NKP 765 climbing Horseshoe Curve
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- From 11:40am to 11:45am on 8/20/2012, Nickel Plate 765 climbed the famous Horseshoe Curve. It sported 2 whistles- a 3 chime whistle from the Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Shops and it's usual whistle.
For what it's worth, this video was taken with my phone- a Motorola Razr.
I love the sound of that whistle echoing through the hills and valleys for miles. Beautiful and to me haunting at the same time. I grew up in the 50's and 60's across from a loading and switching yard and would hear that in the wee hrs of the morning.
I totally agree with you. I love hearing the steam whistle echo through the valleys and yet it's almost haunting to. Haunting because it's like hearing the past come to life. Awesome
And the chugging imagine falling asleep to it
I often why they couldn’t put a steam whistle on a modern locomotive, and run it off air?
My wife's grandfather, Leslie Enders was an engineer on the PRR and did duty between Altoona, thru the curve, to Youngwood, Pa. for most of his career. I can only imagine what it must have been like to make that run as many times as he must have done.
Sounded like she needed a helper. just a little..her Heritage unit NKP was right there! Very cool!
She was working hard and hot, popping off as she came past the Point there. The 8100 wasn't needed, she just slipped abit on the wet rail.
How idyllic and lovely to the see the train chug along amidst a huge racket!
765's whistle; the one on the steam dome. The whistle further forward, on the smokebox, is the PRR Altoona Shops' whistle.
A Deep Pennsylvania 3 chime.
Woah what an amazing catch wish it could be going here today I love the horseshoe curve and the Conway yard
Got to see Horseshoe Curve the first time Sunday just past and it was an amazing experience. Every one was spread out until some one called train, then the rush to the fence with cameras and phones out.
It's truly amazing The Horseshoe Curve. I was there my first time with my grandparents as a child around early 1980's. And went back numerous times. Just to think and be able to watch what a sight it would have been to see the old steamers go through back in the 30's or so
I noticed that the hotbox detectors are going off and alerting the crew of 765 of a defect, I can imagine the crew were thinking,"Shut up, that's just the steam".
Wow this would’ve been something to see in person, thanks for posting👍🏼😎
Would love to see this run by now, trees bare, cold out, I bet that would look awesome.
Proud that my father engineered 765 back in the day.
Maybe 50 years ago, I worked for a salvage company in Pittsburgh (about 90 miles from Altoona) that would buy up and resell materials damaged on a train. A lot of it was things like dented refrigerators when cars were humped while building the trains.
But about once a year (it seemed) we'd get a call from Altoona for a train that had derailed. Cars would be lying on their sides filled with everything from cases of soup cans to lumber, which was the worst to unload.
Did I hear a bit of wheel spin?
Yes, had to back off on the throttle briefly.
NKP 765: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
NKP 8100: Hehe
Hell of a string of coaches on her... Just about maxed out!
Nice to see steam back on the curve.....and another Lma Built NKP Berk at that...! Nice job.
NKP 765: trying to look proud in front of her fans
NKP 8100: feeling useless in the back
PRR:7048 wishing he and 8100 were given appreciation and recognition
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What was up with the sound 🤔 in this video? It kept fading in and out
I grew up in a house about two miles from the Horseshoe Curve. I am 82. In the summer, when we had the windows in the house open, I frequently could hear the steam locomotives working the grade up to and through the curve.
What is the purpose of the diesel locomotive behind NKP 765. Was it assisting the steam locomotive?
Sometimes assisting power, sometimes dynamic brakes, sometimes just dead weight.
@@a5wr1ght Thanks!
What A beautiful Engine and sound
Frk that looks cool n sounds great. Cheers
I believe that downside signal bridge has since been removed.
i WAS UP THEIR QUITE A FEW TIMES BACK IN THE '40s WHEN THEIR WAS NO FENCE AROUND IT. WAS WITH MY BROOTHER & DAD, NOT SURE BUT I DON'T THINK MY MOM CAME UP. YOU HAD TO WALK UP BACK THEN
i was informed by the fort wayne railroad society who operates 765 it was a 6 chime
the second whistle was nathan 6 chime
The sound is messing up
nice video! I thought i would see it but i came into town too early!
That whistle...❤️
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954
I think 🤔🤔 it would've been respectful to trim those trees down to get a better look at the steamer rounding the curve. I bet some of the people filming wished the same thing.
awesome
Leave the zoom alone for gods sakes. Couldn't watch it, so poor.
If this was my video, I'd tell ya to kiss my ass, go somewhere else to watch it. I was able to watch it, but maybe It's because I'm not a prick? 🤣
I think the original 765 was wrecked we rebuilt that engine renamed 765 in ft Wayne Indiana in the 80s I welded on the boiler tube and fire box
The 765 has always been what it is. When Fort Wayne asked for a locomotive for display, they specifically asked for the 767 because it was the first for some special event ages ago. Because of the exceptionally poor (or possibly scrapped) condition of the actual 767, the NKP pulled a fast one on the city of Fort Wayne and renumbered the 765 after retirement to 767. When the "767" was pulled from its display to be rebuilt, it was eventually discovered that the NKP did this "switch-a-roo" and 765 was restored to its original number.
sounds to me that they have 2 seprate whistles on that loco, the lower tone 1 is dif a chime whistle from a prr,k-4 or prr m-1, any way it was great just to see steam agin on the ex prr main line.
Christ they got a Pepsi machine there
Could anyone help me understand why there is a diesel locomotive attached to steam-powered trains? This big 2-8-2 seem powerful enough to pull this train by itself! What is the role of the diesel?
Still nice to have them for backup but they mainly power the passenger cars. Plus NS always likes to run the matching units for looks
Dynamic braking, coal & water conservation, head end power…
I think I can- I think I can...
How often do they run a steam engine up the curve?
Once in a lifetime. This was the return trip to Indiana from employee specials in Enola/Harrisburg. The next year they returned to PA and ran two public excursions from Lewistown to the curve and Altoona and return. The 21st century steam program ended after several years.
When in doubt...zoom in or out!!
Essa Maria fumaça ela tá brava kkk gente porque tanta fumaça não deixa de linda mais!Olha ó que está acontecendo no mundo tantas gente doente depois vão jogar Culpa em quem, pra que tanta fumaça poluindo a floresta!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔?????????????
Is she guna make it ?
Which One is the one at 2:06 ?
NKP 765's primary whistle
Your camera has microphone issues
Yah, this was so long ago it was the first time I had used a smartphone to take a video like this. The interruptions in the sound are from the phone itself doing the haptic feedback. It was so incredibly annoying. That phone was the original Motorola Droid Razr.
I liked 765 when she had black drivers and a single beam headlight
Yes!
Black lives matter!!
just as 759 did.
Ty
Awesome.
Cool thanks
Why I's there always s shitload of people in the way with there cameras
It got hit with a hot box. Second drive wheel
According to Rich Melvin, the detector is reading the heat off the cylinder on engineers side
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why did they put on 2 whistles?
To commemorate running on PRR tracks again.
vector6977 makes sense
Not sure, but Pere Marquette 1225 does the same thing.
Probably that second whistle was from the prr l1sa #4482
Ha you can here that kids movie i think I can i think I can
So much better since they cut all the trees and ground clutter around the curve.
Would have loved to watch that if taken by someone with video skills....
This was the first video I ever took with a cellphone. It was almost 10 years ago. That phone was junk.
Quitcha' complaining - it's a spontaneous work of love
Your video contains more shots of the back of people's heads than the locomotive itself; is that a new technique perhaps?
2:04
Someone please take the camera away from him. He ruined a great experience for us.
Your phone sucks.
Meh