Ah memories. Lunched at the rearmost table of the Pullman brake on May 31 1998 - part of my first return to GB in 25 years. Bank holiday Sunday, spent an idyllic afternoon filming from the viewing platform, Hartland lifted the safety valves just as she started up, still have the VHS, about to put it onto DVD so I can watch it forever...
*U. S. Army Transportation Corps Class S160 Fleet No. 2253* (Baldwin Locomotive Works Class 2-8-0-19S SerNo 69496, built 1943) may have been optioned for bumper-and-chain coupling standard throughout Europe; American standard configuration uses Janney couplers at both ends. Assigned to the London and Northeastern (GBR) until Overlord 1944, she served in France during the liberation campaign, then Poland after the war; was returned 1985 to Great Britain courtesy of SPS and ran October 1992 to the turn of the millennium on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (GBR). As of April 2016 she is down for overhaul at AD Engineering Ltd., Stockton on Tees, and slated for the Dartmouth Steam Railway upon completion. Here, she pulled the Moorlander, the North Yorkshire flagship passenger train, on the regular schedule. At Time 15:28, the retrofitted British-standard screw-wheel reverser control can be seen below the stock throttle handle (originally the USATC locomotives packed an Alco-style power reverser, which uses a ratcheted handle consistent with the Johnson bars used on older American types).
This locomotive came from Poland, whether it was the state railway (PKP) I do not know. It was said to have been through the workshops at Olesnica before sale. At the time it was said that future overhauls should not involve heavy boiler surgery. What were the problems with 2253's boiler? Boiler work is necessarily expensive because it is a pressure vessel. If one was to fail in steam... There were several boiler explosions with new USA 2-8-0's when they ran in the UK. One happened in a tunnel. Imagine that, being boiled alive in a steam explosion....
Great video....love these S160's. Recently i noticed her in a siding on The NYMR looking in a pretty sorry state, since then i have discovered she has Boiler issues. But now i see she's at The NRM at Shildon on display until August. Hopefully one day she'll be back out and about again. Cheers....Steve.
+Steve Lewis Video Channel. Yes I think this old US loco is past its sell by date. It should be cut up for scrap and melted down. Make something useful. These steam locos are very polluting.
+David Othen Here in the U.S., the current FRA 1472 rules governing upkeep of preserved steam locos gives on average 15 years of running time, assuming 100 days per year of steam raised, before its overhaul time and sonic checks must be conducted. They are called the '1472' regulations because when completed successfully, they grant a total of 1,472 'working days' of steam being raised with a fire in the firebox for the boiler before the inspection must be repeated. The '1472' rules first came into effect in 1999 here in the U.S.
I’ve heard that Baldwin single chime economy whistles sounded very similar to a Bulleid pacific single chime. I guess this is what they were talking about.
Steam engine driving is a skill that needs a lot of practice and experience. In the old days it took most men 30 years of work as a cleaner and then fireman before they became an engine driver even on a small shunting engine.
Cheers to this fine engine built from America going to Great Britain. 🇺🇸
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my dad saved it from scrapping in late 80s, by putting it constantly at the end of the que of locos to be scrapped. I'll show this video to him today.
Your dad is a hero. :-D
Glad your dad did that.. Its a unique engine being USA
Ah memories. Lunched at the rearmost table of the Pullman brake on May 31 1998 - part of my first return to GB in 25 years. Bank holiday Sunday, spent an idyllic afternoon filming from the viewing platform, Hartland lifted the safety valves just as she started up, still have the VHS, about to put it onto DVD so I can watch it forever...
Great video, it seems to be a good time for S160's at the moment with 6046 and big Jim in steam and 5197 due back soon.
This brings back the memories when the homefleet were all operational, Heartland, Repton, Green Knight, Braveheart and Dame Vera :)
Both Braveheart and 2253 (now called Omaha) are at the Dartmouth Steam Railway
Braveheart is a resident engine, 2253 is on a 5 year loan
@@Jaidencharlotte Yes that's right I now know that Braveheart is at the Dartmouth Railway now. Yet to go there but looks a great place
@@mattseymour8637 it really is,
I hope you get to go soon
*U. S. Army Transportation Corps Class S160 Fleet No. 2253* (Baldwin Locomotive Works Class 2-8-0-19S SerNo 69496, built 1943) may have been optioned for bumper-and-chain coupling standard throughout Europe; American standard configuration uses Janney couplers at both ends. Assigned to the London and Northeastern (GBR) until Overlord 1944, she served in France during the liberation campaign, then Poland after the war; was returned 1985 to Great Britain courtesy of SPS and ran October 1992 to the turn of the millennium on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (GBR). As of April 2016 she is down for overhaul at AD Engineering Ltd., Stockton on Tees, and slated for the Dartmouth Steam Railway upon completion.
Here, she pulled the Moorlander, the North Yorkshire flagship passenger train, on the regular schedule. At Time 15:28, the retrofitted British-standard screw-wheel reverser control can be seen below the stock throttle handle (originally the USATC locomotives packed an Alco-style power reverser, which uses a ratcheted handle consistent with the Johnson bars used on older American types).
+B. C. Schmerker Many thanks for all the extra information.
Looks like a consolidation class to me. But then that's all I've ever seen 2-8-0 types called here in the U.S.
This locomotive came from Poland, whether it was the state railway (PKP) I do not know.
It was said to have been through the workshops at Olesnica before sale. At the time it was said that future overhauls should not involve heavy boiler surgery.
What were the problems with 2253's boiler?
Boiler work is necessarily expensive because it is a pressure vessel. If one was to fail in steam...
There were several boiler explosions with new USA 2-8-0's when they ran in the UK. One happened in a tunnel. Imagine that, being boiled alive in a steam explosion....
The boiler failures on the S160's were due to incorrect gauge glass readings, resulting in too low a water level exposing the firebox crown.
Elaborating on the original comment, 2253 was used on the Polish State Railways (PKP).
Great video....love these S160's. Recently i noticed her in a siding on The NYMR looking in a pretty sorry state, since then i have discovered she has Boiler issues. But now i see she's at The NRM at Shildon on display until August. Hopefully one day she'll be back out and about again. Cheers....Steve.
Thanks for the update. Most steam locomotives need boilers refurbished every 10 years or so.
+Steve Lewis Video Channel. Yes I think this old US loco is past its sell by date. It should be cut up for scrap and melted down. Make something useful. These steam locos are very polluting.
+heelfan1234 I think we need to preserve a little of our history in operating condition so that future generations can see how things used to be.
David Othen I agree wholeheartedly...Living History.
+David Othen Here in the U.S., the current FRA 1472 rules governing upkeep of preserved steam locos gives on average 15 years of running time, assuming 100 days per year of steam raised, before its overhaul time and sonic checks must be conducted. They are called the '1472' regulations because when completed successfully, they grant a total of 1,472 'working days' of steam being raised with a fire in the firebox for the boiler before the inspection must be repeated. The '1472' rules first came into effect in 1999 here in the U.S.
There are two of these in alaska one will be running soon, there is also one in greece coupled to a bunch of mothballed steamers.
Dam...this video was shot on my 53 rd birthday.....yea that means I'm 74 this month...lol.... BTW good video
befrank88 Thanks. I am not far behind!
+befrank88 Thanks for the update.
Still think, if you watch any footage they were a bit more regulator and cut off happy in those days over now.
Her whistle sounds like a Reading Company single chime "Hooter" whistle.
Sounds more like a bullied pacific.
I’ve heard that Baldwin single chime economy whistles sounded very similar to a Bulleid pacific single chime. I guess this is what they were talking about.
@@loubyloustar it is a bullied whistle and its wrong she should have a 5 chime she has an 7mt chime now tho
god they drove them properly in the late 80's early 90's!!
Steam engine driving is a skill that needs a lot of practice and experience. In the old days it took most men 30 years of work as a cleaner and then fireman before they became an engine driver even on a small shunting engine.
very good fiming
+Michael Sandford Thank you. It was fun to be a volunteer there.
um the whistle at the start sounds odd
What the.......
Thats a bulleid whistle
Bulleid whistle?!!! 😡 Let her keep a chime whistle for crying out loud. Still good to see footage of 2253. Isn't she the one at Shildon now?
No 2253 aka Omaha is still on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. In 2019, she returned to steam after a 20 year overhaul
They could at least give her a Baldwin single chime.
Now that engine is named Omaha and she returned to steam in 2019
No 5 chime? That’s disappointing...
tbh the whistle doesn't sound right
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