I am a retired locomotive engineer. I hired on the P. C. and had the pleasure of running all the freight Alcos - RS 1,2,3 11,16,425,636. They were dirty,oily,smoky but they would pull anything you tied on to and you couldn't kill 'em . I loved them. The cabs of the 1-2-3's were pretty cramped and the visibility was so-so. We had a few that still had steam generators - not in working condition from their sojourn as passenger engines. GREAT video thanks for the memories.
One of the finer points about Ed's old films is that with the dubbed-in sound, you can be assured that the horn sounds are accurate to the horns on the train you are seeing.
Very cool classic video I really enjoyed it! I just recently watched a 28 minute long film that was used to convince the government to bail out the Penn Central also from 1974 , showing how decrepit it's tracks and rolling stock had become since filing bankruptcy. I must say alot of the trackage in this film looked pretty good! And the locomotives seemed to have newer coats of paint on them.
Wow this is amazing! Penn Central Alco's and footage of an Amtrak SDP40F! Not to mention all the vintage Leslie and Prime horns! I especially love the SL-4T @1:09! I am speechless, great job Ed!
I grew up with this as my back yard. My Grandfather worked in AR. Yes I agree that is one of the first things I thought was about how grown up that area is now it's unreal! I've taken a machete to the rocks there at Benny countless times in the past 10 years. This is great footage of Benny with all 4 tracks and that signal tower and all those tele poles!
I am a retired locomotive engineer. I hired on the P. C. and had the pleasure of running all the freight Alcos - RS 1,2,3 11,16,425,636. They were dirty,oily,smoky but they would pull anything you tied on to and you couldn't kill 'em . I loved them. The cabs of the 1-2-3's were pretty cramped and the visibility was so-so. We had a few that still had steam generators - not in working condition from their sojourn as passenger engines. GREAT video thanks for the memories.
rusty49able 1 month ago
Great Video! I loved seeing those old Penn Central diesels. MTH Electric Trains should produce more Penn Central diesels.
HIGHSCHOOLHOP 1 month ago
So this is just video no sound?
npadul30 2 months ago
One of the finer points about Ed's old films is that with the dubbed-in sound, you can be assured that the horn sounds are accurate to the horns on the train you are seeing.
randommagnum 2 months ago
Very cool classic video I really enjoyed it! I just recently watched a 28 minute long film that was used to convince the government to bail out the Penn Central also from 1974 , showing how decrepit it's tracks and rolling stock had become since filing bankruptcy. I must say alot of the trackage in this film looked pretty good! And the locomotives seemed to have newer coats of paint on them.
400exNick 2 months ago
Man love watching those PC ALCO's!
lawbench191 2 months ago
thank's for that fantastic video
MontrealtrainChannel 2 months ago
Love it!
IowaRocker1 2 months ago
Love the great flashback!
train1love 2 months ago
"Barking" GEs', smoking Alcos' and Pennsy CPLs'. Doesn't get much better than that! Thanks for posting!
anb740 2 months ago 2
Thank You!
jnazz 2 months ago
Great video. Love seeing these older train videos.
CVandergriff2008 2 months ago
Wow this is amazing! Penn Central Alco's and footage of an Amtrak SDP40F! Not to mention all the vintage Leslie and Prime horns! I especially love the SL-4T @1:09! I am speechless, great job Ed!
Alwaystrains 2 months ago
I grew up with this as my back yard. My Grandfather worked in AR. Yes I agree that is one of the first things I thought was about how grown up that area is now it's unreal! I've taken a machete to the rocks there at Benny countless times in the past 10 years. This is great footage of Benny with all 4 tracks and that signal tower and all those tele poles!
iRECKONER 2 months ago
WOW WOW WOW!!!
iRECKONER 2 months ago