Is it a simmilar thing were the loco rail road rented them out like the PRR did with the Santa Fe Texas class steamers?
No, the NYC ran all the way to Chicago...and to St. Louis; the NYC was operating its own steam locos on its own tracks.
The NYC ran as far west as Chicago and St. Louis.
Actually not much different than seeing Union Pacific and Southern Pacific in St Louis or Chicago. even Cincinnati.
@@Toledo1940 did you love Hudsons i love them too.
@@maxwellwalcher6420 Yes. In fact, I was able to photograph some of them.
what Hudson you like.
These must have been the last weeks of steam.
I thought the NYC retired all steam east of Indiana by 1954.