As someone who lives extremely close to Owosso, Michigan and is fortunate enough to see Pere Marquette 1225 every other day, I must admit I'm obsessed with the Kanawha/Berkshire locomotive. I'm wishing the best regards for you guys restoring this locomotive in 2020! Hopefully one day I can come down and see her.
Honestly you've got to imagine just how lucky this group had been this year. Not only were they able to get CSX to warm up to the idea of steam excursions. But more or less the entire state of Kentucky recognize's the PR potential, free advertising, and money opportunity assisting in this effort. What's next!? They buy 2716 from it's old home?
Tom Stephens would be so proud. If you don’t know who he is, he use to work for the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. He died a couple of years ago. His biggest wish was to see 2716 running again. He would be tickled to death too see what you have done to restore 2716
Tom was a friend of our organization and even donated 2716’s Southern Railway boiler tube pilot to us in 2016. Check out our RUclips channel for a video on that donation.
@@KentuckySteam I'm an 11 year old boy from Chicago & I want to restore C&O 2755.The only problem is I can't find a good place to set up shop so I'm hoping someday I could partner with you guys to help restore 2755. Maybe even doing a double header with 2716 & 2755
Was in the crowd at Ravenna when you all pulled in Seeing the massive steam engine was like nothing I ever seen before Only ever saw 1 other steam engine before in Paris Kentucky and it was far far smaller then 2716
2019 was a great year for you all! I'm excited that something like this is going on here in Kentucky. Thanks for all your hard work to preserve 2716, I want to volunteer as soon as I can! ) I spotted myself in the video sporting my KSHC merchandise :)
I wish you guys the best of luck, But I think we all need to give a BIG Thank You to CSX. CSX has seemed to open up to the possibilities of steam excursions. They have also helped out A LOT during the move of 2716, and they also have donated a lot of stuff to the Heritage Corp. Such as the restored C&O caboose aswell as a Diesel Locomotive. Once again, I can't wait to see 2716 under her own steam and I thank everyone who has had an involvement in this project.
Everybody loves positive comments and I have to smile to myself. I recall long ago when I was a boy, seeing and climbing on the last derelict steam engines sitting beside the Russell, KY roundhouse. Amongst them was the 611...now renumbered 614 I think. Also there was three or four 2700s. They were sad looking...having sat there since the late 50s...about 10 years at that point. Maybe a year later, I noticed they were gone! One day, not long after the engines disappeared, I was with a neighbor as he took some junk to the Mansbach scrap yard in Ashland, KY. To my horror, all that remained of the 2700s, was the tender from one of them...and it was half way gone. I had no idea that 611 had been saved from the torch. In 1977, I hired on the then Chessie System and was there when the steam specials were run using the 765?...I think a former Nickel Plate loco. It later mysteriously burned in the old Stevens roundhouse. I'll always think on purpose, because it was a running junker and it made a grand excuse to gift the owner Ross Rowland, their then poster boy for steam engines, the 611 which was in a museum. Considering that engine was only ten years old when they parked it and of the latest steam technology, it was a real prize. Anyway.....Rowland got the engine, we saw a couple years of specials and then the RR pulled the plug. Last I read, the now 614 was in NY somewhere, again derelict. The 2700 K4s were fine locomotives according to the old steam men I worked with. Easy to fire, powerful and fast on manifests and running mtys. I've got to say...I know you're all sucked up to CSX because they're making your dream possible. But they were a pack of rat ...illegitimates..to work for. The great change occurred when Chessie merged with Seaboard. I could write a book of what I witnessed just where I worked in the Russell yard and on the northern subdivision. We referred to the Seaboard outfit as the alligators and they gutted the Chessie, which was a very fine railroad. Chessie should have never allowed those people to hold key management positions...but they did and the demise was akin to the Pennsylvania RR allowing the NY Central to suck them down the wormhole. Good luck with your adventure. It'll last until a change in the guard occurs at Jacksonville. Some bean counter will declare your relationship a waste of money and that'll be the end of things. I saw it happen before.
So cool to see this project in motion! I don't think people give CSX enough credit for what they have done to help this restoration even happen. Looking forward to what 2020 has to bring from the organization!
My Grandaddy, from Lee Co Ky, used to worked for the railroad from the 1930’s until the 1960’s as an engineer on the coal trains. He went from steam engines to Diesel powered trains. There was a railroad yard which usually had the pre-diesel era retired trains parked there.
You guys have done so much for this engine it's unbelievable. I've been really enjoying the updates over the last year. Look forward to 2020. Let's get some more groups like this for some other Locomotives! We must remember our history to preserve our culture! Would love to see 2716 next to N&W 611, UP 4014 and maybe RJ Korman's Chinese QJ!
Could you guys possibly get this thing to visit my home city of Manassas, Virginia? I loved having 611 visit and would LOVE it even more if 2716 visited as well.
This was really interesting and special to watch. Thanks for putting it together and thanks for all of your HARD work on the locomotive! Keep it up! Would absolutely LOVE to be part of something as special as this.
I am happy for you guys! but I have to ask Will 614 ever run again? I would love to see her back and up in full steam, but she is a 4-8-4 and they cost way more to keep running than a 2-8-4...I think??
Your my inspiration to restore C&O 2755 as I found out the son of 614's previous owner now owns it & he says he's trying to restore it but he's done nothing but give it a new coat of paint
I’ve asked that before and they plan to keep CSX on the tender for a bit. It does have C&O on the one dome so it still has its heritage road name on the engine somewhere.
@@James-Railyard It could be like PM 1225. When it was on display it uad C&O on the tender, but eventually it was changed back to PM when it was fully restored to operation.
JCBro2014 I think in order to run it on CSX they might want them to keep CSX on the tender though. I’m just guessing here but I like seeing CSX on a steam engine. Now if only someone would restore one of the two H8’s or 614.
Meanwhile I saw something that said it's easier to maintain 2-8-4's than 4-8-4's so when I saw C&O 2-8-4 No.2755's back story,saw that she's still up for grabs,& was in good condition I knew what I had to do
Can't wait to see what's in store for 2716 and hopefully something for 587 too 🤞in 2020 and I'd be shocked if the work on 2716 is done by sometime in 2020 but I'm not gonna jinx it
This. Is. AWESOME! I see a CSX steam program in the works. Maybe it’ll star: The C&O 614, R. J. Coorman #2008, Nickel Plate 587, NC&St.L 576, Louisville and Nashville 152, and of course, CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO (possibly repainted to CSX) #2716!
@@lavettelee9999 another short piece of info. If you are gonna work with the public to restore something remember to watch what you post. Everyone can see it an it Reflects on you. You can't be yelling shutup at someone then beg them for a donation.
Hi I'm an 11 year old boy from Chicago & I'm wondering if you can help me with a future plan. I want to restore C&O 2-8-4 2755 as she has been mistreated as an engine & I want to get it running since she was never given a chance just because people kept vandalizing it. Even though it's now illegal to vandalize it,in good condition,& is up for grabs,no one will buy it so I want to help her out of her situation. The only problem is I can't find a place for a base so I'm open for suggestions. If I'm able to restore it I'm also hoping to someday do a double header with 2716 & 2755.Hope for some help. Please respond. #Save2755
Also they keep saying that they can't restore 4460 cause her BOILER was SANDBLASTED even though you would have to replace the boiler anyways makes you 🤔 Right
Lavette Lee exactly. The engine has been outside for so long it would need a new boiler. Hopefully someone has the guts to undertake this project of restoring 4460, and bring back the Forgotten Daylight
![Chasing the Heritage Highball - C&O 2716 Move to Ravenna [4K]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/aLqEMps5CEY/mqdefault.jpg)
As someone who lives extremely close to Owosso, Michigan and is fortunate enough to see Pere Marquette 1225 every other day, I must admit I'm obsessed with the Kanawha/Berkshire locomotive. I'm wishing the best regards for you guys restoring this locomotive in 2020! Hopefully one day I can come down and see her.
Cinimod - RBX Greeting From Swartz Creek! I’ve also seen 1225 a few times. Swartz creek is close to Durand.
Honestly you've got to imagine just how lucky this group had been this year. Not only were they able to get CSX to warm up to the idea of steam excursions. But more or less the entire state of Kentucky recognize's the PR potential, free advertising, and money opportunity assisting in this effort. What's next!? They buy 2716 from it's old home?
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Tom Stephens would be so proud.
If you don’t know who he is, he use to work for the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. He died a couple of years ago. His biggest wish was to see 2716 running again. He would be tickled to death too see what you have done to restore 2716
Tom was a friend of our organization and even donated 2716’s Southern Railway boiler tube pilot to us in 2016. Check out our RUclips channel for a video on that donation.
@@KentuckySteam I have a big question for you guys
@@KentuckySteam I'm an 11 year old boy from Chicago & I want to restore C&O 2755.The only problem is I can't find a good place to set up shop so I'm hoping someday I could partner with you guys to help restore 2755. Maybe even doing a double header with 2716 & 2755
2019 seemed to be a fantastic year for you guys. I hope you guys have a fantastic new year and good luck for the future work on 2716.
Was in the crowd at Ravenna when you all pulled in
Seeing the massive steam engine was like nothing I ever seen before
Only ever saw 1 other steam engine before in Paris Kentucky and it was far far smaller then 2716
14:29 I see the Medium Boy (a small highlight that I'll remember regarding 2716 this year). However good luck with the restoration in 2020!
Union Pacific has started a trend xD
2019 was a great year for you all! I'm excited that something like this is going on here in Kentucky. Thanks for all your hard work to preserve 2716, I want to volunteer as soon as I can! ) I spotted myself in the video sporting my KSHC merchandise :)
I wish you guys the best of luck, But I think we all need to give a BIG Thank You to CSX. CSX has seemed to open up to the possibilities of steam excursions. They have also helped out A LOT during the move of 2716, and they also have donated a lot of stuff to the Heritage Corp. Such as the restored C&O caboose aswell as a Diesel Locomotive. Once again, I can't wait to see 2716 under her own steam and I thank everyone who has had an involvement in this project.
Everybody loves positive comments and I have to smile to myself. I recall long ago when I was a boy, seeing and climbing on the last derelict steam engines sitting beside the Russell, KY roundhouse. Amongst them was the 611...now renumbered 614 I think. Also there was three or four 2700s. They were sad looking...having sat there since the late 50s...about 10 years at that point. Maybe a year later, I noticed they were gone! One day, not long after the engines disappeared, I was with a neighbor as he took some junk to the Mansbach scrap yard in Ashland, KY. To my horror, all that remained of the 2700s, was the tender from one of them...and it was half way gone. I had no idea that 611 had been saved from the torch.
In 1977, I hired on the then Chessie System and was there when the steam specials were run using the 765?...I think a former Nickel Plate loco. It later mysteriously burned in the old Stevens roundhouse. I'll always think on purpose, because it was a running junker and it made a grand excuse to gift the owner Ross Rowland, their then poster boy for steam engines, the 611 which was in a museum. Considering that engine was only ten years old when they parked it and of the latest steam technology, it was a real prize. Anyway.....Rowland got the engine, we saw a couple years of specials and then the RR pulled the plug. Last I read, the now 614 was in NY somewhere, again derelict. The 2700 K4s were fine locomotives according to the old steam men I worked with. Easy to fire, powerful and fast on manifests and running mtys.
I've got to say...I know you're all sucked up to CSX because they're making your dream possible. But they were a pack of rat ...illegitimates..to work for. The great change occurred when Chessie merged with Seaboard. I could write a book of what I witnessed just where I worked in the Russell yard and on the northern subdivision. We referred to the Seaboard outfit as the alligators and they gutted the Chessie, which was a very fine railroad. Chessie should have never allowed those people to hold key management positions...but they did and the demise was akin to the Pennsylvania RR allowing the NY Central to suck them down the wormhole.
Good luck with your adventure. It'll last until a change in the guard occurs at Jacksonville. Some bean counter will declare your relationship a waste of money and that'll be the end of things. I saw it happen before.
@mark harris the engine on the Chessie steam specials was former reading 2101 that burned in the roundhouse.
So cool to see this project in motion! I don't think people give CSX enough credit for what they have done to help this restoration even happen. Looking forward to what 2020 has to bring from the organization!
And to think that a year ago, I had no idea what KSHC was. And now my basement is full of merch. Time flies 🤣
My Grandaddy, from Lee Co Ky, used to worked for the railroad from the 1930’s until the 1960’s as an engineer on the coal trains. He went from steam engines to Diesel powered trains. There was a railroad yard which usually had the pre-diesel era retired trains parked there.
The progress Kentucky Steam has made this year has been outstanding! We’re looking forward to see how you will be making history in the future!
You guys have done so much for this engine it's unbelievable. I've been really enjoying the updates over the last year. Look forward to 2020. Let's get some more groups like this for some other Locomotives! We must remember our history to preserve our culture! Would love to see 2716 next to N&W 611, UP 4014 and maybe RJ Korman's Chinese QJ!
This is just wonderful to see this was a couple of years ago nothing now its a whole operation...i love this chanel
i love it seems like more and more steam engines are being brought back to life nowadays
Could you guys possibly get this thing to visit my home city of Manassas, Virginia? I loved having 611 visit and would LOVE it even more if 2716 visited as well.
Can’t wait for her and nstc&l 576 to run again, maybe even together
I wish y'all a very happy 2020 and wish you guys the best with the 2716! Cheers!
Here's to hoping 2716 can be restored, and that this time her excursion career lasts more than just a year or two if she's lucky.
This was really interesting and special to watch. Thanks for putting it together and thanks for all of your HARD work on the locomotive! Keep it up! Would absolutely LOVE to be part of something as special as this.
Amazing work needs to be outfits like you guys!!!!!
I am happy for you guys! but I have to ask
Will 614 ever run again? I would love to see her back and up in full steam, but she is a 4-8-4 and they cost way more to keep running than a 2-8-4...I think??
I'm 11 & I live in Chicago but I plan to restore C&O 614 buy I need help so I want to enlist the help of the K.S.H.C
Just found out Ross Rowland jr (son of 614's old owner) is planning on restoring
@@lavettelee9999 REALLY!? AWESOME!!
@@octopus1066 Thanx. I want to get all the support I can get
@@octopus1066 I hope to start by the time I'm out of college
Your my inspiration to restore C&O 2755 as I found out the son of 614's previous owner now owns it & he says he's trying to restore it but he's done nothing but give it a new coat of paint
I freaking love the medium boy. I will donate! Awesome work guys!!
Love what you’ve done do you plan to keep the CSX on the tender or bring it back to C&O
It may depend on if they have the time and money.
I’ve asked that before and they plan to keep CSX on the tender for a bit. It does have C&O on the one dome so it still has its heritage road name on the engine somewhere.
@@James-Railyard It could be like PM 1225. When it was on display it uad C&O on the tender, but eventually it was changed back to PM when it was fully restored to operation.
JCBro2014 I think in order to run it on CSX they might want them to keep CSX on the tender though. I’m just guessing here but I like seeing CSX on a steam engine. Now if only someone would restore one of the two H8’s or 614.
Meanwhile I saw something that said it's easier to maintain 2-8-4's than 4-8-4's so when I saw C&O 2-8-4 No.2755's back story,saw that she's still up for grabs,& was in good condition I knew what I had to do
For the 1st time since 2001.
Awesome video! Love what y’all are doing! Do y’all still have NKP 587? If so, what are the plans for it?
Ayyyyy I'm the big red guy in the clip in Frankfort
Delighted Thanks
Can't wait to see what's in store for 2716 and hopefully something for 587 too 🤞in 2020 and I'd be shocked if the work on 2716 is done by sometime in 2020 but I'm not gonna jinx it
When will all 3 tracks be restored to active use?
Beautiful!
This. Is. AWESOME!
I see a CSX steam program in the works. Maybe it’ll star: The C&O 614, R. J. Coorman #2008, Nickel Plate 587, NC&St.L 576, Louisville and Nashville 152, and of course, CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO (possibly repainted to CSX) #2716!
Is it going to have the Hooter or the Longbell 3 Chime or that Pennsylvania 3 Chime?
Great job on the video!
Will this locomotive only run in Kentucky or will it go through the clinch field RR into Tennessee and NC and SC?
How long is it gonna take to restore 2716?
What is the condition of 2716? What needs to be done?
I know I'm only 11,I know that soon I will make a big difference
GOD BLESS CXS !!!
Hey, another Lima Berkshire in existence.
I would love to come and help out in the very near future
Put it on a country wide tour like the Big Boy 4884
Maybe invest in a laser rust remover to make quick work of a restoration job.
If only you can get 614 off of Ross Rowland and maybe you can get a good lineup.
I've never seen this locomotive before.. I see you pull it around for now, Is it operational? Nice looking engine.
It's not. That's why their restoring it. (Inhales heavily) *Seezure Warning* SO IT CAN RUN YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@lavettelee9999 another short piece of info. If you are gonna work with the public to restore something remember to watch what you post. Everyone can see it an it Reflects on you. You can't be yelling shutup at someone then beg them for a donation.
@@andrewtreece3708 I know
587 rebuild?
The best part in the beginning of the process was it was underneath roof
Do you own 2716?
"Medium Boy"😀😀😀😀😀
Hi I'm an 11 year old boy from Chicago & I'm wondering if you can help me with a future plan. I want to restore C&O 2-8-4 2755 as she has been mistreated as an engine & I want to get it running since she was never given a chance just because people kept vandalizing it. Even though it's now illegal to vandalize it,in good condition,& is up for grabs,no one will buy it so I want to help her out of her situation. The only problem is I can't find a place for a base so I'm open for suggestions. If I'm able to restore it I'm also hoping to someday do a double header with 2716 & 2755.Hope for some help. Please respond. #Save2755
AWESOME! Next up, SP 4460 ^^ #SP4460 #CSX2716
Yeah!
Also they keep saying that they can't restore 4460 cause her BOILER was SANDBLASTED even though you would have to replace the boiler anyways makes you 🤔 Right
Lavette Lee exactly. The engine has been outside for so long it would need a new boiler. Hopefully someone has the guts to undertake this project of restoring 4460, and bring back the Forgotten Daylight
That is a nice Berkshire
The C&O called their 2-8-4's KANAW'S & this is a C&O ENGINE SO YOUR WRONG?
So you got to calm down I didn’t know I thought it was a Berkshire it looks like one ok SO CALM DOWN ok 👌🏻
Also YOUR WRONG this engine isn’t a Kanaw it’s a Kanawha nice try train nerd! 👍🏻🤣🤣🤓😆
@@hamesjeff my auto correct won't work
@@hamesjeff also I'm 11 but I'm going to restore C&O 2755
Hey my name is Jaden and you should a restoration on nickel plate road 587
They do not make them like this anymore