Chinese Steam in Iowa I

[TrainTrackTrav]

Epic click-a-dee clack.

God bless.

[labhunter1]

I love steam. The China QJs look and sound good. But I really prefer our steam more than these. There is a lot out there still that would be nice to see them run again.

[kolbpilot]

American steam power technology came to a halt when?, '45 or so? The Chinese played with it through the '70s at least. It would be interesting to see design differences between this Chinese locomotive vs. American ones.

[mastersgta1]

man, I haven't seen QJ's in years.

[trainlover658]

i tell you what needs perserving.... an SY locomotive

[enzhus]

This loco looks nice, much better than those so called HSR.

[trainman1995]

i like the whistles on those locos, its good to see steam even chinese

[GTAManiac1994]

wait a second...so this was the train I saw pass through Commanch a few years ago! Nice to see it again and know what it is this time!

[TrainHobbyNet]

I was surprised.

Why is the Chinese loco here?

★★★★★

[faggotcracked]

It are invadin' yer country bit by bit.

Soon they'll be sending planes to replace yours.

Then the vehicles.

Then they will detonate all the Chinese-American cars and invade and you'll all be like 'Oh god unexpected rape attack'.

Then a month later they'll be like 'loltrain'

[Xantec]

i can only presume that as the chinese moved to diesel and electric power, they were going to scrap it and some americans stepped in and brought it before the locomotive got cut up.

nice to see them preserved. i wander in 50 years time if an acela will be preserved?

[bizzer261]

They did a triple header with the 261 and in this vid they are using her beautiful Milwaukee Road colored cars.

[BNSF7508]

so why are there chinese steam trains in Iowa?

[DaBlackNinja1]

The two locomotives were sold to the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad and shipped to the U.S.A on a barge, then carried by rail via specialized flatcars to Iowa. Pretty cool.

[cismok]

@DaBlackNinja1 When did that take place? Many years ago I heard two stream locos were shipped from a loco factory because US didn't build streams anymore. The following year 1989, the factory ceased the production of stream locos, no stream locos are produced anymore.

[DaBlackNinja1]

@cismok I might have the details wrong about date, but I think it was about 10 months ago. Im pretty sure the BSVRR bought it.

[trainman1995]

these engines are owned by iowa interstate they have 4 or 5

[George21T]

Chinese trains in My home state Iowa that new to me haha.

[yourweathertodayHD]

I hate air actuated whistles!!

[franklinterrier]

really though, RJ needs to bring them to chicago, Hell i'd be glad to see them pull the bicb (blue island-council bluff)

[bushwacker2008]

funny thing to see these QJs running with

the MILW passeneger cars funny thing i have

some Lionel cars inc skytop lounge car MILW

my cars were made in china but i pull them with a MTH loco hiawatha 4-6-4 F-7.

good looking train who owns the QJs?

[iowarails]

I believe they are owned by Iowa Interstate. Or perhaps by the company that owns Iowa Interstate. They will be running short trips from Rock Island October 18-19, 2008. They are scheduled to be pulling a freight from Iowa City to Rock Island on the morning of October 18.

[franklinterrier]

Why do they have the Milwaukee Road 261's coaches?

[iowarails]

Friends of the 261 provided the cars for the excursion. They were brought to the Quad Cities by the 261 which tripleheaded with the Chinese locomotives the day after I shot this. There are plenty of videos of that trip on Youtube.

[SPGP60]

are they on a jointed rail or are they hitting a switch of some sort?

[TrainTrackTrav]

I think it's just a big joint. I love the rappid CLICKADEE-CLACK when the engines pass over it.

[xlife1115]

Qianjin

[rwundrock]

Them Chinese are taking over everything!

[SF3751]

Nices cars...engines....no comment

[patana07]

Have you guys ever thought about Nuclear powered steam locomotive? Instead of coal in the fire-box, it would be a nuclear reactor in there. That would be nice unless you have a meltdown. =)

[amtraklover]

the Russians tried something like that years ago. Let's just say it didn't work to well.

[trainboy99]

Iwas on that train

[VideoCyberspace]

DOUBLE HEADER ACTION!

Nice Video.

[nathbdp]

nice man. i wish this wasnt in the middle of no where or i'd see them every weekend

[mjkft22]

i feel you. since 1218 and 611 got put up it seems all mainline steam is where im not.

[Superedit]

Fantastic -- will these beauties be in regular service?

[fafnir242]

Absolutely.  The Iowa Interstate already uses them in revenue freight service.