PRR Steam at Speed and in the Snow

[daboteman]

This is A-MAZING video with both color and sound. Either of those is rare for home movies from that era, but to have both in one clip with these steamers blasting by is incredible. Many thanks!

[arkansastrash320]

Oh wow this is one AWSOME !!!!! video...Love the high speed steam freight and passenger trains love to see steam at speed faster the better !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JJRaff18221882]

This was REAL railroading - today's stuff is just a big fat cruel joke by comparison.

[ColinTheAwesomest]

@JJRaff18221882 Yeah, real railroading was like how the PRR and the NYC were competing against each other and thats how we got the beutiful Dreyfuss J3-a Hudson for the 20th Century Limited and the Streamlined K4 Pacifics for the Broadway Limited. Now no ones competing to get better service or style. I wish I could go back in time.

[nclemens]

How fast do you reckon the M1 is going in the pacing sequence....at least 50 mph, right?

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

A question: In 1953 my parents took us kids from Penn Station, NY to Point Pleasant, NJ. When we left NY, I assume there was a GG-1 on the front. When we got off at Point Pleasant, there was a steamer. What happened and when?

[HughFromAlice]

Great engines - great shots - speed!!! Loved it. Shame more aren't preserved - If only there was an F7 around that could cruise along at 120!!! :-) TU

[arsracer]

Did anyone else notice the keystone shaped piece of ice below #646's number plate at 3:40? Awesome video, thanks!

[penjim]

Wow what a video! The shots in the snow are just stunning! Thanks!

[trainman551]

dear dcoursey82 i have a video request 'The south amboy engine change' is what id like to see.

[iRECKONER]

GREAT vid hey Where is that @ 2:15 ? The triple track has to be somewhere in Pennsy maybe ? Thanks!

[JeffOrnstein01]

Wow, that was incredible! I wish Mark I Videos were more widely available....

[trainman551]

isnt the one shot from a m1a

[facel2]

iam to young to see the steam engines on the lines .and i love seeing them and rideing on them today .live steam looks like something liveing and breathing.i think thats the link to the great old engines.live on steam on

[nclemens]

What kind of locomotive at :10 and :28? How about :41? Awesome video, I got chills at seeing the T1, never saw one go by at speed like that.

[CSXer]

Best steam age vid I've ever seen!!!

My hats off to you my friend!

Thanks a bunch for sharing!!

[CacaponWV]

my error....I'm looking at the pacing M-1 early in the video...and it isn't snowing....you are correct with the end of the video showing the K-4's on the NY&LB....

[CacaponWV]

Couldn't have been the NY and LB...M-1's didn't run there...and there was no freight on the NY and LB...and obviously you can see the Susquehanna river right next to the train...and across the river you can see the PRR Buffalo line...and up the river...you can see the bridge that crosses over the Susquehanna River into Duncannon.

[dcoursey82]

@CacaponWV Are you talking about the pacing shot of the M1? Because in the snow shots at the end of the video there are no M1s at all, just K4s.

[trainman551]

@CacaponWV i dont believe thats at Duncannon. I believe that at Renovo or close to Lock Haven.

[CacaponWV]

Very obviously...Middle Division in the snow...up near Duncannon, Pa.

[dcoursey82]

@CacaponWV Actually the snow shots were all at South Amboy, NJ on the NY&LB Railroad.

[cheesemunster12]

@dcoursey82 You can tell it isnt the middle division because the middle division was not eletricfied and the snow scenes had the cantry poles

[dcoursey82]

@cheesemunster12 Dude, I have no idea what division was where or what cities were in it, but the fact of the matter is that the snow shots were most definitely taken at South Amboy, NJ, which DID have caternary up because GG1s carrying passengers from NY would interchange with steam here. Look up my video "Vintage Footage of PRR K4s"...there's a scene of South Amboy there minus the snow and you can definitely tell its the same location.

[SteffanLlwyd]

Wonderful.

[Jared1452]

Glad to see 1361 back when she was in service too :).

[Jared1452]

Is this the real recorded sound, or is it fake?

[dcoursey82]

@Jared1452 ...it's all dubbed.

[WhyAyeMann]

@dcoursey82 its pretty good dubbing i must say

[Politcalamity]

@dcoursey82 For sure. K4s are real loud barkers. Louder than the dub makes them seem.  But...it's better than no sound at all.

[superyerfdog]

At 2:34 is that an E6 or K4?

[dcoursey82]

@superyerfdog ..it's a K4.

[superyerfdog]

@dcoursey82 Sorry, I couldn't get a good look at the wheels. Are there any E6's in this, by the way?

[cheesemunster12]

do you know where the scences in the snow were?

[dcoursey82]

@cheesemunster12 ..South Amboy, NJ

[ETSRRCo]

All the snow shots are in South Amboy, NJ. great video

[PRRK4Lover]

Epic win!!! man this videos amazing!!! was that really 1361? anyway awesome man

[dcoursey82]

I'm almost positive...look very closely at the number plate of the engine.

[RsldDecapod]

Great Vid!! thanks for posting!!

[bigboy4016]

Now, looking at this video, and then, looking today, it's kinda sad, the steam engines CAN pull 13 car trains by themselves, and also, they can stop them by there selves, so Why do they need to throw in a diesel... (I know it's for braking)

[HuckB315]

The 4-6-2 Pacific, Mallard of the London North East Railroad did 126 MPH in 1930's.

[th3gtr]

@HuckB315 is that the blue one?

[HuckB315]

Yes it's blue.

[th3gtr]

2:52 gosh that steamer is chuggin'! i didn't think they could go that fast!

[dcoursey82]

Dude, the K4s were speed demons. They could easily go 90+mph when needed. One book, "Pennsy Power" by Alvin Staufer, states that once, an engineer got his K4 up to 98mph on straight track.

[KilleTheHedgehog8492]

me too

[kiddnormal]

I LOVE the T-1 Duplex at 0:58. That engine is undoubtedly my favorite!!

[derail14]

Great pacing of the m-1 at speed, anyone know were that was filmed???

[free2rtmey]

are there any non dubbed sounds?

[speediracer4]

An awesome sight indeed! If only this were an every day occurrence. Well, lets just get 1361 back up and in service like she was built to do!

[4202EJW]

I'm afrid that isn't going to happen she's done, she's over :They are using the time, patience, and money on 3713 and 26.

[mikes47jeep]

@4202EJW 1361 is not Steamtowns responsibility they were just loaning the Altoona museum shop space and tools

If it werent for 1361 being in the way 26 probably would have been back in service already, and 3713 would be a lot further along

Also they have come too far to abandon the project, 1361 will be completed it may take a lot longer than you think but it will get done

[4202EJW]

Thats not what I heard what ever!

[DJGENEX71]

Very cool classic shots! 5*****!